Karen Knudsen: Loved sharing ideas with Greg Deavens and Rich Snyder about partnering on cancer screening and patient navigation

Karen Knudsen shared on LinkedIn:

“Huge thank you to ⁦‪Independence Blue Cross‬⁩ for hosting our ⁦‪American Cancer Society and ⁦‪American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network‬⁩ board meetings last week in Philadelphia.

Loved sharing ideas with CEO Greg Deavens and CMO Rich Snyder about partnering on cancer screening and patient navigation— common goals to end cancer!”

Source: Karen Knudsen/LinkedIn

Karen E. Knudsen is the CEO of the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its advocacy affiliate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). Prior to joining ACS, Dr. Knudsen served as executive vice president of Oncology Services and enterprise director for Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Health. She also served as president for the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI), representing the 102 leading cancer centers in North America, and on the board of directors of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Dr. Knudsen currently holds leadership roles with some of the most important cancer entities in the United States. She serves on the board of advisors for the National Cancer Institute and on 12 external advisory boards for NCI-designated cancer centers. She is an active member of several committees with the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in addition to serving on other academic and for-profit advisory boards.