ISSUE NO. 30 | OCTOBER 2023 THE DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY & HEMATOLOGY
NEWSLETTER
MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Greetings members of the Welcome to Our New Staff & Fellows
Division of Medical Oncology and
Hematology.
I would like to welcome you to Dr. Robert Vanner joined DMOH as a Medical Oncolo-
our October 2023 issue! I am gist and Clinician Scientist supporting the Gastroin-
pleased to highlight our many testinal Disease Site and the Clonal Hematopoiesis of
milestones and achievements in Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) Program at the Princess
the past month. In the next few Margaret Cancer Centre.
pages, you will read about: His research uses genomics and animal models to under-
• New Staff & Fellows stand Clonal Hematopoiesis as a determinant of cancer
outcomes. Prior to this appointment he completed a
• Health & Wellness Research Fellowship at the Princess Margaret Cancer
Centre and Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ),
• Outstanding Awards & Heidelberg, Germany through the PM-DKFZ Interna-
Accomplishments tional Clinician Scientist Fellowship Program and as a CIHR/LLSC Clinician Scien-
tist Fellow. He completed his Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology Residency
• Research Achievements training at the University of Toronto and his MD and PhD in the Department of
Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto through the MD/PhD Program.
• Staff Spotlights
Outside of work Rob enjoys spending time with his wife and 2 year old daughter,
• Upcoming Events reading, running, and cycling.
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Dr. Rachitha Srinivasa Reddy completed her medical
Happy reading, school (MBBS) training from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical
College, Kolar, Karnataka from 2010-2016. She began
Amit Oza her Internal Medicine training in 2017 at Kempegowda
Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru. She is excited
to start her clinical fellowship and hopes to upgrade her
knowledge and skills in acute oncology from a renowned
centre and simultaneously do research projects. In her
spare time she likes to travel, go on a hike and read a
book.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Health & Wellness Resources
Understanding Faculty Wellness and Burnout:
Beyond the Department of Medicine's Faculty Survey Event
Date & Time:
November 30, 2023 at 12:00-1:00 PM
Facilitators:
Simron Singh - Faculty Lead Wellness, Culture and Inclusion portfolio, Department of Medicine.
Umberin Najeeb – Vice-Chair Culture and Inclusion, Department of Medicine.
Objectives:
1. Review the Department's "Your Voice Matter Faculty" survey results specifically from wellness and burnout
perspective
2. Facilitate an open, transparent, and constructive discussion on factors related to TGH/PMH/TRI Faculty wellness
and burnout
3. Listen, reflect and brainstorm: short-, medium- and long-term ideas to improve faculty wellness and reduce
burnout
While event has been designated by the University as primarily for Toronto General Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital
and Toronto Rehab Institute Full Time DOM Faculty, they recognize that many faculty work at multiple sites across UHN,
and all Department Members are welcome to attend sessions at any site. The date and time for the Sinai Health session
will be finalized shortly and circulated. PICs, DPICs and Division Heads will NOT attend this event, in order to further facili-
tate the conversation. Future sessions are planned for Clinical Associates and Part Time Faculty.
For further details on the event and the zoom meeting link, please click here.
Canadian Medical Association
Physician Wellness Hub
The Canadian Medical Association has a variety
of resources available for physician wellness.
To access the hub, please click here.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Journaling Benefits
One of the ways to deal with any overwhelming emotion is to find a healthy way to express yourself. This makes a journal
a helpful tool in managing your mental health. Journaling can help you:
• Manage anxiety
• Reduce stress
• Cope with depression
Journaling helps control your symptoms and improve your mood by:
• Helping you prioritize problems, fears, and concerns
• Tracking any symptoms day-to-day so that you can recognize triggers and learn ways to better control them
• Providing an opportunity for positive self-talk and identifying negative thoughts and behaviors
When you have a problem and you're stressed, keeping a journal can help you identify what’s causing that stress or
anxiety. Once you’ve identified your stressors, you can work on a plan to resolve the problems and reduce your stress.
Keep in mind that journaling is just one aspect of a healthy lifestyle for better managing stress, anxiety, and mental health
conditions. To get the most benefits, be sure you also:
• Relax and meditate each day.
