Best ​of ​ASCO® Vancouver 2021

OncologyEducation’s Best of ASCO® Conference is a program licensed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and will be held virtually on July 16th, 2021. Chaired by Dr. Sharlene Gill and Dr. Nancy Nixon, the focus of this event will be to provide medical oncologists and other healthcare practitioners with a summary of the most significant treatment advances presented at the ASCO® 2021 Annual (digital) Meeting, with presentations focused on several key disease sites. The Best of ASCO® Vancouver faculty will draw from some of Canada’s most influential oncologists.

Learning Objectives:

 • To summarize the most significant treatment advances presented at ASCO® 2021

 • To review the current standard of care for key malignancies

 • To discuss the current controversies in the management of specific cancers

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Registration

Registration will be complimentary for Healthcare professionals, and will be open soon. Industry representatives (both sponsor and non-sponsor) can register by contacting Laura Davidson at laura@oncologyeducation.com.

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Conference Chairs

Dr. Sharlene Gill is a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a medical oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal (GI) malignanciesat BC Cancer –Vancouver. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Pharmacy and an MD from theUniversity of British Columbiain 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. Sheis actively engaged in education and research, with over 100peer-reviewed publications and book chapters to her credit. Dr. Gill currently serves as the Chair of the CanadianClinical Trials Group (CCTG)GI Disease Site Committee, and isPresident-Elect for the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists.

Dr. Nancy Nixon received a degree in biochemistry with honours from the University of Calgary in 2008 prior to medical school which she completed in 2011. She did her internal medicine and medical oncology specialization training in Calgary, finishing in 2016. In 2017, Dr. Nixon completed a clinical and research fellowship in breast cancer under the supervision of Dr. Sunil Verma. She is currently a full time medical oncologist at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. Since 2019 she has been the Southern Alberta TumourTeam Lead for medical oncology. In 2017 she received an Early Career Research Program Award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research, and was featured in the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s LEAP magazine for her research focusing on patient priorities in cancer research. Dr. Nixon is also involved with translational research studies at the University of Calgary examining biomarkers for tumour response to treatment and immune therapies.She has received over $1, 500, 000.00 CAD funding for her research endeavors over since taking on her current position at the Tom Baker. Apart from her clinical and research duties Dr. Nixon is also team captain for the Tom Baker Cancer Conquerors in the Alberta Ride to Conquer Cancer, who have raised close to $1 million in research funds for the Tom Baker since 2016.

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Contact Information

For questions, please email info@oncologyeducation.ca.