All Things Cardio-Oncology

Samantha Siegel, MD is an internal medicine physician with Kaiser Permanente. She explains, "I began my primary care practice with a thorough understanding of advanced disease processes that often result in hospitalization and the type of care people need when they transition back home. Then, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma and underwent over two years of intensive cancer treatment, inc...

In this episode we learn about some of the exciting developments in the cardio-oncology movement in Thailand from its key leaders. Dr. June Tanking is Associate Professor of medicine at Chulabhorn hospital and the royal academy in Bangkok, Thailand. She is joined by her colleauge Dr. Deborah Sundlof who is the Cardio-Oncology Director at Leighigh Valley Health, an IC-OS Center of Excellence. To le...

A cardiologist by training, Isabelle Mahé is Professor of Internal Medicine at Université Paris Cité. She is Head of the Internal Medicine Department at a teaching hospital (Louis Mourier, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France), which includes an oncology unit and a vascular disease unit. She established a tele-expertise service to help physicians manage patients with anticoagulant...

An engaging three-part podcast series designed to empower oncology nurses and advanced practice providers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to support patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) undergoing treatment with BTK inhibitors. Each episode brings clinical insights and evidence-based strategies to the forefront, helping nurses navigate the complexities of the BTK inhibito...

An engaging three-part podcast series designed to empower oncology nurses and advanced practice providers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to support patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) undergoing treatment with BTK inhibitors. Each episode brings clinical insights and evidence-based strategies to the forefront, helping nurses navigate the complexities of the BTK inhibito...

An engaging three-part podcast series designed to empower oncology nurses and advanced practice providers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to support patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) undergoing treatment with BTK inhibitors. Each episode brings clinical insights and evidence-based strategies to the forefront, helping nurses navigate the complexities of the BTK inhibito...

Adina Isenberg is a cancer survivor and patient advocate who has made a lasting difference in countless lives by lobbying for legislative changes, mentoring survivors and teaching in both business and medical settings. You will be encouraged and challened by her hopeful optimism.

Dr Sara Hassing Johansen is a Researcher within the Department of Physical Performance at The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, Norway. Her research interests span exercise ontology, cardiorespiratory function, CPET, lung function and physiology. Read the full trial here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36920460/

The IC-OS Exercise Working Group published a landmark article in the European Heart Journal. "The aim of this whitepaper is to review the current state of the literature on the effects of cardio-oncology rehabilitation and exercise (CORE). There is an urgent need to reinforce and extend the evidence informing the cardiovascular care of cancer survivors." On this episode we discuss this imporchant...

In the next episode, we speak with Dan Lier, best-selling author, motivational speaker, and amyloidosis survivor and advocate. Dan discusses his journey with his treating physician, Dr. Morrie Gertz from the Mayo Clinic. Both of them provide insights into the challenges of amyloidosis diagnosis, but also the hope for treatment and life after diagnosis. You won't want to miss this inspiring episode...

Shaden Khalaf, MD, assistant professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. She specializes in cardiac imaging and its application to cardio-oncology, today we speak with her about pericardial disease in oncology patients.

Dr David Austin is a Consultant Cardiologist at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK.Dr Austin is founder and co-director of the Academic Cardiovascular Unit at South Tees (https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/about/strive/research-team/academic-cardiovascular-unit/) and has established grant. I...

Dr. Khattab completed his cardio-oncology and advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. He currently practices at St Francis Heart and Vascular Institute in Tulsa, OK, USA, and as an assistant professor for Oklahoma State University Cardiovascular Disease fellowship and serves as director of cardio-oncology there. In this episode he discusses radiation induced hear...

IC-OS President Dr. Susan Dent & treating physician Dr. Ana Barac speak with cancer survivor and patient advocate Julia Maués about her experiences. Join us for an inspiring story of survival and hope. For more information about Julia's advocacy work go to: https://graspcancer.org/

Kerry Skurka’s professional career was as a nurse in cardiology, and after her own cancer experience she moved to oncology. While caring for cancer patients she saw cardiac symptoms routinely and therefore welcomed the opportunity to be the first Cardio-Oncology Nurse Navigator at Franciscan Health in Indianapolis. Together with her cardio-oncologist Vijay Rao the program grew to 3 nurse navigator...

Cezar Iliescu, MD is Professor, Department of Cardiology, and an Interventional Cardiologist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Dr. Iliescu has published extensively on the issue of managing pericardial disease in patients with cancer. Today he discusses pericardial effusions, pericardial tumors, pericarditis, and other related complications facing patients with cancer...

Dra Teresa López-Fernández is a clinical investigator and consultant cardiologist at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. She is specializes in cardiac imaging and cardio-oncology (she is board certified by the International Cardio-Oncology Society), and currently coordinates the cardio-oncology team at La Paz University Hospital. Here we discuss risk stratification in cardio-oncology care...

In this episode recorded at the ACC Cardio-Oncology meeting in 2025 Dr. Addison discusses safeguarding the heart during stem cell transplantation: from pre-transplant CV evaluation to survivorship

Dr. Eric Chow is an expert in cancer survivorship. He focuses on survivors of childhood cancers and survivors of blood stem cell transplantation of all ages. In this discussion he addresses the various cardiovascular challenges survivors of childhood cancer face.

Kathryn J. Ruddy, M.D., studies long-term and late effects of cancer treatments, and how to best care for cancer survivors to enhance their quality of life and reduce symptoms. In this episode Dr. Ruddy discusses her session at the ACC meeting on cardioprotective strategies.

Darryl Leong is a leading researcher in genitourinary malignancies including prostate, bladder and renal cancers. The cardiovascular risks and complications for each are varied depending on the treatments involved. Dr. Leong discusses the risk profiles and management strategies for this population.

In this new series we will be highlighting the patient experience by speaking with patients and the physicians who treat them. We know you will be inspired by these stories in your own experience either as a patient or a health care provider. Today we speak with Lalitha C. Medepalli, MD, FACC, FASE, RPVI Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA USA and her patient Karen Rowland.

Dr Alessandra Ferrajoli (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US) provides an in-depth cumulative review of hypertension management in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and other hematologic malignancies treated with Acalabrutinib. This podcast explores the mechanisms, incidence and clinical implications of treatment-related hypertension, offering evidence-based strategies...

Dr. Barac and Dr. Bloom were authors on a new scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America on Cardio-Oncology. In this episode they discuss highlights from this statement. Dr. Ana Barac serves as the Medical Director of the Cardio-Oncology Program at Inova Health in Fairfax. VA in the Wash DC area. She is a Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University and her interests focus on...

Jeff Sharman M.D. is the medical director of hematology research for the US Oncology / Sarah Cannon Research Institute network. This consortium manages approximately one out of every five cancer patients treated in the United States and is the largest private research network in the country.  Dr Sharman developed the original idea of using BTK inhibitors to treat lymphoid malignancies and conducte...