• Eat a healthy, balanced diet.
• Exercise regularly—get in some activity every day.
• Treat yourself to plenty of sleep each night.
• Stay away from alcohol and drugs.
Use your journal to make sure you follow these guidelines daily.
How to Journal
Try these tips to help you get started with journaling:
• Try to write every day. Set aside a few minutes every day to
write. This will help you to write in your journal regularly.
• Make it easy. Keep a pen and paper handy at all times. Then
when you want to write down your thoughts, you can. You
can also keep a journal on your smartphone.
• Write or draw whatever feels right. Your journal doesn't
need to follow any certain structure. It's your own private
place to discuss and create whatever you want to express
your feelings. Let the words and ideas flow freely. Don't
worry about spelling mistakes or what other people might
think.
• Use your journal as you see fit. You don't have to share
your journal with anyone. If you do want to share some
of your thoughts with trusted friends and loved ones, you
could show them parts of your journal.
Keeping a journal helps you create order when your world feels like it’s in chaos. You get to know yourself by revealing
your most private fears, thoughts, and feelings. Look at your writing time as personal relaxation time. It's a time when
you can de-stress and wind down. Write in a place that's relaxing and soothing, maybe with a cup of tea. Look forward to
your journaling time. And know that you're doing something good for your mind and body.
Source: University of Rochester Medical Centre Health Encyclopedia here.
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STAFF SPOTLIGHTS
Meet the Public Affairs & Communications Team
Meet your Public Affairs and Communications team at
Princess Margaret! This team is here to share research
achievements, patient stories and get the word out about
what’s going on at the hospital.
Do you have a story that should be heard? We would love
to hear from you.
Reach out to us at [email protected] or
[email protected].
Marina Jimenez is delighted Shauna Mazenes has been with UHN for a year and
to have joined the Princess currently works as a Public Affairs and Communications
Margaret Cancer Centre as the Associate at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Shauna
Director of Communications, completed a journalism degree at Toronto Metropolitan
cross-appointed to the Prin- University and has a passion for writing about health and
cess Margaret Cancer Founda- science, and sharing patient stories.
tion. Previously she worked as
an issues and media strategist
for the University of Toronto.
During her 25-year journalism
career, she worked at six
different newsrooms in three provinces, including stints
on the Globe and Mail’s editorial board, as a foreign writer
for the National Post and as an on-air reporter for CBC
Alberta News. She continues to work as a freelance travel
writer.
Additions to the DMOH Family
Congratulations to Dr. Husam Alqaisi for his new
baby daughter Aya.
Congratulations to Dr. Geoff Watson for his new
baby son Matthew Patrick Watson.
Baby Aya Baby Matthew
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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
New Appointments
Congratulations to Jamie Austin
for being promoted to the role
of Program Manager for DMOH Thank you Road Hockey Players! In October, over
effective October 2, 2023. Jamie 1800 participants played Road Hockey to Conquer
will continue to oversee DMOH Cancer and raised over $3.15M to support cancer
Economics, the DMOH Medical research at the Princess Margaret. This event has
Oncology portfolio, the DMOH raised over 30M for Princess Margaret Cancer
Hospitalist profile, DMOH Fellow- Research over the past 12 years
ship and Education, as well as
co-managing our administrative Thank you to the many faculty, staff and trainees who
personnel. played hockey or cheered on the participants. Thank
you to incredible our Foundation leadership and staff
who work tireless to raise funds for research at the
Congratulations to Michelle Princess Margaret.
Williams for being promoted
to the role of Manager, Business
Administration effective October
2, 2023. Working alongside Jamie
and Arthy, Michelle will join the
DMOH management office and
will oversee human resources and
medical affairs for our medical
faculty; including physician recruit-
ment, credentialing, onboarding,
offboarding, hospital/university/college reappointments
and university promotions. Michelle will also support and
coordinate all other additional Divisional projects, including
DMOH communications and social media.
