Friday, January 13th, 2023 | 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET
The Best of Oncology West, chaired by Dr. Daniel Heng and Dr. Sharlene Gill, will consist of the most influential oncologists from across Western Canada. This hybrid event will highlight the top 3-4 most clinically relevant achievements for 2022 across many tumour sites with a focus on Western faculty and audience.
1. Discussion of the pivotal oncology trials presented in the different disease sites
2. Review of the current standard of care for key malignancies
3. Discussion of the current controversies in the management of specific cancers
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast Buffet
8:00 AM – 8:45AM
Seagen Breakfast Symposium: Metastatic Bladder Cancer Treatment: An
Evolution in Progress – Dr. Christian Kollmannsberger, Dr. Krista Noonan, Dr. Nimira Alimohamed
8:45 AM – 8:55 AM
Welcome Address by Chairs – Dr. Sharlene Gill & Dr. Daniel Heng
8:55 AM – 9:25 AM
Prostate and Non-Prostate GU Cancer – Dr. Vishal Navani
9:25 AM – 9:50 AM
Colorectal GI Cancer – Dr. Jonathon Loree
9:50 AM – 10:15 AM
GU Updates
10:15 AM – 10:35 AM
GI Updates – Dr. Eric Chen
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM
TBA
11:00 AM – 11:25 AM
Complimentary Lunch Buffet & Networking Break
11:25 AM – 11:50 PM
Lunch Symposium
11:50 PM – 12:10 PM
Lung Cancer Updates
12:10 PM – 12:40 PM
Breast Cancer Updates
12:40 PM – 1:15 PM
Melanoma Updates
1:15 PM – 1:40 PM
Networking Break & Sponsor Exhibits with Refreshments
1:40 PM – 2:05 PM
TBA
2:05 PM – 2:25 PM
TBA
2:25 PM – 3:00 PM
Multiple Myeloma- Dr Christopher Venner
3:00 PM – 3:25 PM
Melanoma – Dr. Jose Monzon
3:25 PM – 3:50 PM
Breast Cancer – Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Networking Prize Draw – Dr. Sharlene Gill & Dr. Daniel Heng
Conference Co-Chair
BSc (Pharm), MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FRCP(C) BC Cancer
Dr. Gill is a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies at BC Cancer – Vancouver. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy and an MD from the University of British Columbia in 1996 followed by residencies in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology. Dr. Gill subsequently completed a fellowship in Gl Oncology at the
Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and a Master’s of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. In 2017, she completed an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina. She is actively engaged in education and research, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters to her credit. Dr. Gill currently serves as the Chair of the Canadian Clinical Trials Group (CCTG) GI Disease Site Committee, and is President-Elect for the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists.
Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Heng is a Staff Medical Oncologist at the Tom Baker Cancer Center in Calgary, Alberta and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Calgary. He received his MD from the University of Calgary and completed his internal medicine and medical oncology residencies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. He was trained at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver, Canada and then completed an Experimental Therapeutics fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute. He received a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University. He is the Chair of the
International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC) which has created and validated the IMDC criteria (a.k.a. Heng Criteria) for prognostication in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients. He is also the Chair of the Genitourinary Tumor Group in Calgary and Medical Leader for the Clinical Research Unit at the TBCC. He has a keen interest
in outcomes, prognostic factors and clinical trials research in metastatic renal cell carcinoma and other genitourinary malignancies
Registration for Healthcare professionals can be completed above. Industry representatives (both sponsor and non-sponsor) must contact Kelly Allan at [email protected] for registration and sponsorship opportunities. Industry registrations will be not be accepted through the website.
For sponsorship-related inquiries, please contact Bernadette Gregoris at [email protected].
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