Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, is a practicing oncologist at Tennessee Oncology. After receiving a full academic scholarship to attend Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Dr. Schleicher went on to be one of two McArthur Healthcare Leadership Fellows at Harvard, which included internal medicine residency training at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in combination with an MBA at Harvard Business School.

While in Boston, Dr. Schleicher spent time as a consultant at McKinsey and Company. He completed his oncology fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York where he created a healthcare policy track for fellows.

Lauren Welch, MSN, is a board-certified nurse practitioner and an advanced oncology nurse practitioner. She is currently working as a sub-investigator and nurse practitioner in the Drug Development Unit at Tennessee Oncology/Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville, TN. Ms. Welch works primarily with patients with lung cancer, caring for those on early- and late-phase clinical trials as well as those receiving standard-of-care therapies. She works collaboratively with her supervising physician to provide empathetic and comprehensive cancer care. She enjoys patient and staff education and is skilled in symptom management. 

Ms. Welch is a Board Member for the Tennessee Oncology Practice Society and is part of the Appalachia Community Cancer Alliance that is advancing lung cancer screening across the Appalachian region. She serves on the Avanced Practice Provicer (APP) Executive Committee within Tennessee Oncology and is also on the OneOncology APP OneCouncil. Ms. Welch has chaired multiple lung cancer advisory boards for nurses and has presented at multiple conferences, including the Advanced Practice Providers Oncology Summit in 2020.

Ms. Welch earned her master's degree in nursing from Middle Tennessee State University and previously worked as a registered nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Emergency Department and Trauma Intensive Care Unit.

Jill Gilbert, MD, joined the Vanderbilt Oncology Program in 2006 and since then has continued her work in head and neck clinical trial investigation. In 2009 she became the program director of the hematology and oncology fellowship at Vanderbilt where she was selected to participate in the ASCO Leadership Development Program. Dr. Gilbert has chaired the Career Development Subcommittee of the Professional Development Committee and now chairs the Oncology Training Program Committee. She is co-chair of the Pre-ASCO Symposium, which targets medical educator professional development, and has been appointed to the Medical Oncology Subspecialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Philip Edward Lammers, MD, MSCI, is a board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist with a strong focus on breast cancer. He is the medical director of clinical oncology research and leads the Clinical Trials Committee at Baptist Cancer Center.

Dr. Lammers is an active member in Baptist’s Mid-South Minority and Underserved National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP), a program funded by the NCI that allows Baptist patients access to groundbreaking clinical trials.

Along with the Baptist Medical Group breast surgeons, he helps lead the Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Clinic at Baptist Cancer Center, a biweekly gathering of surgeons, oncologists, hematologists, nurse navigators, and other oncology care providers who meet to discuss patient cases and recommend the best plan of care for the patient.

Dr. Lammers has secured national grant funding for several projects and has been named to several national cancer committees, including the Southwest Oncology Group Breast Cancer Committee.

Richard Martin III, MD, MPH is a hematologist and oncologist at Tennessee Oncology in Clarksville, TN. Dr. Martin’s research focuses on using multi-disciplinary and inter-professional partnerships to improve laboratory processes as well and patient and provider communication and education.

Dr. Martin completed medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin. He also completed a teaching fellowship at Spokane Internal Medicine and a hematology/oncology fellowship at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Gregg Shepard, MD, is a medical oncologist with Tennessee Oncology, PLLC. He is board certified in medical oncology and hematology. Dr. Shepard received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis, and completed his residency and fellowship at Wake Forest University Medical Center.