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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: Marina Sharifi, MD, PGY6, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Our site leaders are:

• Craig C. Hofmeister, MD, MPH, Professor, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
• Thorvardur (Thor) R. Halfdanarson, MD, Professor of Oncology, Mayo Clinic
• Matthew J. Matasar, MD, Division Chief, Blood Disorders, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• Matthew J. Matasar, MD, Division Chief, Blood Disorders, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• Robert Wesolowski, MD, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
• Sam J. Lubner, MD, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin
• Praveen Vikas, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Tycel J. Phillips, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Lymphoma, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope
• Tycel J. Phillips, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Lymphoma, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope
• Frederick H. Wilson, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Medicine
• Elizabeth Brem, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, University of California Irvine
• Sarah C. Rutherford, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
• Matthew A. Lunning, DO, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska College of Medicine
• Meghna S. Trivedi, MD, Assistant Professor, Columbia University Medical Center
• Martina C. Murphy, MD, Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine
• Kelly McCann, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Michael Cecchini, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine , Yale Cancer Center
• Paul Kunk, MD, Associate Professor, University of Virginia
• Gregory A. Durm, MD, Assistant Professor, IU/PUI School of Medicine
• Chandrikha Chandrasekharan, MBBS, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
• Mei Wei, MD, Breast Oncologist, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
• Katy E. Beckermann, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor - Division of Hematology/Oncology with GU focus, Vanderbilt
• Matthew J. Butler, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
• Angel Qin, MD, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
• Anita Turk, MD, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center
• Avan J. Armaghani, MD, Assistant Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center
• Vadim S. Koshkin, MD, Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco
• Kerry Schaffer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Jason S. Starr, DO, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
• James Hu, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Salman R. Punekar, MD, Assistant Professor, Perlmutter Cancer Center of NYU Langone Health
• Kristen R. Spencer, DO, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Malinda T. West, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
• Amr Mohamed, MD, Associate Professor and Director of the Neuroendocrine Tumor program, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University
• Michael E. Roth, MD, Associate Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• David R. Freyer, DO, MS, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Medicine, and Preventive Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
• Stefanie Thomas, MD, , Cleveland Clinic Foundation
• Anthony N. Audino, MD, Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist, Nationwide Children's Hospital
• Ning Jin, MD, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
• Ajit Bisen, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Rahul Banerjee, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Julia Foldi, MD, PhD, Faculty, University of Pittsburgh
• Eric K. Singhi, MD, Assistant Professor in Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Hannah D. McManus, MD, Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Medicine
• Ben Derman, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
• S. Alex Mastroyannis, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
• Nicholas Yeager, MD, Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• Hannah Lust, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
• Melissa Brackmann, MD, Assistant Professor, Michigan Medicine
• Bassam Sonbol, MD, Hematologist / Oncologist, Mayo Clinic
• Payam Katebi Kashi, MD, PhD, Gynecologic Oncologist, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Saurabh Zanwar, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Mayo Clinic Rochester
• John S. Underwood, MD, Resident, Indiana University
• Adriana Kahn, MD, Fellow, Yale School of Medicine
• Taylor Brooks, MD, Fellow, Cleveland Clinic
• Madhulika Eluri, MD, Fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Mingjia Li, MD, Fellow, The Ohio State University
• Christopher Cann, MD, Hematologist/Oncologist, Fox Chase Cancer Center
• Daenielle Lang, MD, ,
• Adel Mandl, MD, PhD, Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University
• Roy Elias, MD, Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• Sridevi Rajeeve, MD, Assistant Attending Physician/Myeloma & Cell Therapy Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York City
• Smita Joshi, MD, Assistant Attending Physician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Jacqueline Brown, MD, Assistant Professor, Emory 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.