History and Leadership

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Hutchinson Center), UW Medicine, and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center have long-standing affiliations that support their respective missions of research, patient care, and education. In order to enhance cancer research and advance the treatment of cancer, Hutchinson Center, UW Medicine, and Children's Hospital have consolidated their adult and pediatric medical oncology/hematology clinical care programs into the separate, jointly governed Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA). Each of the three SCCA partners has equal ownership in the SCCA.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, home of three Nobel Prize laureates, is an independent, nonprofit research institution dedicated to the development and advancement of biomedical technology to eliminate cancer and other potentially fatal diseases. Hutchinson Center receives more funding from the National Institutes of Health than any other independent U.S. research center. Recognized internationally for its pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation, Hutchinson Center's four scientific divisions collaborate to form a unique environment for conducting basic and applied science. For more information, visit Hutchinson Center's web site at www.fhcrc.org. Major areas of research include transplantation biology, tumor and viral immunology, infectious diseases, cancer genetics, and pediatric oncology.

UW Medicine

The academic medical components of the University of Washington include two primary teaching hospitals (UWMC and Harborview Medical Center); the University of Washington School of Medicine; and two faculty practice groups (adult and pediatric). Oncology programs located at the UW sites support research, training, and patient care activities in genitourinary oncology, gynecological oncology, medical oncology, melanoma, neuro-oncology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, radiation oncology, sarcoma, and other services. For the past five years, UWMC has been ranked among the top 15 hospitals nationally by U.S. News & World Report, including a current ranking of eighth among hospitals nationwide for its cancer program.

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Children's Hospital is a pediatric community hospital for the Seattle area and the major regional pediatric referral center for medical, surgical, and developmental needs of children. It has a hematology/oncology inpatient service and its outpatient oncology services are provided through hematology, bone tumor, and neuro-oncology clinics. Children's Hospital has a pioneering research program in gene therapy.

Affiliations

Hutchinson Center and the UW Medicine have been affiliated since 1972, and in 1992 the parties formalized their academic relationship, with Hutchinson Center-based faculty physicians becoming members of the UW's adult practice plan. The UW Medicine and Children's Hospital have been affiliated since 1974, and since 1988 have fully integrated management of pediatric faculty physician affairs with Hutchinson Center, including establishing the current jointly controlled pediatric faculty practice plan.

Legal Structure

The SCCA is organized as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, nonprofit corporation under Chapter 24.06 of the Revised Code of Washington.

Governance and Management

The SCCA's affairs are governed by a 15 member board of directors.  The SCCA Board includes five directors from each partner organization, with those at each organization required to be community representatives. Current SCCA Board members include:

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

- Carl Behnke, Hutchinson Center Board of Trustees (former Chair)

- Bob Gerth, SCCA Board Treasurer/Finance & Audit Committee, Hutchinson Center Board of Trustees

- Mark Groudine, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Vice President & Deputy Director, Hutchinson Center; Professor, Radiation Oncology, UWSOM

- Rich Jones, SCCA Board Chair; Executive Director and CEO, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants; Partner, Ernst & Young (retired); Hutchinson Center Board of Trustees

- Myra Tanita, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Hutchinson Center 

 

UW Medicine

- Lisa Brandenburg, Interim Executive Director, UWMC

- Brooks G. Ragen, Chair, Boards of Directors, McAdams Wright Ragen & Manzanita Capitol; Chair, SCCA Integrity Committee; UW Medicine Board (former Chair) 

- Jonelle Johnson, Senior Vice President & Western Regional Manager, Global Treasury Management, Key Bank; UW Medicine Board

- Ruth Mahan, Vice Dean for Administration and Finance, UWSOM 

- Shan Mullin, SCCA Board Secretary; Partner, Perkins-Coie;Hutchinson Center Board of Trustees

 

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

- Sue Albrecht, SCCA Vice Chair; Children's Hospital Board of Trustees (former Chair)

- Pat Hagan, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer

- Robert Bakemeier, President, Bakemeier Law Firm; Children's Hospital Board of Trustees

- Linda Mattox, Former Board Chair, Children's Hospital Board of Trustees

- Bruder Stapleton, MD, Ford/Morgan Professor & Chair, Dept of Pediatrics, UWMC; Pediatrician-in-Chief, Children's Hospital

Member Representatives

- Lee Hartwell, Ph.D; President and Director, Hutchinson Center; Professor of Genetics, College of Arts & Sciences, UW

- Thomas Hansen, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Children's Hospital

- Paul Ramsey, MD; CEO, UW Medicine; Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Washington

 

SCCA Management Team

- Fred Appelbaum M.D., Executive Director and President of SCCA:  responsible for general administration and management of SCCA operations; Hutchinson Center Sr VP & Dir Of Clin Research; UW Medicine Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology.

- Norm Hubbard, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President: responsible for overall strategic leadership and management of the SCCA.

- F. Marc Stewart M.D., Medical Director and Vice President: works with SCCA Clinical Affairs Committee to conduct SCCA's utilization management and quality assurance program, and oversees clinical issues on behalf of SCCA.

- Jonathan Tingstad, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, SCCA

- Madeline Buelt MSN, RN, Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President of Operations, Patient Care Services:  responsible for the administrative and clinical operations of the SCCA.

- Brad Berg, Legal Counsel, SCCA; Foster, Pepper & Shefelman

- Angela Baroumes, Staff to the SCCA Board of Directors