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Leadership

IOS 2024-2026 Board of Directors

President

Rita Assi, MD

Rita Assi, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center

President Elect

Jason Stabnik

Jason Stabnik

VP Cancer Services

Beacon Health System

Secretary/Treasurer

Melody Littrell, MBA, BS, CMA (AAMA)

Melody Littrell, MBA, BS, CMA (AAMA)

Oncology Operations Administrator

Deaconess Health System

Evansville, IN

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Melody Littrell has worked for the Deaconess Health System for nearly 30 years in various areas of the oncology service line. The last twelve years has been focused on program development and multidisciplinary care delivery models; specifically in the gynecologic and breast surgical oncology specialties. Currently, as the Oncology Operations Administrator, Melody is focused on a systemness approach to comprehensive cancer care across the 51-county service area that Deaconess Health System serves. With a passion for placing the patient at the center of decision-making, Melody prides herself for being an advocate for high-quality, cost-conscience multidisciplinary care. She is involved in many community coalitions and committees for addressing the needs of cancer patients in the tri-state communities.

Melody and her husband, Jason, reside in Boonville, Indiana and have one daughter and two grandchildren that also live in the community.

Immediate Past President

Mark A. Henderson, MD

Mark A. Henderson, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Columbus Regional Hospital Cancer Center

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Mark A. Henderson, MD, trained at Indiana University School of Medicine in radiation oncology and taught there for six years. He later moved to Oregon where he worked for a private practice and taught at Oregon Health and Science University. In 2018, Dr. Henderson returned to Indiana to be closer to family and to work for the Columbus Regional Health Cancer Center.

Dr. Henderson is skilled in gamma knife and linear accelerator-based radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy, 3D-conformal radiotherapy, partial breast brachytherapy and unsealed source radiotherapy. He is board certified in radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology.

Members-at-Large

Philip Bao, MD

Philip Bao, MD

General Surgeon

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Stephanie Cohen, MS, CGC, LGC

Stephanie Cohen, MS, CGC, LGC

Genetics Counselor, Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment Program

Ascension St. Vincent

Indianapolis, IN

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Stephanie Cohen, MS, CGC, LGC, is a board-certified and licensed genetic counselor in the Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment Program at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned her MS degree in Genetic Counseling at the University of Michigan. Ms. Cohen developed a stand-alone cancer genetics program that now includes three full-time genetic counselors and a genetic counseling assistant. She has been working to improve access to cancer genetic services by implementing a collaborative process, utilizing a network of genetic counselor extenders throughout the Ascension St. Vincent Health system across the state of Indiana.

She is active in training genetic counseling students by serving as a clinical supervisor and research advisor. She is chair of the Research, Quality and Outcomes Committee of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and is a Section Editor for the Journal of Genetic Counseling. She has multiple publications in the field of cancer genetics and genetic counseling service delivery.

Jacob S. Edmisson, MD

Jacob S. Edmisson, MD

Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellow

Indiana University

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I was born and raised in a small town in Kentucky. After completing both my undergraduate education and medical school in my home state, I moved to St. Louis for my residency in internal medicine with a plan to pursue fellowship in hematology/oncology. My primary clinical and research interests are plasma cell disorders, malignant hematology and BMT. I am also interested in medical education and plan to pursue a career in academic medicine. Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, spending time with my family and friends.

Kelsey Finch, PharmD, BCOP

Kelsey Finch, PharmD, BCOP

Oncology Pharmacist Practitioner

Columbus Regional Health

Columbus, IN

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Kelsey Finch, PharmD, BCOP, is an oncology pharmacist practitioner at Columbus Regional Health in Columbus, Indiana. Dr. Finch serves as the Clinical Research Coordinator for in-house cancer trials, serves on the Cancer Committee with regards to Genetics and Clinical Research, and is an active member of several committees/boards including interdisciplinary tumor board, pharmacy and therapeutics committee, and USP 800 Compliance Initiative. Dr. Finch is active in several professional organizations, including serving on the Board of the Indiana Oncology Society (IOS), participating as an active member of the IOS policy committee, the Hoosiers for Safe Meds Coalition, and Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association.

Dr. Finch received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. She attained her Teaching Certificate from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, and completed her post-graduate year 1 residency at Columbus Regional Health in Columbus, Indiana. Dr. Finch’s interest in precision medicine led her to achieve the ACCP Oncology Genomics Certificate in 2022.

Kammi Fox-Kay, MSN, RN, AOCNS, ONN-CG(T)

Lung Navigator

Franciscan Health Crown Point

Emily Jester

Emily Jester

Physician Assistant

Franciscan Health Cancer Center

Jennifer Lilly, RPh

Regional Clinical Pharmacist

American Oncology Network (AON)

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Jennifer Lilly, RPh, is a Regional Clinical Pharmacist with the American Oncology Network (AON). She joined Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology (FWMOH) in 2020 and served as Director of Pharmacy Services until 2025, when the practice transitioned to AON.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Her professional background includes extensive experience in retail pharmacy, hospital-based practice, and community oncology, with additional expertise in research and medically integrated dispensing.

She is committed to advancing quality and safety in oncology pharmacy, playing a key role in FWMOH's successful achievement of ACHC, QOPI, and ASCO certifications. Passionate about education, Jennifer has also precepted pharmacy students from multiple universities.

She is an active member of NCODA, the Indiana Pharmacists Association (IPA), and the Purdue Alumni Association.

Beth Mondschein, NP

Michiana Hematology Oncology, P.C.

Ruth Walker-Simonton, MBA, CPXP

Associate Regional Director, Operations

Hematology Oncology of Indiana, American Oncology Network