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Paola Alberti

  • Contact: paola.alberti@unimib.it
  • Location: Monza, Italy
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, PhD (experimental neurology), board in Neurology
  • Current Position: Tenured Assistant Professor (Human Anatomy) at University of Milano-Bicocca and Consultant Neurologist at Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Italian
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Neurological Complications, Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity both at a clinical and preclinical level

Musab Aldhari

  • Contact: Musabaldhari@gmail.com
  • Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Profession & Credentials: M.B.B.S, Saudi Board of Internal Medicine, Saudi Fellowship of Palliative Medicine, Canadian Fellowship of Palliative Medicine and Advanced Care Planning
  • Current Position: Director of the Palliative Care Fellowship the Founder of AYA-Palliative Care Program at KFSHRC. Director of the Palliative Medicine – Continuous Trainnig Committee at SCFHS, Saudi Arabia. Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Language(s) Spoken: Arabic and English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Palliative Care for Geriatrics and AYA, Culturally-Sensitive Palliative Care Practices, Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Clinical Settings

Madonna R. Bacorro

  • Contact: drmadonnabacorro@gmail.com
  • Location: Manila, Philippines
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, DFM, FPAFP, MBA, Fellow, Family and Community Medicine, And Fellow, Philippine Society of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
  • Current Position: Section Head, Supportive, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, JRRMMC, Manila Philippines. Consultant, Palliative Medicine, UST Hospital/ MCGH/ TMCC. Alternate Member, Research Ethics Committee, UST Hospital. Board Member, Hospice Philippines. Chairperson, and Service Head, DFCM Supportive, Hospice and Home Care Services, Navotas City Hospital
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Filipino
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Research Ethics Committee

Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti

  • Contact: nicolo.battisti@rmh.nhs.uk
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist
  • Current Position: Consultant Medical Oncologist
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Italian
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Antiemetics, Emerging Toxicities, Fatigue, Geriatrics, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Nutrition/Cachexia, Survivorship

René-Jean Bensadoun

  • Contact: rjbensad@gmail.com
  • Location: Nice, France
  • Profession & Credentials: Professor in Oncology-Radiotherapy
  • Current Position: Past-President of the Centre de Haute Energie, Nice
  • Language(s) Spoken: French, English, (Italian)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Cancer Pain, Emerging Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Nutrition/Cachexia, Oncodermatology, Oral Care, Photobiomodulation

Anna Boltong

  • Contact: annaboltong@hotmail.com
  • Location: Melbourne, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD
  • Current Position: Self-employed
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Nutrition/Cachexia, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Cancer Strategy Development, Taste Dysfunction

Joanne Bowen

  • Contact: joanne.bowen@adelaide.edu.au
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Academic Researcher, PhD (Medicine), Masters (Clinical Science), Grad. Cert. Public Health
  • Current Position: Professor Physiology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Teaching-Research Nexus

Thomas Butler

  • Contact: tbutler@health.southalabama.edu
  • Location: Mobile, Alabama, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Hematology/Oncology/Supportive/Palliative Care in Cancer
  • Current Position: Associate Professor of Clinical Interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Fatigue, Hematological Toxicities, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Addiction medicine in patients with cancer-related pain

Alex Chan

  • Contact: a.chan@uci.edu
  • Location: Irvine, California, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Pharmacist
  • Current Position: Professor and Chair
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Various Chinese Dialects
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Hematological Toxicities, Neurological Complications, Survivorship

 

Ray Chan

  • Contact: raymondjavanchan@gmail.com
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Nursing, RN, PhD, FACN, FAAN
  • Current Position: Dean of Research
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Survivorship

Stavroula Chante

  • Contact: stavroula.chante1@nhs.net
  • Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Profession & Credentials: Lead Cancer Nurse, Haematology Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Senior Lecturer and Module Leader
  • Current Position: Lead Cancer Nurse, Haematology Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Senior Lecturer and Module Leader
  • Language(s) Spoken: Greek, English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital

Martin R. Chasen

  • Contact: martin.chasen@williamoslerhs.ca
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical
  • Current Position: Oncology and palliative medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, some French
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Fatigue, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care, Survivorship

Cosimo Chelazzi

  • Contact: cosimo.chelazzi@unibs.it
  • Location: Brescia, Italy
  • Profession & Credentials: M.D., PhD
  • Current Position: Associate Professor in Palliative Medicine and Anesthesiology, Director of the Postgraduate School in Palliative Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia; Chair of Palliative Care and Pain Medicine at ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
  • Language(s) Spoken: Italian, English, Portuguese
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care

Yin Ting Cheung

  • Contact: yinting.cheung@cuhk.edu.hk
  • Location: Hong Kong SAR, China
  • Profession & Credentials: BSc(Pharm) Hons, Ph.D.
  • Current Position: Associate Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Pediatrics, Survivorship