Congratulations to Kevin Wang for receiving the Robert V. Brady Award for Best Resident. This
award recognizes two residents, one from medical oncology and one from radiation oncology,
who demonstrate that they have made a significant contribution to patients and the oncology
community within the Cancer Program. The resident should represent the best qualities that
you would wish to see in an oncologist: demonstration of academic excellence; compassion,
caring and advocacy for patients, patients' families and colleagues; and exceeding expectations
of supervisors and colleagues to ensure that patients are well cared for, thereby contributing
significantly to the clinical team.
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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
Allogeneic Blood & Bone Marrow
Transplant Patient Survivorship Day
A Celebration of Life
Hundreds of patients from Princess Margaret, their care partners and families, physicians, nurses, healthcare workers and
supporters gathered for Canada’s inaugural Allogeneic Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Survivorship Day on September
27th at the Black Creek Pioneer Village. Dr. Jonas Mattsson, Director of the Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program and
members of its multidisciplinary team, organized the day to celebrate patients’ good health and long-standing survivorship, to
pay tribute to one of the most difficult procedures in medicine, and to recognize the team of hundreds – including donors –
whose dedication makes it all possible.
Event festivities, emceed by former Princess Margaret Ambulatory Care Nurse Manager, Sabrina Bennett, included speeches by:
Dr. Mattsson; UHN Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive Pam Hubley; and Inpatient Allogeneic BMT Units and Allogeneic
Pre-Transplant Nurse Manager Susan Clarke. A speech was also made by Sandra Messner, wife of the late Dr. Hans Messner, the
physician who pioneered stem cell transplantation and the former Director of the Allogeneic Transplant Program from 1975 to
2006. In addition, among several patients who spoke was writer John Ralston Saul: “It is suitable to be at Pioneer Village. We are
pioneers and our village of stem cell transplants only a few decades old,” said Saul. “We are linked to our donors forever... we
don’t know and we have never met someone who saved our lives.” Lilac Caña, another patient, sang an opera duet with cellist
Dr. Armin Gerbitz, a physician with the transplant program. Additional musical performances were contributed by The Gene
Pool Boys, jazz quartet under the leadership of Adam David, and a duet by former transplant Clinical Associate Dr. David Loach
and Music Therapist SarahRose Black.
The Allogeneic Transplant Program is thankful for the support of The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (Partner), Peter &
Paul's Hospitality Group (Venue Sponsor), and En Rose Event Specialists & Invitation Boutique (Event Sponsor).
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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to Dr. Philippe Bedard
Dr. Philippe Bedard participated in the 2023 NCI Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) Early
Drug Development meeting. Congratulations to Dr. Bedard for being the recipient of the Michaele C.
Christian Oncology Drug Development Award & Lectureship award. ¬The award is intended to recognize
the contributions of individuals, particularly those in mid-career, to the development of novel agents for
cancer therapy. ¬The award consists of a plaque and a lectureship that will be delivered at the annual
NCI CTEP Early Drug Development meeting. Please view the award booklet which is acknowledging Dr.
Bedard.
Philippe Bedard, MD, received his medical degree from the University of Toronto in 2003, where he
was awarded the Cody Academic Silver Medal. He completed his Internal Medicine (2006) and Medical
Oncology (2006) training at the University of Toronto and then a Clinical Research Fellowship at the
Breast International Group (BIG) in 2009. He was appointed as an Assistant Professor and Staff Medical Oncologist at the Univer-
sity of Toronto and the University Health Network – Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in 2010. He was promoted to Associate
Professor in 2016. His clinical practice includes the treatment of patients with breast cancer and germ cell malignancies.
He is a Principal Investigator in the Bras Phase 1 Drug Development Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. He has
been a Principal Investigator for more than 60 phase I clinical trials, with a particular focus on investigational drug combinations,
including targeted therapies and immunotherapy agents. He is the contact Principal Investigator for the North American Star
Consortium (NASC), a US National Cancer Institute (NCI) Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN) UM1-funded
consortium that conducts early phase investigator-initiated clinical trials with new therapies for solid tumors and hematologic
malignancies. NASC includes the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (co-contact PI, Dr. Lillian Siu), Moffitt Cancer Center (PI, Dr.
