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Breaking Barriers to Cancer Care: The Cancer Disparity Research Partnership
Program Code:
EDU-312
Date:
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
SPEAKER(S):
Nell Forge, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
Allen Fremont, M.D., Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Patrick Maguire, M.D., New Hanover Radiation Oncology, Wilmington, NC
Dr. Petereit is a radiation oncologist in Rapid City, SD, at the John T. Vucurevich Cancer Care Institute. He in an Associate Professor at both the University of Wisconsin and University of South Dakota Medical Schools. He is still on active staff at the University of Wisconsin School of Public Health and Medical School. His areas of research include brachytherapy, IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy), and health care disparities. He is the principal investigator on a NCI sponsored Clinical Disparity Research Partnership (CDRP) grant, Walking Forward. The goal of the project is to lower cancer mortality rates for American Indians in the Northern Plains region. He has given several national and international presentations on his research. He has published over 60 manuscripts, and continues to closely collaborate with the University of Wisconsin in addressing health care disparities through patient navigation, radiogenomics, and clinical trials with an emphasis on brachytherapy and IMRT.
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Michael Steinberg,
M.D., Medical Outcomes Specialist, Global Medical Division,
Santa Monica Cancer Treatment Center, Santa Monica, CAMD, United States
PharmD + Residency/Fellowship in Drug Info/Competitive Intelligence -- Pfizer -- 6 years (variety of positions include drug information, competitive intelligence support of R&D) Currently a field based Medical Outcomes specialist focusing on medical and quality support to Managed Markets (MD, DE)
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