Prue Cormie

  • Contact: prue.cormie@flinders.edu.au
  • Location: Melbourne, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Clinical Exercise Physiologist; Researcher; PhD AEP FESSA
  • Current Position: Matthew Flinders Professor of Exercise Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology

Antonio Di Meglio

  • Contact: antonio.di-meglio@gustaveroussy.fr
  • Location: Paris, France
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist and Clinical Researcher
  • Current Position: Physician Scientist
  • Language(s) Spoken: Italian, English, French
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Fatigue, Psychosocial, Survivorship

Caitriona Duggan

  • Contact: c.duggan23@universityofgalway.ie
  • Location: Galway, Ireland
  • Profession & Credentials: Advanced Nurse Practitioner. PhD
  • Current Position: ANP Oncology. Chairperson Western Network Irish Association for Nurses in Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Irish
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Emerging Toxicities, Fatigue, Survivorship

Sachin Dwivedi

  • Contact: sachindwivedikgmc@gmail.com
  • Location: Rishikesh, Dehradun, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Faculty in Nursing, RN, RM, MSN, Fellowship in Palliative Care, PGDMHFW, PGDMHM
  • Current Position: Clinical Instructor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Trauma Care, Simulation in Healthcare

Alysa Fairchild

  • Contact: alysa.fairchild@albertahealthservices.ca
  • Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: MD FRCPC
  • Current Position: Radiation Oncologist
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Support of women in clinical & academic positions

Rachel Gibson

  • Contact: rachel.gibson@adelaide.edu.au
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Researcher; PhD
  • Current Position: Professor and Director; School of Allied Health Science and Practice
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis

Pamela Ginex

  • Contact: pamela.ginex@stonybrookmedicine.edu
  • Location: Stony Brook, New York, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: Nursing, EdD, MPH
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Writing/publication

Kristen Haase

  • Contact: kristen.haase@ubc.ca
  • Location: Vancouver, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: RN, BN, MA, PhD
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Geriatrics, Survivorship, Ageism

Biplab Halder

  • Contact: biplabshilpi@yahoo.com
  • Location: Bangladesh
  • Profession & Credentials: Dr, Cancer Symptom Management AND Palliative Care
  • Current Position: Lecturer
  • Language(s) Spoken: English and Bagnoli
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Combined Method (Qualitative and Quantitative) Research

Nicolas Hart

  • Contact: nicolas.hart@uts.edu.au
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Allied Health, Exercise Science
  • Current Position: Professor (Cancer Survivorship); Program Director (Clinical Exercise Physiology)
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Fatigue, Lifestyle and Integrative Medicine, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Health Services, Implementation Science

Jane Hopkinson

  • Contact: HopkinsonJB@cardiff.ac.uk
  • Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD, Registered General Nurse
  • Current Position: Professor Emerita of Nursing and Cancer Care
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care, Psychosocial

Tsai-Wei Huang

  • Contact: tsaiwei@tmu.edu.tw
  • Location: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Profession & Credentials: Professor, RN, PhD
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Chinese
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Fatigue, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Evidence-based Health Care, Meta-analysis

David Hui

  • Contact: dhui@mdanderson.org
  • Location: Houston, Texas, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Care, Medical Oncology
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care

Christoffer Johansen

  • Contact: christoffer.johansen@regionh.dk
  • Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical doctor, Ph.D. in coping with cancer and Dr.Med.Sci. in environmental epidemiology
  • Current Position: Head of Cancer Late Effect Research, Onkology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Swedish, Norwegian, some German and Danish
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Psychosocial, Survivorship, How to deal with supervisors and mentors – if in troubles

Abhishek Kandwal

  • Contact: way2drabhi@gmail.com
  • Location: Dehradun, India
  • Profession & Credentials: MDS(Periodontology), PhD(Oncological sciences)
  • Current Position: Professor & head dental surgery
  • Language(s) Spoken: Hindi, English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care

Dorothy Keefe

  • Contact: dorothy.keefe@canceraustralia.gov.au
  • Location: Sydney, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist, Supportive Care researcher, health reformer
  • Current Position: CEO Cancer Australia
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Mucositis

Kord Kober

  • Contact: kord.kober@ucsf.edu
  • Location: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Research; PhD, MA
  • Current Position: Associate Professor at the University of California San Francisco
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Fatigue, Neurological Complications, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Data Science, and Systems Biology

Debanjan Kundu

  • Contact: docdebanjan@outlook.com
  • Location: Kolkata, India
  • Profession & Credentials: MBBS (WBUHS, India), M.D. in Radiation Oncology (WBUHS, India), Certified in Palliative Care (CCEPC), M.I.P.H.A.
  • Current Position: Senior Resident in Radiation Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: Bengali, English, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Oncodermatology, Palliative Care, Research into Public Health Aspects of Cancer and its Treatment

