This Week at Yale Cancer Center
March 4 - 11, 2024
Seminars and Events
Center for Thoracic Cancers Tumor Board
Neuro Spine Tumor Board
Genitourinary (GU) Tumor Board
Yale Cancer Biology Institute Faculty Candidate Seminar: Norihiro Goto
Norihiro Goto, MD, PhD
Head & Neck Tumor Board
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
Perspectives of Women in Science Lecture: "Reflections on Two Decades as a Health Equity Researcher"
Speaker: Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS
Lymphoma/Stem Cell Tumor Board
Yale Center for Immuno-Oncology Seminar (presented as part of the Human and Translational Immunology Seminar Series): "Understanding and overcoming resistance to systemic therapies in lung cancer"
Speaker: Katerina Politi, PhD
GYN-ONC Tumor Board
Smilow Shares with Primary Care
Lung Cancer Screening
Speakers: Jill Banatoski, MD, Justin D. Blasberg, MD, MPH, FACS, Lynn Tanoue, MD, MBA
Endocrine Tumor Board
Genetics Research-In-Progress (RIP)
Speakers: Pieter Martino, Zhenhao Fang
Myeloma Tumor Board
Lab Med Grand Rounds: "MicroRNAs: An old dog learns new tricks”
Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Kleaveland
Pediatric Grand Rounds
Can Targeting DNA Repair and Metabolic Pathways Offer Novel Treatment Approaches For Solid Tumors?
Speaker: Juan Vasquez, MD
Dean's Workshop: "Y-Weight: New Frontiers in Obesity Research at Yale"
Speakers: Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, Nancy J. Brown, MD, Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD, Vishwa Deep Dixit, DVM, PhD, Michelle Van Name, MD
Center for Breast Cancer Tumor Board
Neuroendocrine Series: Board Review: Reproductive Endocrinology
Speaker: Anika K. Anam, MD
Smilow Shares: World Lymphedema Day
Updates on Lymphedema: Diagnosis, Treatments & Surgery
Speakers: Haripriya Ayyala, MD, Janet Freedman, MD, Heather Studwell, MS, OT/L, MBA, CLT-LANA
Melanoma Tumor Board
Medical Student Council Perspectives on Medicine: "Pitfalls – Clinical, Research, Education, Life"
Speaker: Charles Duncan, MD, FAANS
Yale GIM Research in Progress Meeting: "A Mixed Methods Investigation of Multilevel Influences on Diverse Participation in Early Phase Cancer Clinical Trials"
Re: Yale Cancer Center Research
Speaker: Jessica Lewis, PhD, LMFT
Liver/Transplant Tumor Board
Pediatric Tumor Board / NHL & Leukemia Conference
Center for GI Cancers Seminar Series 2023-2024
17th Annual Interdisciplinary 2024 Prostate Cancer Congress
New York GU
Speakers: Daniel P. Petrylak, MD, Maha Hussein, MD, FACP, Leonard G. Gomella, MD, FACS, Peter A Humphrey, MD, PhD
All DayUrology Grand Rounds: Bloodborne Pathogens
Urology Grand Rounds
Speaker: Scott Roberts, MD
Sarcoma Tumor Board
Precision Medicine Tumor Board
Endocrinology Clinical Dilemma
Fellow's Case Presentation
Speaker: R Sena Turk Yilmaz
Heme/Leuk Tumor Board
Neuro-Oncology Tumor Board
2024 Tri-State Blood Cancer Conference: Knowledge is Power
A Leukemia and Lymphoma Society event
Speaker: Francine Foss, MD
Yale Cancer Answers: From Fatal to Fearless - A Journey with Multiple Myeloma
Speakers: Natalia Neparidze, MD, Kathy Giusti
Center for Thoracic Cancers Tumor Board
Neuro Spine Tumor Board
Genitourinary (GU) Tumor Board
Head & Neck Tumor Board
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
Radiobiology and Genome Integrity
A new role for BLM helicase in alternative end-joining
Speaker: Connor McBrine
Radiobiology and Genome Integrity
"Chk2 sustains PLK1 activity in mitosis to ensure proper chromosome segregation."
Speaker: Elizabeth Black
The Infinite Strength Metastatic Breast Conference for Women, Children, and Caregivers
Speakers: Roberta Lombardi, Tara Sanft, MD, Lillie Shockney RN, BS, MAS, HON- ONN-CG, Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH, Dr. Neil lyengar
Therapeutic Radiology Grand Rounds: "Cancers of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx: A Surgeon's Perspective"
Speaker: Ansley Roche, MD, BA
Self-Care and Support Groups
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: Pancreatic Cancer Support Group
Support Group for Women with Cancer
Presented by Integrative Medicine & Support Services at Smilow Cancer Hospital
The Infinite Strength Metastatic Breast Conference for Women, Children, and Caregivers
Speakers: Roberta Lombardi, Tara Sanft, MD, Lillie Shockney RN, BS, MAS, HON- ONN-CG, Maryam Lustberg, MD, MPH, Dr. Neil lyengar
Phone Meditation hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Smilow Cancer Hospital Sponsors: Cancer Caregivers Support Group
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Virtual Gentle Yoga hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Early Onset Cancers Caregiver Support Group
Yale Cancer Center: "Support Group for Prostate Cancer"
Speakers: Speakers to be announced.
The Cingari Family Boutique Beyond Beauty Program
Location: Smilow Guilford/Shoreline Medical Center
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Breast Cancer Support Group"
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow North Haven Sponsor: "Patient and Family Support Group"
Restorative Yoga with Ellen McNally hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Chair-Based Exercise
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Lung Cancer Support Group"
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Patient Support Group"
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Pancreatic Cancer Support Group"
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Bladder Cancer Support Group"