Jeffrey Lancet), Virginia Commonwealth University (PI, Dr. Steven Grant), Northwestern University (PI, Dr. Deva Mahalingam),
University of Texas Southwestern (PI, Dr. Kevin Courtney), Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (PI, Dr. Salma Jabbour), and
University of Miami (PI, Dr. Jonathan Trent). He was the Fellowship Director for the Princess Margaret Drug Development Program
(2011-2020) training >40 clinical research fellows – many of whom are now leading academic or commercial early phase drug
development programs. He is a Past Chair (2015-2019) of the Canadian Clinical Trials Group (CCTG) Investigational New Drug
Committee and current chair of the CCTG Early Trials Advisory Group.
Dr. Bedard is the Director for the Princess Margaret Cancer Genomics Program that has enrolled more than 10,000 patients to
genomic characterization clinical trials since its inception in 2012. He is the Co-Principal Investigator for the Princess Margaret
Integrated Molecular Profiling in Advanced Cancers Trial (IMPACT) and the ongoing Ontario-wide Targeted Nucleic Acid Evalua-
tion (OCTANE) study that involves clinical sequencing for patients with advanced solid tumors at six academic institutions in the
province of Ontario. Data from these studies are publicly shared cancer research community through the American Association
for Cancer Research (AACR) Project GENIE. He is the current Chair of Steering Committee for GENIE that now includes publicly
available clinical and genomic records from >167,000 patients from 18 participating institutions in North America and Europe. He
is an Executive Board Member of the Breast International Group (BIG), the largest international academic research organization
for breast cancer research that has lead practice-changing clinical trials for patients with breast cancer.
He was awarded the Career Development Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2012) and the William E. Rawls
Prize (2017) from the Canadian Cancer Society for outstanding research contributions that have the potential to lead to, or have
already led to important advances in cancer control.
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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
Words of Wisdom
from the Weekly DMOH
Admin Huddle
"It’s a funny thing
about life, once you
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Grant, medical oncologist
and researcher at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, for begin to take note
receiving the 2023 AMS Healthcare Compassion and Arti-
ficial Intelligence (AI) Fellowship. His research project will
focus on using AI to prevent blood clots in cancer patients. of the things you
A common complication of cancer is venous thromboembo-
lism. Currently this complication is prevented by prescribing are grateful for, you
direct oral anticoagulants. However, these medications
have potential side effects, so assessing the risk of cancer- begin to lose sight of
associated venous thromboembolism is important to deter-
mine which patients will benefit. Dr. Grant and his team at
the Princess Margaret will use AI to better assess the risk the things that you
of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism to guide
decisions around prevention. The team will design an AI
system called CREST, which will apply AI to the integrated lack. ."
electronic health record from tens of thousands of patients
with cancer to improve the detection of venous thrombo- ∼ Germany Kent
embolism. The team aims to design a prototype that can
help clinicians to visualize and receive accurate information
on the patient risk for thrombosis to improve patient care.
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress took place in Madrid, Spain this year October 20-24, 2023.
We are pleased to share with you a few DMOH staff poster sessions, presentations, grants and other contributions and
achievements below. Please join us in congratulating our colleagues for their remarkable work! The DMOH summary of
accomplishments is available here.
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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
Notable Research Achievements
Congratulations to Drs. Donna Reece, Suzanne Trudel,
Rodger Tiedemann, Anca Prica, Vishal Kukreti, and
Congratulations to Dr. Elena Christine Chen for their paper “The Impact of CD34+ Cell
Elimova for her paper “Health- Collection Yields for Autologous Transplant on Survival
Related Quality of Life With Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma” published in Clinical
Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia.
Versus Chemotherapy in Patients
With Advanced Gastric/Gastro-
esophageal Junction Cancer or
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
From CheckMate 649” published
in Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Congratulations to Drs. Thais Megid, Abdul Rehman
Farooq, Xin Wang, and Elena Elimova for their paper
“Gastric Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms, Novel Targets,
and Immunotherapies: From Bench to Clinical Therapeu-
tics” published in Cancers.
Congratulations to Drs. Ana Veneziani, Husam Alqaisi
and Amit Oza for their paper “Heterogeneity and treat-
ment landscape of ovarian carcinoma” published in Nature
Reviews Clinical Oncology.
