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Mentors: Mucositis

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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

Fatma Ben Abid

  • Contact: fbenabid@co16.ma
  • Location: Rabat, Morocco
  • Profession & Credentials: Medical Oncologist MD
  • Current Position: Head of the onocology and supportive care department at clinique d oncologie 16 novembre
  • Language(s) Spoken: French, English, Arabic
  • All Areas of Expertise: Administration/Leadership in Hospital, Antiemetics, Cancer Pain, Emerging Toxicities, Fatigue, Geriatrics, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Nutrition/Cachexia, Oncodermatology, Oral Care, Psychosocial

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, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Neurological Complications, Nutrition/Cachexia, Oncodermatology, Oral Care, Photobiomodulation

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

Prazwala Chirravur

  • Contact: chirravur@uchc.edu
  • Location: Farmington, United States
  • Profession & Credentials: BDS, MS
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor Oral Medicine
  • Language(s) Spoken: English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
  • All Areas of Expertise: Emerging Toxicities, Mucositis, Oral Care, Oral Medicine, Oral Oncology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Madhup Rastogi

  • Contact: drmadhup1@gmail.com
  • Location: Lucknow, India
  • Profession & Credentials: Radiation and Clinical Oncologist
  • Current Position: Professor & Head of the Department
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Geriatrics, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care

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, Mucositis, Oral Care, Survivorship

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, Hematological Toxicities, Mucositis, Oral Care, Palliative Care, Psychosocial, Survivorship, Acute Care in Palliative Medicine

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

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

Bella Van Sebille

  • Contact: ysabella.vansebille@unisa.edu.au
  • Location: Adelaide, Australia
  • Profession & Credentials: Researcher. PhD
  • Current Position: Senior Lecturer and chair of Digital Health Group
  • Language(s) Spoken: English
  • All Areas of Expertise: Digital Health, Mucositis