Mentorship Networking Event
Date: Friday, June 27
Time: 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Are you a student, trainee, or early-career professional? Sign up for the Mentorship Networking Event to meet one-on-one with a senior mentor in the field of supportive care who can provide career advice and more.
Sign up by June 12, 2025 and submit your preferred mentors and meeting times. If we are able to schedule you an appointment with your selected mentor(s), you will receive a confirmation email the week before the 2025 Annual Meeting.
Meet Our Mentors
Scheduled 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Fred Ashbury
Profession: Professor & Editor-in-Chief, Supportive Care in Cancer
Connect With Me On: Publishing a manuscript, career advice, survivorship
Paolo Bossi
Profession: Medical Oncologist
Connect With Me On: How to design a trial to prevent/treat mucositis; how to measure the impact of toxicities beyond the CTCAE
Thomas W. Butler, MD
Profession: Associate Professor of Clinical Interdisciplinary Oncology, USA Mitchell Cancer Institute
Connect With Me On: Chronic pain management in cancer patients with high risk of substance use disorders; cultural differences in patients' decisions related to goals of care in incurable cancer; translational research to investigate the role of reactive oxidative species (ROS) in association with distress in cancer patients; development of supportive care clinics embedded in academic cancer centers
David Dean, DDS, MSD
Profession: Oral Medicine specialist / Clinical Associate Professor
Connect With Me On: Oral complications in cancer therapy, oral GVHD, dry mouth, dental considerations in cancer therapy, multidisciplinary care
Kirsten Haase
Profession: Nursing
Connect With Me On: Geriatrics, navigation, patient engaged research, career advice, grant writing, community engagement
David Hui, MD
Profession: Palliative Care and Medical Oncology
Connect With Me On: Supportive and palliative care, clinical study design, career advice, publishing a manuscript
Regina M. Mackey, MD Mayo Clinic
Profession: Supportive/Palliative care, physician
Connect With Me On: Symptoms management, multidisciplinary approach in oncology, career advice
Tateaki Naito, MD
Profession: Physician, Thoracic Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Nutrition & cachexia, Thoracic oncology, clinical trials, Asian collaboration in cancer supportive care
Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO
Profession: Director, Women's Cancers Program, Division Chief, Breast Medical Oncology, Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor Emeritus, UCSF
Connect With Me On: Identification and management of emerging toxicities, designing clinical trials and cohort studies, development of guidelines, application of clinical guidelines, best evaluation of emerging agents
Prof. Mitsue Saito
Profession: Breast Oncology
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approach in oncology in Asia, Africa or other developing regions, career advice for female doctors
A/Prof. Andrea Stringer
Profession: Academic
Connect With Me On: Mucositis, vitamin D, gut microbiome, mechanisms of toxicity, as well as research strategies, career development strategies
Dr. Raghu S. Thota, Professor
Profession: Professor & Consultant, Palliative Medicine
Connect With Me On: Intractable cancer pain, palliative medicine, palliative medicine-point of care ultrasound
Nikolaos Tsoukalas MD, MSc, PhD
Profession: Physician, Medical Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Hemostasis, cancer associated thrombosis, medical oncology, education, cancer survivors, quality of life, new oncology treatments' toxicities
Dr. Camilla Zimmermann
Profession: Palliative Care Physician
Connect With Me On: Career advice and research in palliative care
*Availability: 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
*Availability: 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Scheduled 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Thomas W. Butler, MD
Profession: Associate Professor of Clinical Interdisciplinary Oncology, USA Mitchell Cancer Institute
Connect With Me On: Chronic pain management in cancer patients with high risk of substance use disorders; cultural differences in patients' decisions related to goals of care in incurable cancer; translational research to investigate the role of reactive oxidative species (ROS) in association with distress in cancer patients; development of supportive care clinics embedded in academic cancer centers
Yin Ting Cheung
Profession: Pharmacoepidemiologist
Connect With Me On: Pediatric supportive care/survivorship, initiating a new research program, grant writing, Asian network, real-world data
