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Difficult Cases in GYN Management
Program Code:
EDU-410
Date:
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
SPEAKER(S):
Kaled Alektiar, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Patricia Eifel, Professor of Radiation Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Gynecologic Radiation Oncologist in practice since 1993. Author/Co-author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications relating to gynecologic malignancies. Current research geared toward investigating new techniques in radiation oncology and their use in Gynecologic malignancies including IMRT, image-guided brachytherapy as well as proton therapy.
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Dr. Wui-Jin Koh is professor of radiation oncology, and adjunct professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, in the University of Washington School of Medicine. He also serves as Medical Director of Radiation Oncology at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Dr. Koh graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1984, and completed his residency in radiation oncology at the University of Washington in 1988. He has remained on the faculty of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington since then.
Dr Koh specializes in the management of patients with gynecologic and GI malignancies. He has published widely in the field of gynecologic cancer. Recent book chapters cover vulvar cancer in the Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology 5th edition, 2009(eds. Barakat RR, Markman M, Randall ME), and cervix cancer in Clinical Radiation Oncology, 2nd edition, 2007 (eds. Gunderson LL, Tepper JE).
His current research interests center on the optimization of multimodality therapy for cancer, novel therapeutic agents for chemoradiotherapy, as well as the role of imaging in oncology. He currently serves as the co-chair of the cervix and vulva committee of the Gynecologic Oncology Group, and as the co-chair of the cervix and uterine guidelines panel of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. He is on the editorial board of 4 peer-reviewed journals, including Gynecologic Oncology, JNCCN, and the American Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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Arno Mundt, Professor,
University of California San Diego
Dr. Mundt is an internationally recognized radiation oncologist. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters and reviews predominantly focusing on the use of novel radiotherapy approaches including intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery. He has edited 3 oncology textbooks, including two devoted to novel radiation technologies: IMRT: A Clinical Perspective and IGRT: A Clinical Perspective. The latter includes contributors from over 77 institutions in 18 countries. He has been an invited speaker at over 150 seminars, symposia and workshops in the United States and abroad, including in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, Japan and Taiwan. He has been a visiting professor at numerous prestigious Universities, including the Mayo Clinic, the University of Michigan, Washington University, and Emory. He is a guest reviewer for 8 cancer journals and serves on multiple Advisory and Editorial Boards. Named Top Doctor for Cancer as well as a Top Doctor by the Chicago Magazine, he has recently been named a Top Doctor by the San Diego Magazine.
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