Barry Laird

  • Contact: barry.laird@ed.ac.uk
  • Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • Profession & Credentials: Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Professor of Palliative and Supportive Care
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Exercise Oncology, Nutrition/Cachexia, Palliative Care

Regina Mackey

  • Contact: Regina.m.mackey@gmail.com
  • Location: Rochester, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Current Position: Physician at Mayo Clinic
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Mucositis, Palliative Care

Ason Mohammed

  • Contact: axmohammad1@gmail.com
  • Location: Little Rock, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Quantitative Research, MS, AdvCRS
  • Current Position: Data Analyst
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Digital Health, Fatigue, Survivorship, Cancer Survivor and Caregiver Navigation

Nivethitha Nagarajan

  • Contact: drnivethithanagarajan@gmail.com
  • Location: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Oral Medicine Specialist / MDS (Oral Medicine and Radiology)
  • Current Position: Resident – Oral Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Tamil
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Oral Medicine, Oral Radiology

Kazunori Nagasaka

  • Contact: nagasakak@gmail.com
  • Location: Tokyo, Japan
  • Profession & Credentials: Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Japanese
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Hematological Toxicities, Survivorship, Oncofertility

Larissa Nekhlyudov

  • Contact: lnekhlyudov@partners.org
  • Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, MPH
  • Current Position: Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Psychosocial, Survivorship

Regine Nshimiyimana Maniraho

  • Contact: regine.nshimiyimana-maniraho@jefferson.edu
  • Location: Philadelphia, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: DNP, BPharm, AOCNP, AGACNP, FNP
  • Current Position: Country Co-Director Jefferson Consortium for African Partnership, Nurse Practitioner, Adjunct Faculty Thomas Jefferson University/University of Delaware
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, French, Kinyarwanda
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Exercise Oncology, Fatigue, Nutrition/Cachexia, Survivorship, Integrative Oncology

Ian Olver

  • Contact: inolver@gmail.com
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist
  • Current Position: Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Palliative Care, Psychosocial

Nosa Osazuwa-Peters

  • Contact: nosa.peters@duke.edu
  • Location: Durham, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: Dentist, Transdisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiologist and Population Health Scientist
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Digital Health, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Head and Neck Cancer

Oxana Palesh

  • Contact: oxana.palesh@vcuhealth.org
  • Location: Richmond, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: PHD, MPH
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: Russian, English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Fatigue, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Conduct of Clinical Trials

Hsi-Chun Pan

  • Contact: a27960141@gmail.com
  • Location: Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Profession & Credentials: RN, OCN, MSN
  • Current Position: RN (Oncology)
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Mandarin, Chinese
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Survivorship

Samir Patel

  • Contact: patel.samir@mayo.edu
  • Location: Phoenix, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Radiation Oncologist, MD
  • Current Position: Professor of Radiation Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Spanish (partially fluent)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care

Catherine Paterson

  • Contact: Catherine.paterson@flinders.edu.au
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Nursing, RN, PHD, MSc, FHEA, PgCert. LTA, MSC NP
  • Current Position: Professor of Cancer Nursing
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Digital Health, Survivorship, Research Methodologies and Methods

Satheesh kumar Poolakkad Sankaran

  • Contact: drsatheeshkumar@gmail.com
  • Location: Buffalo, New York, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: DDS, MDS, PG Diploma, MSc, ICRT, MMSc
  • Current Position: Director of Community Outreach and Health Equity Cancer Research, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Digital Health, Mucositis, Oral Care, Survivorship

Judith Raber-Durlacher

  • Contact: judith@raber.nl
  • Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Profession & Credentials: dentist DDS, PhD
  • Current Position: Associate Professor (semi-retired)
  • Language(s) Spoken: Dutch, English, German
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care, oral complications from hematopoietic cell transplantation

Divya Raj

  • Contact: dr.divyaabi@gmail.com
  • Location: Trivandrum, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Doctor, BDS,MDS
  • Current Position: Associate Professor & HOD, Dental Division, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis, Oral Care, Dental Oncology

Sahana Rajasekhara

  • Contact: sahana.rajasekhara@moffitt.org
  • Location: Tampa, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, Palliative Care Physician, Geriatrician
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Oncologic Sciences, University of South Florida
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Kannada
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care, Serious Illness Communication Training – Facilitator

Akhila Reddy

  • Contact: asreddy@mdanderson.org
  • Location: Houston, Texas, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Physician, MD
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Palliative Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, and Telugu
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care

Carla Ida Ripamonti

  • Contact: carla.ripamonti@unibs.it
  • Location: Brescia, Italy
  • Profession & Credentials: Oncologist, Pharmacologist, Palliative Care Physician
  • Current Position: Prof. Palliative Medicine University of Brescia
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Palliative Care

