STRENGTHENING MEDICAL IMAGING CAPACITY

improving health outcomes through imaging

BY THE LANCET ONCOLOGY COMMISSION ON MEDICAL IMAGING AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE, THE LANCET ONCOLOGY COMMISSION ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE LANCET ONCOLOGY COMMISSION ON RADIOTHERAPY AND THERANOSTICS

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LEAD GROUP 

CO-CHAIRS

Prof Andrew M Scott, MD

La Trobe University
University of Melbourne

Prof Hedvig Hricak, MD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBERS

Prof May Abdel – Wahab, MD

IAEA

Dr Bibb Allen

International Society of
Radiology

Prof Boris Brkljačić

University of Zagreb School of Medicine

Dr Giovanni Guido Cerri 

University of São Paulo

Prof Wilfred Ngwa

Johns Hopkins University

Prof John Prior

WHO-WFNMB

Prof Rifat Atun, FRCP*

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Monika Hierath, Mag Phil

International Society of Radiology

AUTHORS

of the Lancet Oncology Commission on Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine ​

Prof Hedvig Hricak, MD* 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Prof May Abdel-Wahab, MD*  

IAEA

Prof Rifat Atun, FRCP*  

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Miriam Mikhail Lette, MD

IAEA

Diana Paez, MD 

IAEA

Prof James A Brink, MD 

Harvard Medical School

Prof Lluís Donoso-Bach, MD 

Hospital Clinic Barcelona

Prof Guy Frija, MD 

Université de Paris

Monika Hierath, Mag Phil 

European Society of Radiology

Ola Holmberg, PhD 

IAEA

Prof Pek-Lan Khong, FRCR 

University of Hong Kong

Prof Jason S Lewis, PhD 

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Geraldine McGinty, MD 

Weill Cornell Medical College

Prof Wim J G Oyen, PhD 

Radboud University Medical Centre

Prof Lawrence N Shulman, MD 

University of Pennsylvania

Zachary J Ward, MPH 

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Prof Andrew M Scott, MD 

La Trobe University University of Melbourne

*joint first authors 

AUTHORS

of the Lancet Oncology Commission on Sub-Saharan Africa

Prof Wilfred Ngwa 

Johns Hopkins University 

Dr. Beatrice W Addai, MD

Breast Care International, Peace and Love Hospital

Prof Isaac Adewole, MD

University of Ibadan

Victoria Ainsworth, BSc

University of Massachusetts Lowell

James Alaro, PhD

National Cancer Institute

Prof Olusegun I Alatise, MD

Obafemi Awolowo University

Zipporah Ali, MD

Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association

Prof Benjamin O Anderson

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center /  WHO

Prof Rose Anorlu, MD

Lagos University Teaching Hospital

Stephen Avery, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Prebo Barango, MD

