Gregory H. Reaman, M.D., is Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). The COG, since its inception in 2000 resulting from the merger of four legacy pediatric cancer research organizations, is comprised of over 200 member institutions, dedicated to clinical, translational, and epidemiology research in childhood cancer.

Dr. Reaman is a Professor of Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and a member of the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., which he directed for more than 17 years and Executive Director Emeritus of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.

Dr. Reaman serves or has served on the Editorial Boards of Leukemia, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Blood and Cancer, The Oncologist, Cancer, and Physicians Data Query (PDQ), National Cancer Institute as well as www.PLWC.org (People Living with Cancer). He has served as an Associate Editor of Cancer and currently serves as Associate Editor of Leukemia and Lymphoma. He holds the position as Executive Director for Scientific and Medical Affairs for the National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF) and is a member of its Board of Trustees. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society and chaired its Task Force on Children and Cancer. Dr. Reaman served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and has served on the ASCO Patient Education Committee, the Education and Program Committees, the Grant Selection Committee, and was the Chair of the ASCO Membership Committee. Also, he was a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. He currently chairs its Pediatric Subcommittee. He was a member of the NIH Roadmap Working Group.

Additionally, he is a member of the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, a member of the Data Safety Monitoring Board of the National Cancer Institute’s Clinical Oncology Program, and a member of the NCI’s Translational Research Working Group. He is the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Updated November 2009

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