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What if we could learn about the types of discussions that are happening at top cancer centers around the country? What if, instead of being restricted within 4 walls, those conversations could be shared with all of us?

In collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center, we designed a process to capture and share knowledge from top cancer centers with community oncologists.

Program Leader: Maitri Kalra, MD, PGY6, Indiana University.

Our site leaders are:

• Caitlin A. Schonewolf, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Medical School
• Robert Wesolowski, MD, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
• Sam J. Lubner, MD, , University of Wisconsin
• Praveen Vikas, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Frederick H. Wilson, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine
• Meghna S. Trivedi, MD, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Medical Center
• Kelly McCann, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Michael Cecchini, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine , Yale Cancer Center
• Paul Kunk , MD, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
• Sarah Mougalian, MD, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine
• Wade T. Iams, MD, Instructor, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Amanda Parkes, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
• Gregory A. Durm, MD, Assistant Professor, IU/PUI School of Medicine
• Sausan Z. Abouharb, Assistant Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Mei Wei, MD, Fellow, University of Utah School of Medicine
• Avan J. Armaghani, MD, Assistant Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center
• Jean G. Bustamante Alvarez, MD, MS, Fellow, Ohio State University James Cancer Center
• Kristen R. Spencer, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Priyadarshini Pathak, MD, Fellow, Indiana University School of Medicine

theMednet is committed to helping oncologists get answers to their clinical questions. Often, the best answer to a question is a clinical trial.

Clinical trials are how scientific discoveries are translated into improving in cancer care for our patients. The bad news is that only 2-3% of adults with cancer currently enroll on trials. We know that physician awareness of clinical trials has the strongest relationship with accrual, but with everything else on a physician’s mind, it’s incredibly hard to know the right trial at the right time for the right patient.

theMednet has partnered with SWOG and the National Science Foundation to connect oncologists with more trials around the country so that more patients can get tomorrow’s standard of care today.

Journal Clubs are a great way to keep up to date with the latest research.

However, it's hard to schedule and bring people together in a modern clinical setting. You have to agree on papers to review, coordinate across Doctor's busy schedules, book rooms, etc.

In partnership with ASCO, theMednet is running online journal clubs with papers sponsored by ASCO.