This Week at Yale Cancer Center
February 19 - February 26, 2024
Seminar and Events
Center for Thoracic Cancers Tumor Board
Neuro Spine Tumor Board
Genitourinary (GU) Tumor Board
BrCaTSG Seminar Series
Dr. Sidi Chen Presents “Therapeutic Engineering of Natural Killer Cells”
Speaker: Sidi Chen, PhD
Head & Neck Tumor Board
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
VBT YCVRC Seminar Series presents " Mechanisms of Endothelial Cell Resilience"
Speaker: Julia J. Mack, PhD
Lymphoma/Stem Cell Tumor Board
Palliative Care Monthly Journal Club, "Disparities in Unilateral Do Not Resuscitate Order Use"
During the Covid 19 Pandemic"
Speaker: Caitlin Bennett, MD
Translational Science Seminar Series: Stephanie Halene: The Marvelous M6A
The Marvelous M6A
Speaker: Stephanie Halene, MD, Dr Med
Palliative Care Case Conference: "Intimate Partner Violence: Considerations in the Pall Care Setting"
Speaker: Melissa Mosley, MD
GYN-ONC Tumor Board
The Fifth Annual Dr. Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Lectureship in Hepatology: Drugs, Immunity, and Cell Death: My “Toxic” Liver Romance
Speaker: Lily Dara, MD
Endocrine Tumor Board
Myeloma Tumor Board
Genetics Research-In-Progress (RIP)
Speakers: Cassie Bishop, JoAnne Villagrana
Center for Breast Cancer Tumor Board
Neuroendocrine Series: Board Review: Thyroid
Speaker: Sachin Majumdar Jr, MD
YCC/Smilow Town Hall
Speakers: Eric Winer, MD, Lori Pickens, MHA, Kevin Billingsley, MD, MBA, FACS, Tracy Carafeno, RN, CNML, Jensa Morris, MD
Melanoma Tumor Board
Therapeutic Radiology Grand Rounds: "Proton Therapy for Pediatric Malignancies"
Speaker: Michael LaRiviere, MD
Immunobiology Seminar Series: "What does sex have to do with IT?"
Speaker: Amy Moran, PhD
Genetics Department Seminar Series: “Defining the Crosstalk Between the Transcription and Splicing Machineries”
Speaker: Claudia Mimoso
Exploiting DDR Defects in Cancer: Stories from the bench to bedside and beyond…PathologyGrand Rounds -Pathology
Speaker: Ranjit S. Bindra, MD, PhD
Liver/Transplant Tumor Board
Pediatric Tumor Board / NHL & Leukemia Conference
Center for GI Cancers Seminar Series 2023-2024
Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds: "Targeting Apoptosis in Leukemia: Lessons and Challenges"
Speaker: Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD
Sarcoma Tumor Board
Endocrinology Clinical Dilemma
Fellow's Case Presentation
Speaker: Luisa Bernacet Rivera
Heme/Leuk Tumor Board
Neuro-Oncology Tumor Board
Yale Cancer Answers: Bladder Cancer: Beyond the Statistics
Speaker: Fed Ghali, MD
Center for Thoracic Cancers Tumor Board
Neuro Spine Tumor Board
Radiobiology and Genome Integrity Research Program
“Exploiting Tumor-specific Vulnerabilities in Cancer: Bindra Lab Stories”
Speaker: Ranjit S. Bindra, MD, PhD
Genitourinary (GU) Tumor Board
Head & Neck Tumor Board
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
Survivorship Series: Young Women with Breast Cancer
A four-part webinar series
Self-Care and Support Groups
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Pancreatic Cancer Support Group"
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Yale Cancer Center / Smilow Cancer Hospital Sponsors: "Brain Tumor Support Group"
Chair-Based Exercise
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Lung Cancer Support Group"
Restorative Yoga with Ellen McNally hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow North Haven Sponsor: "Patient and Family Support Group"
Melanoma Support Group
Yale Cancer Center: "Support Group for Prostate Cancer"
Speakers: Speakers to be announced.
The Cingari Family Boutique Beyond Beauty Program
Location: Smilow North Haven
Virtual Gentle Yoga hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Support Group for Head and Neck Cancers"
Phone Meditation hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Support Group for Women with Cancer
Presented by Integrative Medicine & Support Services at Smilow Cancer Hospital
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Pancreatic Cancer Support Group"
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine