Dr. Jack West reviews emerging new information and controversial topics in health care in general, cancer treatment in particular.
Dr. Miriam (Mimi) Knoll (Pt. 2): Reaching a Broad Audience on Social & Mass Media
Host Jack West & Dr. Mimi Knoll explore the ways in which she uses both social media & other media channels to reach a professional and lay public audience to address tough questions of gender equity & work-life balance as a physician leader. (21:04)
Dr. Miriam (Mimi) Knoll (Pt. 1): Her Upbringing in an Unusually Medical Household
Radiation oncologist Miriam Knoll traces her family’s history in medicine, raised by two physicians and living in a household that also served as a medical clinic, while also describing the experience of having children early in her career path. (25:20)
Dr. David Palma (Pt 2): Controversies and Open Questions in Radiation Oncology
Dr. Jack West & Dr. David Palma, expert radiation oncologist in London, Ontario, discuss challenges in delivering radiation in Canada as well debates in radiation oncology care ranging from proton beam radiation to SBRT for oligometastatic NSCLC. (31:07)
Dr. David Palma (Pt 1): Radiation Oncologist, Triathlete, Bestselling Author
Dr. David Palma, radiation oncologist, traces his path into the field by way of Vancouver and Amsterdam, while touching on his becoming a triathlete and bestselling author of a book for the lay public, Taking Charge of Cancer. (26:52)
Dr. Gilberto Lopes (Pt 2): The Growing Momentum of Global Oncology
Dr. Gilberto Lopes, medical oncologist at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, chats with host Dr. Jack West about the growth of global oncology as a field, new training programs, and his role as Editor-in-Chief of ASCO’s Journal of Global Oncology. (24:14)
Dr. Gilberto Lopes (Pt 1): Medical Perspective From Working on Three Continents
Dr. Gilberto Lopes from U Miami Sylvester Comprehensive School of Medicine recounts his path from childhood & education in Brazil to training in Miami, then Singapore, back to Brazil, & his return to Univ of Miami to develop a new global oncology program. (36:06)
Dr. Anne Tsao: The Path to Medicine, MD Anderson, & a Focus on Mesothelioma
Dr. Anne Tsao reviews her early pivot from engineering to medicine, her commitment to oncology and path to training at and then forging her career development at MD Anderson Cancer Center, & the emerging research in malignant pleural mesothelioma. (28:36)
Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah (Part 2): Integrating Novel Treatments and Supportive Care in a Tertiary Care Referral Center
Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah of MD Anderson Cancer Center review the challenges of weaving supportive care & symptom management with emerging targeted therapies & other novel treatments to blend into optimal cancer care. (29:10)
Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah (Part 1): Origin Story for a Great Oncology Power Couple
Dr. West speaks with Drs. Ishwaria & Vivek Subbiah from MD Anderson about their development to focus on supportive care & investigational therapies in cancer, respectively, & how they came together as a married couple living & working together. (32:01)