Pamela Kunz, MD, Director of the Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven and Yale Cancer Center; Chief of GI Medical Oncology within the Section of Medical Oncology; and Vice Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Medical Oncology, will be the featured guest for CCF’s Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, March 3, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time.
A GI medical oncologist, Dr. Kunz is an international leader in the clinical care of patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and is advancing the field through clinical trials and translational science that are defining the next generation of therapies for patients with this rare diagnosis.
Dr. Kunz serves as Vice President for the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS). Prior to joining the team at Yale, Dr. Kunz was Director of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program, Leader of the Endocrinology Oncology Research Group, and Director of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Women Leaders in Oncology (WLO) named Dr. Kunz the 2021 Woman Oncologist of the Year. This award “honors a senior professional who is a respected individual in her field and who has modeled excellence in leadership. It also recognizes a woman who exhibits strong business acumen and the ability to share her skills with others.”
For a list of Dr. Kunz’s selected publications, click here: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/pamela_kunz/?tab=research.
To view the Luncheon with the Experts program come to CCF’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/Carcinoid/, at noon Eastern Time. Registration is not necessary 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 2020-2022 presentations at that link too.
And for anyone not on Facebook, each of the presentations in the series is available on CCF’s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/CarcinoidNETs. To receive notifications of all new videos on our YouTube channel, CLICK SUBSCRIBE and HIT THE BELL to receive notifications each time a new video is uploaded.
With special thanks to Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, sponsor of the Luncheon with the Experts series. “At Ipsen, patients are the heart of our science.”
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