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Kristin Ferguson named senior director of ACCC

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Kristin Ferguson was named senior director of cancer care delivery and health policy at the Association of Community Cancer Centers.

Ferguson will lead the organization’s initiatives to improve cancer care delivery across rural, urban, and under-resourced settings, and will also provide support and resources to members of the oncology workforce, working to reshape reimbursement to better meet the needs of patients and providers.

Ferguson most recently served as clinical operations manager for the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. There, Ferguson oversaw the daily operations of the clinic, ensured services met hospital and ONS standards, and monitored patient data collection, quality of care, and trends in clinical growth.

Ferguson has served as a voice for nursing and oncology in many policy-making forums, including the ONS Millennial Advisory Panel, the Oncology Nursing Society Congress Planning Team, AACN/ GNSA Policy Committee, Cancer Moonshot Summit and the Biden Cancer Summit town Hall. She has also advised and participated on research teams and is a member of an NINR Funded Research Team at Georgetown University on a grant to research symptom clusters in oncology patients.

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