Jason Freedman, MD, MSCE
Profession: Physician, Pediatric Oncology
Connect With Me On: Quality improvement in supportive care, pediatrics, career advice, administrative career
Kirsten Haase
Profession: Nursing
Connect With Me On: Geriatrics, navigation, patient engaged research, career advice, grant writing, community engagement
Amber Kleckner, PhD
Profession: Nutrition scientist
Connect With Me On: Nutritional interventions, cancer-related fatigue, academic science
Kord M. Kober, PhD
Profession: Associate Professor
Connect With Me On: Systems biology, multidisciplinary approach in oncology, survivorship, career advice, publishing a manuscript, genomics, AI, bioinformatics, biomarkers, and molecular biology
*Availability: 2:30-3:15
*Availability: 2:30-3:15
Tateaki Naito, MD
Profession: Physician, Thoracic Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Nutrition & cachexia, thoracic oncology, clinical trials, Asian collaboration in cancer supportive care
Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO
Profession: Director, Women's Cancers Program, Division Chief, Breast Medical Oncology, Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Professor Emeritus, UCSF
Connect With Me On: Identification and management of emerging toxicities, designing clinical trials and cohort studies, development of guidelines, application of clinical guidelines, best evaluation of emerging agents
Mitsue Saito, MD
Profession: Breast Oncology
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approach in oncology in Asia, Africa or other developing regions, career advice for female doctors
Enrique Soto Pérez de Celis MD, PhD
Profession: Geriatric Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Cancer and aging and global oncology research
A/Prof. Andrea Stringer
Profession: Academic
Connect With Me On: Mucositis, vitamin D, gut microbiome, mechanisms of toxicity, as well as research strategies, career development strategies
Scheduled 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
A/Prof. Paola Alberti, MD, PhD
Profession: Assistant Professor (Human Anatomy) and Consultant Neurologist
Connect With Me On: Clinical and preclinical expertise in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity; neurophysiology; neuropathy models; clinimetric issues in clinical trials addressing CIPN; rodent models in CIPN
Thomas W. Butler, MD
Profession: Associate Professor of Clinical Interdisciplinary Oncology, USA Mitchell Cancer Institute
Connect With Me On: Chronic pain management in cancer patients with high risk of substance use disorders; cultural differences in patients' decisions related to goals of care in incurable cancer; translational research to investigate the role of reactive oxidative species (ROS) in association with distress in cancer patients; development of supportive care clinics embedded in academic cancer centers
Raymond Chan
Profession: Nursing, RN, PhD, FACN, FAAN
Connect With Me On: Patient navigation, cancer survivorship, models of care, financial toxicity
Prof. Bogda Koczwara
Profession: Medical Oncologist and Academic
Connect With Me On: Survivorship research, publications, career advancement, work life balance
Kord M. Kober, PhD
Profession: Associate Professor
Connect With Me On: Systems biology, multidisciplinary approach in oncology, survivorship, career advice, publishing a manuscript, genomics, AI, bioinformatics, biomarkers, and molecular biology
*Availability: 4:00-4:30
*Availability: 4:00-4:30
Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH
Profession: Breast Medical Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Identification and management of emerging toxicities, application of clinical guidelines, women in leadership
Tateaki Naito, MD
Profession: Physician, Thoracic Oncologist
Connect With Me On: Nutrition & cachexia, thoracic oncology, clinical trials, Asian collaboration in cancer supportive care
Larissa Nekhlyudov
Profession: Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, practicing internist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Clinical Director, Internal Medicine for Cancer Survivors at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Connect With Me On: Anything survivorship, writing and publishing, career advice
Mitsue Saito, MD
Profession: Breast Oncology
Connect With Me On: Multidisciplinary approach in oncology in Asia, Africa or other developing regions, career advice for female doctors
A/Prof. Andrea Stringer
Profession: Academic
Connect With Me On: Mucositis, vitamin D, gut microbiome, mechanisms of toxicity, as well as research strategies, career development strategies