Committees
Executive Committee
The members of the Executive Committee meet once every two months to discuss plans to integrate clinical and research activities of the Nemours Clinics, recruit faculty, enhance building infrastructure, decide membership and develop strategies to collaborate with cancer research institutions.
Members:
Eric Sandler, M.D.
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Nemours Children’s Clinic – Jacksonville
esandler@nemours.org
Chatchawin Assanasen, M.D.
Hematology/Oncology
Nemours Children’s Clinic – Pensacola
cassanas@nemours.org
Paul Gordon, M.D.
Hematology/Oncology
Nemours Children’s Clinic – Orlando
pgordon@nemours.org
Christopher Frantz, M.D.
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Nemours Children’s Clinic – Wilmington
cfrantz@nemours.org
Ayyappan Rajasekaran, PhD
Director, Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research
araj@medsci.udel.edu
Seminar Organizing Committee
The members of the Seminar Organizing Committee prepare the annual meeting schedule and recruit external speakers for the monthly NCCCR-Hematology/Oncology Translational Research Meetings and for the weekly Membrane Biology Lab, Cancer Cell Metabolism Lab, and High Throughput Screening/Drug Discovery Lab.
Chairperson: Valerie Sampson, PhD
Members:
- Sigrid Rajasekaran, PhD
- Sonali Barwe, PhD




