Mission

The Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition (MPCC) educates, connects, and supports men-at-risk, newly diagnosed individuals, survivors, and their families. It also connects organizations and professionals in Massachusetts that seek to conquer and cure prostate cancer.

Facts about MPCC

• MPCC is a nonprofit organization 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2001.
• MPCC has more than 2000 members and friends of the organization.
• MPCC’s board is made up of survivors, medical professionals, representatives of related organizations, and others interested in prostate cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment.
• MPCC is guided, in part, by a distinguished Medical Advisory Committee with representatives from leading hospitals and health care providers in the Commonwealth.

Board of Directors

Allen L. Snyder III, chairman 
Northwestern Mutual

Garth Greimann, secretary & treasurer

Lynn A. Basilio, American Cancer Society

John Carberry, Charles River Mortgage Company, Inc.

Les Cavicchi, Greater Boston Urology, LLC

Jason A. Efstathiou, MD, DPhil, Massachusetts General Hospital

David S. Godkin, Birnbaum & Godkin, LLP

Mark Anthony Hunter, The Goddard School

Robert Kretschmar, Global Capital Resources, Inc.

Tiffany Nagle, Cullari Communications Global

C. Kirk Neison

Avi Nelson

Dalton A. Skerritt, Center for the Elimination of Health and Social Inequities and Disparities (CEHSID)

Directors Emeriti

Arnold Barron

Thomas L. Farmer

Neal F. Finnegan

Robert S. Lyons

Medical Advisory Committee

The Medical Advisory Committee provides advice throughout the year on various topics related to MPCC’s mission and its implementation.

Richard K. Babayan, MD, Boston Medical Center

Glenn J. Bubley, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

J. Jacques Carter, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jason R. Gee, MD, Emerson Urology Associates

Adam Kibel, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Richard Jaebong Lee, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital 

Paul Nguyen, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

William U. Shipley, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital

Mary-Ellen Taplin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Ingolf A. Tuerk, MD, PhD, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

Symposium Planning Committee

Anita Christie, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Judy Green, Massachusetts Prostate Cancer Coalition

Mark Kennedy, Boston Public Health Commission

Tiffany Nagle, Cullari Communications Global

Joanne Pokaski, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Dalton A. Skerritt, Center for the Elimination of Health and Social Inequities and Disparities (CEHSID)

Allen L. Snyder III, Northwestern Mutual

William Tinney, Support Group Leader