St. Jude Leadership

 

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, has a senior management team of core, key decision-makers, along with a larger executive committee focused on making the best decisions for the good of hospital patients and employees.

Senior Management Council

  • James R. Downing, MD

    James R. Downing, MD

    Downing

    • President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    • Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory
  • James I. Morgan, PhD

    James I. Morgan, PhD

    Morgan

    • Executive Vice President
    • Scientific Director
  • Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD

    Ellis J. Neufeld, MD, PhD

    Neufeld

    • Executive Vice President
    • Clinical Director
    • Physician-in-Chief
  • Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Roberts

    • Executive Vice President
    • Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Director, Molecular Oncology Division
  • Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Rodriguez-Galindo

    • Executive Vice President
    • Chair, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
    • Director, St. Jude Global
    • Associate Director, Outreach, Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Robyn Diaz, JD

    Robyn Diaz, JD

    Diaz

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Legal Officer
  • Pat Keel

    Pat Keel

    Keel

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Financial Officer
  • Keith Perry, MBA

    Keith Perry, MBA

    Perry

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Information Officer

Executive Committee

  • James R. Downing, MD

    Downing

    • President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    • Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory

  • Suzanne J. Baker, PhD

    Baker

    • Director, Brain Tumor Research Division
    • Associate Director, Basic Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Co-Leader, Neurobiology & Brain Tumor Program

  • Shari Capers

    Capers

    • Vice President, Strategic Planning & Decision Support

  • Andrew M. Davidoff, MD

    Davidoff

    • Chair, Surgery Department
    • Director, Surgical Research

  • Robyn Diaz, JD

    Diaz

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Legal Officer

  • Michael Dyer, PhD

    Dyer

    • Chair, Developmental Neurobiology Department
    • Co-Leader, Developmental Biology & Solid Tumor Program

  • David W. Ellison, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath, FRCPCH

    Ellison

    • Chair, Pathology Department
    • Director, Neuropathology

  • Amar Gajjar, MD

    Gajjar

    • Chair, Department of Pediatric Medicine
    • Co-Chair, Department of Oncology
    • Director, Neuro-Oncology Division
    • Co-Leader, Neurobiology & Brain Tumor Program

  • Terrence L. Geiger, MD, PhD

    Geiger

    • Senior Vice President and Deputy Director for Academic and Biomedical Operations
    • Medical Director, Blood Bank, Blood Donor Center & HLA

  • Douglas R. Green, PhD

    Green

    • Chair, Immunology Department
    • Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program

  • Gerard C. Grosveld, PhD

    Grosveld

    • Chair, Genetics Department

  • Melissa M. Hudson, MD

    Hudson

    • Director, Cancer Survivorship Division
    • Co-Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Program

  • Richard E. Lee, PhD

    Lee

    • Endowed Chair in Medicinal Chemistry

  • Charalampos Kalodimos, PhD

    Kalodimos

    • Chair, Structural Biology Department

  • Pat Keel

    Keel

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Financial Officer

  • Jonathan A. McCullers, MD

    McCullers

    • Adjunct Faculty, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

  • Thomas E. Merchant, DO, PhD

    Merchant

    • Chair, Radiation Oncology Department

  • James I. Morgan, PhD

    Morgan

    • Executive Vice President
    • Scientific Director

  • Charles G. Mullighan, MBBS (Hons), MSc, MD

    Mullighan

    • Deputy Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program
    • Medical Director, St. Jude Biorepository

  • Alberto Pappo, MD

    Pappo

    • Director, Solid Tumor Division
    • Co-Leader, Developmental Biology & Solid Tumor Program

  • Zoltán Patay, MD, PhD

    Patay

    • Chair, Diagnostic Imaging Department
    • Chief, Neuroradiology Section

  • Keith Perry, MBA

    Perry

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Information Officer

  • Sean Phipps, PhD

    Phipps

    • Chair, Psychology Department

  • Ching-Hon Pui, MD

    Pui

    • Chair, Oncology Department
    • Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program
    • Director, China Region, St. Jude Global

  • Mary V. Relling, PharmD

    Relling

    • Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences Department

  • Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Roberts

    • Executive Vice President
    • Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Director, Molecular Oncology Division

  • Leslie L. Robison, PhD

    Robison

    • Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control
    • Associate Director, Population Sciences, Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • Co-Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Program

  • Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Rodriguez-Galindo

    • Executive Vice President
    • Chair, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
    • Director, St. Jude Global
    • Associate Director, Outreach, Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Martine F. Roussel, PhD

    Roussel

  • Victor M. Santana, MD

    Santana

  • Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD

    Sherr

    • Chair, Tumor Cell Biology Department

  • Deo Kumar Srivastava, PhD

    Srivastava

    • Director, Division of Epidemiology & Cancer Control & Psychology
    • Director, Division of Mentoring Assistant and Associate Faculty Members

  • J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD

    Taylor

    • Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology Department
    • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Elaine I. Tuomanen, MD

    Tuomanen

    • Chair, Infectious Diseases Department
    • Director, Children's Infection Defense Center (CIDC)

  • Mitchell J. Weiss, MD, PhD

    Weiss

    • Chair, Hematology Department

  • Stephen White, DPhil

    White

    • President and Dean, St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

  • Jinghui Zhang, PhD

    Zhang

    • Chair, Department of Computational Biology
 

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