Compliance Officer and Committees

Vice President Max Weber, J.D., M.B.A., serves as MD Anderson’s Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer. He reports to both Peter WT Pisters, M.D., President, and Allyson Kinzel, J.D., Senior Vice President & Chief Regulatory Officer, Regulatory Affairs.

Among other things, the Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer guides activities related to the institution’s commitment to conduct all business with integrity and in compliance with the letter and spirit of all local, state and federal laws, rules and guidelines, including:

• Enforcing Do the Right Thing: MD Anderson's Standards of Conduct (pdf)
• Directing all compliance-related activities and investigations
• Interacting with federal, state and local regulatory agencies, legislative bodies and governing boards on compliance initiatives

The Executive Institutional Compliance Committee (pdf) comprises:

• Peter WT Pisters, M.D., M.H.C.M., President (co-chair)
• Max Weber, J.D., M.B.A., Vice President & Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer (co-chair)
• Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Discovery & Platforms; Chief Scientific Officer
• Daniel Gospin, J.D., Vice President, Legal Services; Chief Legal Officer
• Carin Hagberg, M.D., Chief Academic Officer
• David Jaffray, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Chief Technology and Digital Officer
• Allyson Kinzel, J.D., Senior Vice President & Chief Regulatory Officer
• Kate Kraycirik, M.A., Vice President & Chief Enterprise Risk Officer
• Jeffrey E. Lee, M.D., Chief Medical Executive ad interim
• Antoinetta Lovelady, Chief Audit Officer ad interim
• Chris McKee, M.H.A., Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development
• Mark Moreno, Vice President, Governmental Relations
• Rosanna Morris, M.B.A., R.N., Chief Operating Officer
• Ferran Prat, Ph.D., J.D., Senior Vice President, Research Administration & Industry Relations
• Tadd Pullin, M.H.A., M.A., Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement
• Fatima Sheriff, M.B.A., Chief of Staff
  
• Omer Sultan, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
• Shibu Varghese, Senior Vice President, People & Business Operations; Chief Human Resources Officer
  
• Darrow Zeidenstein, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer

The Executive Institutional Compliance Committee meets quarterly to review institutional compliance-related matters, quarterly monitoring reports, hotline reports and educational materials, as well as recent developments with respect to compliance news.

The following compliance committees and subcommittees report to the Executive Institutional Compliance Committee:

• Executive Billing Compliance Committee
• Executive Research Compliance Committee
• Endowment Compliance Committee
• Corporate Compliance Committee
• Privacy Compliance Committee
• Information Security Compliance Committee
• Research Security Compliance Subcommittee

Questions related to MD Anderson's Compliance Officer and Compliance Committees should be directed to Maggie Newell, Executive Director, Institutional Compliance Programs, by email at mnewell@mdanderson.org or by telephone at 713-745-6636.

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