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
  • Mary Anna Quinn

    Mary Anna Quinn

    Quinn

    • Executive Vice President
    • Chief Administrative Officer
  • Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Roberts

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

    Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Rodriguez-Galindo

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

    Robyn Diaz, JD

    Diaz

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Legal Officer
  • Pam Dotson

    Pam Dotson

    Dotson

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Nursing Officer
  • Patricia M. Flynn, MD

    Patricia M. Flynn, MD

    Flynn

    • Interim Clinical Director
    • Senior Vice President and Medical Director of Quality and Patient Care
    • Chief, Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Operations
  • Keith Perry, MBA

    Keith Perry, MBA

    Perry

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Information Officer

Executive Committee (2014 -2015)

  • 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
    • Co-Leader, Neurobiology & Brain Tumor Program

  • Shari Capers

    Capers

    • Vice President, Strategic Planning & Decision Support

  • Andrew M. Davidoff, MD

    Davidoff

    • Chair, Surgery Department
    • Chief, General Pediatric Surgery Division
    • Director, Surgical Research

  • Robyn Diaz, JD

    Diaz

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Legal Officer

  • Pam Dotson

    Dotson

    • Senior Vice President
    • Chief Nursing Officer

  • Michael Dyer, PhD

    Dyer

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

  • David W. Ellison, MD, PhD

    Ellison

    • Chair, Pathology Department
    • Director, Neuropathology

  • Amar Gajjar, MD

    Gajjar

    • Co-Chair, Department of Oncology
    • Interim Chair, Department of Pediatric Medicine
    • 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, Clinical Pathology
    • Co-Scientific Director (Interim)

  • Douglas R. Green, PhD

    Green

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

  • Gerard C. Grosveld, PhD

    Grosveld

    • Chair, Genetics Department

  • R. Kiplin Guy, PhD

    Guy

    • Chair, Chemical Biology & Therapeutics Department

  • Melissa M. Hudson, MD

    Hudson

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

  • Matthew J. Krasin, MD

    Krasin

    • Director, Radiation Dosimetry Core

  • Jonathan A. McCullers, MD

    McCullers

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

  • James I. Morgan, PhD

    Morgan

    • Executive Vice President
    • Scientific Director

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

    Mullighan

    • Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program

  • Alberto Pappo, MD

    Pappo

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

  • 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
    • Medical Director, China Program, International Outreach Program

  • Mary Anna Quinn

    Quinn

    • Executive Vice President
    • Chief Administrative Officer

  • Mary V. Relling, PharmD

    Relling

    • Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences Department

  • Charles W. M. Roberts, MD, PhD

    Roberts

    • Executive Vice President
    • Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Leslie L. Robison, PhD

    Robison

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

  • Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, MD

    Rodriguez-Galindo

    • Executive Vice President
    • Chair, Department of Global Pediatric Medicine
    • Director, International Outreach Program
    • Associate Director, Outreach, Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Martine F. Roussel, PhD

    Roussel

    • Co-Leader, Cancer Biology Program

  • Victor M. Santana, MD

    Santana

    • Vice President, Clinical Trials Administration
    • Associate Director, Clinical Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Brenda A. Schulman, PhD

    Schulman

  • Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD

    Sherr

    • Chair, Tumor Cell Biology Department

  • J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD

    Taylor

    • Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology Department
    • Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    • Associate Director, Basic Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • 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

    • Chair, Structural Biology Department

  • Jinghui Zhang, PhD

    Zhang

    • Chair, Department of Computational Biology
 

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