Congratulations to Drs. Stephanie Lheureux and Amit
Oza for their paper “HAVOC: Small-scale histomic mapping
of cancer biodiversity across large tissue distances using
deep neural networks” published in Science Advances.
Compliment A Physician
Let the CPSO know about the excellent
care you received by submitting a compli-
ment. Information can be found here.
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STAFF ACHIEVEMENTS
Notable Research Achievements
Congratulations to Drs. Ian Hirsch, Mauricio Ribeiro,
Albiruni Razak, Abha Gupta for their paper “Clinico-
demographic characteristics and outcomes of radiation-
Congratulations to co-authors Drs. Wei Xu and Raymond induced sarcomas (RIS): a CanSaRCC study” published in
Kim for their paper “Early Cancer Detection in Li-Frau- Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology.
meni Syndrome with Cell-Free DNA” published in Cancer
Discovery. This paper highlights the efficacy of liquid biopsy
for early cancer detection in an ultra-high risk patient popu-
lation. For details, please click here.
Congrats to Dr. Rajat Kumar for
his paper “Tuberculosis in acute
leukemia: A clinico-hematological
profile” published in Hematology.
Congratulations to Drs. Anup Joseph Devasia, Guido
Lancman and Keith Stewart for their paper “A Land-
mark Paper That Introduced Proteasome Inhibition in
Myeloma" published in Cancer Research.
Physician Health Program
The PHP welcomes self-referrals from medical students, residents, physicians and
veterinarians in Ontario who may have concerns about their health and well-being.
Their confidential services are here to assist those experiencing distress, substance
use or mental health issues that can have personal or professional impact.
Call the confidential PHP number toll free at 1-800-851-6606 from 8:45 am to
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STAFF SPOTLIGHTS
Get to Know
Kestral Danzmann
Kestral Danzmann currently works as an inpatient malignant hematology
nurse on 15A at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH). Following the completion of
her undergraduate degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of
Guelph, she wanted to pursue a career that allowed her to apply her knowledge
in a manner that offered more direct human interaction. This led to her applying
to the University of Toronto’s accelerated undergraduate nursing program. She
began her journey at PMH working with the Nursing Resource Unit; this allowed
her to care for a diverse client population where she developed her nursing
skills and became a more competent practitioner. During her time working at PMH, she developed a strong
interest in understanding and supporting the psychological, spiritual, and physical domains that impact patient
experiences alongside their hopes for a cure. She quickly became passionate about advocating for the provi-
sion of holistic care for the oncology patient at all stages of their journey. This passion inspired her to apply for
her Masters of Nursing (MN) at the University of Toronto to pursue her goal of becoming an Advanced Practice
Nurse (APN) specialized in the provision of supportive holistic care for oncology patients!
What do you like most about your job?
There are many benefits to working within my current clinical setting. I have always been drawn to the human
elements and patient-centred domains of working in healthcare; thus, the time I spend interacting with and
supporting patients and their families is invaluable to me. I also work with an incredible team of allied health
members. Specifically, my nursing colleagues are some of the most caring, intelligent, and resilient professionals
I have had the privilege of knowing.
What’s a fun fact about you that others may not know?
I have over 45 houseplants in my small apartment. Taking care of them is almost another full-time job!
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not working?
I am an avid rock climber! Both indoors and outdoors. In the cooler months you can find me pushing myself and
training at Basecamp Climbing in the Annex. When the warmer weather comes, my time off is spent up in Beaver
Valley working on my outdoor climbing skillset!
What is the best advice you
have ever received?
“Everything will be okay as
soon as you are okay with
everything”
STAFF SPOTLIGHTS
Get to Know
Cathy Bergman
Cathy Bergman grew up in Niagara Falls Ontario, where she currently
resides. As early as age 10, she and her family always said she would
become a nurse. She has been married for 31 years, and is blessed with
3 beautiful children. Family is important to her, therefore to this day she
continues to commute from Niagara Falls to UHN so she is able to remain
close with her loved ones. She started working full time at Toronto General
Hospital (7NU) in the early 90s on the Head and Neck (ENT) plastics unit
as a registered nurse. On 7NU, she authored the very first tracheostomy
teaching booklet and was involved in establishing many other unit proto-
cols for patient care which are still being followed today. She was involved
in launching the Consolidated Surgical Short-Stay Unit (CSSU) on 6A, as
well as working in the ENT clinic. She was also involved in the InCharge
duties, as well as mentoring and orientating new staff and students for
many years throughout her career. Their unit has been through so many
changes turning into the COVID-19 unit in 2020, and in 2021 their Head
and Neck/Plastics unit merged with Gynecology and Urology programs to
become 10 Eaton South Surgical Oncology.
