Ebrahim S. Delpassand, MD, FACNM, Chairman and Medical Director at Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center in Houston, Texas and founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Radiomedix in Houston, will be the featured guest for Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time.
Dr. Delpassand was formerly deputy chairman, associate professor, chief of clinical nuclear medicine and director of therapeutic nuclear medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. His prestigious credentials and extensive experience include the disciplines of therapeutic nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology, monoclonal antibody imaging and positron emission tomography.
Among Dr. Delpassand’s research interests are peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and nuclear imaging for neuroendocrine tumors, including Cu-64 labeled DOTATATE, which was approved by the FDA in September 2020. Active neuroendocrine tumor clinical trials available at Excel are the Phase 1 Study of AlphaMedix™ in Adult Subjects With SSTR (+) NET, the Phase-II Study of Lu177DOTATOC in Adults With STTR(+)Pulmonary, Pheochromocytoma, Paraganglioma, Unknown Primary, Thymus NETs (PUTNET), or Any Other Non-.GEP-NET. (PUTNET), and Efficacy and Safety of 177Lu-edotreotide PRRT in GEP-NET Patients (COMPETE).
CCF’s Luncheon with the Experts series features physicians and healthcare professionals, support group leaders, patients, and colleagues who are key opinion leaders in the neuroendocrine cancer community worldwide. This weekly series is presented via Facebook Live on Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time. Join us for unique discussions on a wide variety of topics for everyone in the NET community!
To view the program come to CCF’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Carcinoid/, at noon Eastern Time. There is no need to register and there is no special link.
Viewers are welcome to pose questions during the live program.
The Facebook Live events are hosted by B. Rain Bennett, a longtime CCF filmmaker and dear friend of the NETs community.
If you are on Facebook but unable to join at the scheduled time, the presentations will remain permanently on CCF’s Facebook page in the Video section, https://www.facebook.com/pg/Carcinoid/videos/. You can view all of the 2020-2021 presentations at that link too.
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With special thanks to TerSera Therapeutics, sponsor of the Luncheon with the Experts series.
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