President-Elect

Arif Kamal

MD MBA MHS FASCO FAAHPM

American Cancer Society

Chapel Hill, NC

Disclosures: Employed by the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Kamal is the inaugural Chief Patient Officer of the American Cancer Society and Consulting Associate Professor at Duke University. He leads all patient and caregiver-facing initiatives for the ACS worldwide, including programs for transportation, education, navigation, lodging, and engagement. As a dual-trained medical oncologist and palliative care physician, he maintains an outpatient palliative care practice at the Duke Cancer Institute. He has published more than 200 original research articles, clinical reviews, and editorials and is received the AAHPM 40 Under 40 award (2015).