What do you like most about your job?
There are many aspects of nursing that I love. I am privileged to look after some of the most challenging patients
who have extensive cancer diagnoses, and go through difficult 12 hour surgeries. Guiding patients through
their journey, and supporting them not just physically, but mentally and emotionally is truly rewarding. Being an
advocate for my patients and delivering compassionate care is important to me. Patients often return to the unit
with updates, cards of thanks, and feelings of the upmost appreciation for the care they have received. To this
day I am still passionate about mentoring new nurses and orientees, providing them support and guidance and
seeing them grow into their roles is satisfying beyond words. Working alongside a great team on 10 Eaton South
with the same goal of delivering the best possible care to our patients.
What’s a fun fact about you that others may not know?
I am HomeSense obsessed! I love beautiful plates, trays, glasses, and home decor. You can for sure find me
there on my days off.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not working?
I love to cook, bake, and entertain at our home. I also love being
outdoors, going on walks, and relaxing by our pool.
What is the best advice you have
ever received?
From my Dad - work hard, stay true
to yourself, and be humble.
EVENTS & DEADLINES
EVENTS
Accreditation Canada
Accreditation Canada inspires people to make positive change that improves the quality of health and social
services in Canada and around the world. The Cancer Program will be evaluated by Accreditation Canada in May
2024 and this is the Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology’s opportunity to profile the incredible work we
do every day.
The following Accreditation Canada Standards that will be assessed for Princess Margaret:
• Cancer Care
• Palliative Care Services
Required Organizational Practices (ROPs) that have been identified as important to prepare for the accreditation
include:
• Fall Prevention and Injury Reduction
• Client Identification
• Pressure Injury Prevention & Skin and Wound Care
• Transfer of Accountability and Information
• Medication Reconciliation at Care Transitions
Links above will open an email that was previously sent to spotlight the given ROP. To open links in the email, right
click on the link and select “open in new tab”.
The 2023 Canadian Hematology Society (CHS) Awards
Gala is now open for registration. Not quite the Oscars
but it will be a terrific event atop the Andaz Hotel in
San Diego, CA! Registration is free for CHS members.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY
Date: December 10, 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
Registration Link The 65 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition will take
th
place December 9-12, 2023, in San Diego, California,
and online. Mark your calendars now to attend the
world’s most comprehensive hematology event of
the year.
Date: December 9-12, 2023
Registration Link
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EVENTS & DEADLINES
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EVENTS & DEADLINES
Presenter: Dr. Srikala Sridhar
Session: Immuno-oncology in urological oncology (bladder and kidney) - where we begin and where we stand in
the future?
Date & Time: November 3, 2023 at 9:30-10:30 AM in Mumbai, India
Registration Link
DMOH Newsletter DMOH Communications Contributors
ISSUE NO. 30 | OCTOBER 2023 Team & Content Advisors Jonas Mattsson
James Austin Keith Stewart
produced by the Division of Medical Christina Gulesserian Kestral Danzmann
Oncology and Hematology at the Michelle Williams Lawson Eng
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Lillian Siu
Contributors Lynn Thibaudeau
Please forward submissions and comments to Aaron Schimmer Marina Jimenez
[email protected] Amit Oza Mary Hooey
Anup Joseph Devasia Mitchell Elliott
Carly Barron Philippe Bedard
Cathy Bergman Robert Grant
Consolacion Molto Valiente Robert Vanner
DMOH Admin Huddle Shauna Mazenes
DMOH Wellness Team Srikala Sridhar
Geoff Watson Stephanie Lheureux
Geoffrey Liu Thais Megid
Husam Alqaisi UHN Corporate
Ian Hirsch
Jamie Feng
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