WHO 

Noella Bih, BSc

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

Prof Christopher M Booth

Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University

Prof Otis W Brawley, MD

Johns Hopkins University

Dr Jean-Marie Dangou, MD

WHO 

Prof Lynette Denny, MD

University of Cape Town

Jennifer Dent, MBA

BIO Ventures for Global Health

Elmore N C  Shekinah, MD

University of North Carolina

Prof Ahmed Elzawawy, MD

Suez Canal University

Diane Gashumba, MD

Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Prof Jennifer Geel, MD

University of the Witwatersrand

Katy Graef, PhD

BIO Ventures for Global Health

Sumit Gupta, MD

University of Toronto

Prof Serigne-Magueye Gueye, MD

Idrissa Pouye General Hospital

Nazik Hammad, MD

Queeen’s University 

Prof Laila Hessissen, MD

Medical School of Rabat

André M Ilbawi, MD

WHO 

Joyce Kambugu, MD

Uganda Cancer Institute

Zisis Kozlakidis, PhD

WHO 

Simon Manga, PhD

Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services

Lize Maree, RN

University of the Witwatersrand

Prof Sulma I Mohammad, PhD

Purdue University

Susan Msadabwe, MD

University of Lusaka

Miriam Mutebi, MD

Aga Khan University Hospital

Annet Nakaganda, MPH

Uganda Cancer Institute

Ntokozo Ndlovu, MD

University of Zimbabwe

Kingsley Ndoh, MD

University of Washington 

Jerry Ndumbalo, MD

Ocean Road Cancer Institute

Mamsau Ngoma, MD

Uganda Cancer Institute

Prof Twalib Ngoma, MD

University of Zimbabwe

Christian Ntizimira, MD

African Centre for Research on End-of-Life Care

Prof Timothy R Rebbeck, PhD

Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health

Prof Lorna Renner, MD

University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry

Anya Romanoff, MD

Icahn School of Medicine

Fidel Rubagumya, MD

Rwanda Military Hospital / University of Global Health Equity

Shahin Sayed, MD

Aga Khan University Hospital

Shivani Sud, MD

University of North Carolina

Prof Hannah Simonds, MD

Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch

Prof Richard Sullivan, PhD

King’s College London

William Swanson, MS

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Verna Vanderpuye, MD

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Boateng Wiafe, MD

Watborg Eye Services

Prof David Kerr, MD

John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford

AUTHORS

of the Lancet Oncology Commission on Radiotherapy and Theranostics

Prof May Abdel-Wahab, MD

IAEA

Dr. Francesco Giammarile, PhD

IAEA

Dr. Mauro Carrara, PhD

IAEA

Dr. Diana Paez, MD

IAEA

Prof. Hedvig Hricak, MD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Nayyereh Ayati

Monash University 

Jing Jing Li, MCE

Monash University

Dr. Malina Müller

WifOR Institute

Prof Ajay Aggarwal, MD PhD 

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Dr. Akram Al-Ibraheem, MD

King Hussein Cancer Center

Sondos Alkhatib, MD

Henry Ford Health

Prof Rifat Atun FRCP

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Abubakar Bello, MD

Abuja and Federal University of Health Sciences

Daniel Berger, PhD

IAEA

Prof Roberto C Delgado Bolton, MD PhD

University Hospital San Pedro and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja

Prof John M Buatti, MD

University of Iowa

Prof Graeme Burt, PhD

University of Lancaster

Olivera Ciraj Bjelac, PhD

IAEA

Lisbeth Cordero-Mendez, MD

IAEA

Prof Manjit Dosanjh, PhD

University of Oxford

Thomas Eichler, MD

Massey Cancer Center Virginia Commonwealth University

Elena Fidarova, MD

IAEA

Prof Soehartati Gondhowiardjo, MD PhD

Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital

Prof Mary Gospodarowicz, MD

University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Surbhi Grover, MD MPH

Botswana–University of Pennsylvania Partnership
University of Pennsylvania

Varsha Hande, PhD

Nagasaki University

Ekaterina Harsdorf-Enderndorf, MA

IAEA

Prof Ken Herrmann, MD

University of Duisburg
University Hospital Essen

Prof Michael S Hofman, MBBS

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Ola Holmberg, PhD

IAEA

Prof David Jaffray, PhD

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Peter Knoll, PhD

IAEA

Prof Jolanta Kunikowska, MD PhD

Medical University of Warsaw

Prof Jason S Lewis, PhD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Prof Yolande Lievens, MD PhD

Ghent University Hospital and Ghent University

Miriam Mikhail-Lette, MD

IAEA

Prof Dennis Ostwald, PhD

WifOR Institute
Steinbeis School of International Business and Entrepreneurship

Prof Jatinder R Palta, PhD

Virginia Commonwealth University

Prof Jatinder R Palta, PhD

WifOR Institute

Arthur A Rosa, MD

Grupo Oncoclinicas

Soha Ahmed Salem, MD

IAEA

Marcos A dos Santos, MD PhD

Latin American Society of Radiation Oncology

Prof Mike M Sathekge, MD PhD

University of Pretoria
Steve Biko Academic Hospital

Shyam Kishore Shrivastava, MD

Tata Memorial Hospital

Egor Titovich, PhD

IAEA

Prof Jean-Luc Urbain, MD PhD

Branford General Hospital

Verna Vanderpuye, MD

Korlebu Teaching Hospital

Prof Richard L Wahl, MD

Washington University School of Medicine

Jennifer S Yu, MD PhD

Cleveland Clinic

Prof Mohamed Saad Zaghloul, MD PhD

Cairo University & Children’s Cancer Hospital

Hongcheng Zhu, MD PhD

Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai Medical College

Prof Andrew M Scott, MD

La Trobe University
University of Melbourne