 

Julie Ryan Wolf

  • Contact: julie_ryan@urmc.rochester.edu
  • Location: Rochester, New York, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD, MPH
  • Current Position: MASCC Oncodermatology SG Chair; Associate Professor (tenured), Departments of Dermatology & Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Digital Health, Oncodermatology, Patient-reported outcomes, symptom monitoring, health equity/access/outcome, EMR analytics

Debbie Saunders

  • Contact: dsaunders@hsnsudbury.ca
  • Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: Dentist
  • Current Position: Medical Director, Dept of Dental Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Education, Mucositis, Oral Care, Survivorship

Afreen Shariff

  • Contact: afreen.shariff@duke.edu
  • Location: Durham, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: MD
  • Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Duke Endo Oncology Program, Associate Director, Duke Center for Cancer Immunotherapy
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Urdu
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Digital Health, Emerging Toxicities, Survivorship

Emad Shash

  • Contact: emad.shash@nci.cu.edu.eg
  • Location: Cairo, Egypt
  • Profession & Credentials: Associate Professor of Medical Oncology
  • Current Position: Director of the Breast Cancer Comprehensive Center, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Arabic & Basic French
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Digital Health, Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Cancer, Patient Navigation

Manisha Singh

  • Contact: singhmanisha0806@yahoo.com
  • Location: Muscat, Oman
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Medicine Consultant, MBBS, MD Anesthesiology, Fellowship in Cancer Pain and Palliative Medicine
  • Current Position: Consultant Pain and Palliative Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Arabic (not fluent)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Fatigue, Geriatrics, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Acute Care in Palliative Medicine

Aynharan Sinnarajah

  • Contact: asinnarajah@lh.ca
  • Location: Oshawa, Canada
  • Profession & Credentials: Palliative Physician. MD, MPH.
  • Current Position: Associate Professor; Division Head, Palliative Care
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Tamil (moderate)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Digital Health, Palliative Care, Quality Improvement, Implementation projects

Rama Sivaram

  • Contact: Ramasivaram@gmail.com
  • Location: Pune, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Health Educator and Counsellor
  • Current Position: Consultant KEM Hospital Res Centre , Pune and Faculty Sanjeevani Life beyond Cancer
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and working knowledge of Marathi and Gujarati.
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Exercise Oncology, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship

Steve Sonis

  • Contact: ssonis@biomodels.com
  • Location: Boston, USA
  • Profession & Credentials: Professor, CSO; DMD, DMSc
  • Current Position: Professor Harvard, Distinguished Faculty in Surgery Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, CSO Biomodels LLC
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Emerging Toxicities, Mucositis, Oncodermatology, Oral Care, Systems medicine, Omics

Carmen Soto

  • Contact: carmen.soto@nhs.net
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Profession & Credentials: Consultant; MBBS; BMedSci; MSc; PhD. MRCPCH
  • Current Position: Consultant in Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English (some French/Spanish)
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Pediatrics, Survivorship

Nihanthy Sreenath

  • Contact: nihanthyds@gmail.com
  • Location: Kolkata, India
  • Profession & Credentials: DrNB (Medical Oncology) Consultant Medical Oncologist & Clinical Researcher, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Kolkata-India
  • Current Position: Consultant Medical Oncology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Psychosocial, Adult and Adolescent Population

Andrea Stringer

  • Contact: Andrea.stringer@unisa.edu.au
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD, BBiomedSc
  • Current Position: Associate Professor of Medical Sciences
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Mucositis

Raghu Thota

  • Contact: ragstho24@gmail.com
  • Location: Mumbai, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Professor in Palliative Medicine & Consultant
  • Current Position: Professor
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Cancer Pain, Digital Health, Mucositis, Palliative Care

Nikolaos Tsoukalas

  • Contact: tsoukn@yahoo.gr
  • Location: Athens, Greece
  • Profession & Credentials: MD, PhD, MSc in Bioinformatics
  • Current Position: Director / Consultant Medical Oncologist
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Greek
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Emerging Toxicities, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Nutrition/Cachexia, Survivorship, Holistic and Integrative Oncology, Multidisciplinary Approach in Oncology, Career Development

Patsy Yates

  • Contact: p.yates@qut.edu.au
  • Location: Kelvin Grove, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: PhD, RN
  • Current Position: Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship

Annie Young

  • Contact: annie.young@warwick.ac.uk
  • Location: Glasgow, Scotland
  • Profession & Credentials: Nurse; PhD
  • Current Position: Emerita Professor of Nursing, Warwick Medical School, UK
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Academia/Research, Antiemetics, Digital Health, Emerging Toxicities, Exercise Oncology, Fatigue, Hematological Toxicities, Neurological Complications, Oncodermatology, Psychosocial, Nursing, Global Cancer Care

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