This Week at Yale Cancer Center
April 15 - April 22, 2024
Seminars and Events
Center for Thoracic Cancers Tumor Board
Neuro Spine Tumor Board
Genitourinary (GU) Tumor Board
Pharmacolgy Seminar Series presents: Advances and Challenges in Quality Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Speaker: Zhengtao Wang, PhD
Head & Neck Tumor Board
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
Lymphoma/Stem Cell Tumor Board
Palliative Care Grand Rounds, "Is Treatment Trauma? A Review of Medical Traumatic Stress"
Speaker: Chloe Zimmerman, MD
Palliative Care Case Conference, "One Step at a Time:
A parent's journey navigating metastatic cancer with their adult autistic son"
Speaker: Dwain Fehon, PsyD
GYN-ONC Tumor Board
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich Presents a CME Series: Gynecologic Oncology Treatment and Care
Speakers: Peter Dottino, MD, FACOG, Katyayani (Katya) Papatla, MD/MPH, Hope Walden
Endocrine Tumor Board
Lab Med Grand Rounds "Mitochondria Transfer in Metabolic Diseases"
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan R. Brestoff
Myeloma Tumor Board
Center for Breast Cancer Tumor Board
Neuroendocrine Series: Medical Management of Cushing's Syndrome
Speaker: Mary Windham, MD, PhD
PCCM Fellows Special Conference
Speaker: Kathleen Akgün, MD, MS
Melanoma Tumor Board
Therapeutic Radiology Grand Rounds: "Yale Robotic Bronchoscopy Program"
Speaker: Sanket Thakore, MD
Yale GIM Research in Progress Meeting: Saria Hassan, MD, MPH
Re: Climate and Health
Speaker: Saria Hassan, MD, MPH
Liver/Transplant Tumor Board
The Yale CF Research Center Seminar: “The Neutrophil Landscape”
Speaker: Andres Hidalgo, PhD
Pediatric Tumor Board / NHL & Leukemia Conference
Center for GI Cancers Seminar Series 2023-2024
Urology Grand Rounds: Resident Presentations for the AUA
Urology Grand Rounds
Speakers: Ankur Choksi, MD, Soum Lokeshwar, MD, MBA, Ellen Cahill, MD, Olamide Olawoyin, MD, Syed Rahman, MD
Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds: The State of Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital
Speaker: Eric Winer, MD
Sarcoma Tumor Board
Yale CCEH Rising Stars in Hematology Series: Kristy Stengel, PhD., "Targeted Protein Degradation Reveals Mechanisms of RUNX1-regulated gene expression"
"Rising Stars in Hematology" Seminar Series Kristy Stangel
Genetics Department Seminar Series: “Decoding the Transcription Circuitry When Life Begins”
Speaker: Wei Xie, PhD
Developmental Therapeutics Research Program
KL-50:A cell line selective DNA cross-linking agent for the treatment of drug-resistant glioblastoma
Speaker: Seth Herzon, PhD
Heme/Leuk Tumor Board
Neuro-Oncology Tumor Board
Holden Thorp presents “Let’s stick together: Sustaining the scientific record and scientific community during chaos”
Speaker: Dr. Holden Thorp
Yale Cancer Answers: Theranostics and Advanced Treatment Options for Prostate Cancer
Speaker: Gabriela Spilberg, MD
Center for Thoracic Cancers Tumor Board
Neuro Spine Tumor Board
Radiobiology and Genome Integrity
Loss of nuclear integrity at persistent DNA bridges ties PARP inhibitors to innate immune signaling
Speaker: Ece Kocak
Genitourinary (GU) Tumor Board
Head & Neck Tumor Board
Gastrointestinal Tumor Board
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
Early Onset Cancer Caregiver Support Group
Free Head & Neck Cancer Screening at YNHH
Yale Cancer Center: "Support Group for Prostate Cancer"
Speakers: Speakers to be announced.
The Cingari Family Boutique Beyond Beauty Program
Location: Smilow Derby
Virtual Gentle Yoga hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Yale Cancer Center Sponsors: "Gastrointestinal Cancers Support Group"
Virtual T'ai Chi/Qigong hosted by Smilow Integrative Medicine
Smilow Cancer Hospital Sponsors: Cancer Caregivers Support Group
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