All Things Cardio-Oncology

Dr. Alexis Vasbinder, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, USA Read her article here: https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.07.007

Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation are complex matters in cancer care. Dr. Abdel-Qadir provides a masterful summary of the key issues in this episode. Prof Husam Abdel-Qadir, MD, Phd is a Cardiologist at Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, CA. Prof Abdel-Qadir's primary clinical and research focus is on the cardiovascular health of people with cancer, particularly breast cancer and he lead...

Dr. Gagan Sahni Director of Cardio- Oncology and Inpatient Cardiology Consult services at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC, and Fellow of ICOS presents her Center of Excellence quality improvement project.

Anecita Fadol who is Associate Professor, Education Director- Nursing Cardiology Program · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and chair of the ICOS nurses Working Group Jessica Coviello, DNP, APRN(Ct), ANP-BC, FAAN, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, Professor, Graduate Studies, Univ of TX School of Nursing in Houston

Dr. Carrie Lennemam, University of Alabama Birmingham explains how they are using AI to expedite referrals to their cardio-oncology clinic, saving time and saving lives.

Dr. Eric Yang, Director of Cardio-Oncology discusses how they have integrated cardio-oncology training into all aspects of their program for residents and fellows.

Dr Zsofia Drobni is a Cardiology Fellow at Semmelweis University, Budapest, HU. Her research focuses on the utility of cardiac CT and MRI in patients receiving cardiotoxic therapies, with a specific focus on immune checkpoint inhibitors. Dr Drobni graduated in 2017 from Semmelweis University, in Hungary, and continued her PhD studies at Semmelweis. Her PhD thesis was on “new perspectives of CT-bas...

Dr Prince Otchere, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Health where he co-directs the cardio-oncology programme. He is working with physicians in Ghana to create a National Cardio-Oncology Society and is also helping develop cardio-oncology programmes in two teaching hospitals in Ghana. His research interest involves creating and refining cardiac risk prediction models to...

Dr Tamar Polonsky  (The University of Chicago, US), explores the implications, diagnostic strategies and potential interventions for addressing incidental atherosclerosis in the journey of cancer care. Watch Full Webinar Here: https://www.radcliffecardiology.com/webinars/approach-incidental-atherosclerosis-cts-cancer-patients

Dr. Eiman Jahangir Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Director, Cardio-Oncology Vanderbilt University Medical Center In this episode Dr. Janhangir describes how he was selected to fly with Blue Origin to sub-orbital space fulfilling a lifelong dream. We also discuss the intersection of his work as a physician with his background in space science and the humanities.

Dr. Hyeon-Ju Ali Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology,, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX discusses her research and experience in a complex and challenging area of clinical care. Read more on this subject: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension suspicion after pulmonary embolism in cancer patients https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590041219300248 Mechani...

Among other things Dr. Lang and Dr. Dan Lenihan discuss blood pressure treatments for patients with cancer. For more information on the work Dr. Lang and his team are engaged in see: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cardiovascularmetabolic/research/cardiac-diseases/oncology/#publications

Dr. Thavendiranathan discusses the HIMILAYAS trial, looking at exercise interventions for cancer survivors and the STOPMEDCTRCD trial addressing the ongoing efficacy of continuing use of cardiovascular medicines after cancer therapy Dr. Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan is a cardiologist at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network; Associate Professor of medicine at the University of Tor...

Dr. Neilan discusses the largest randomized trial in the ICI therapy space, the ATRIUM trial. Tom Neilan, MD, MPH Director, Cardio-Oncology Program Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program Learn more about the ATRIUM trial here: https://www.cancer.gov/research/participate/clinical-trials-search/v?id=NCI-2022-04887

Karlis Trusinskis, MD President of IC-OS Latvia chapter speaks about the challenges and opportunities of cardio-oncology care in his country.

Diego Sadler, MD Section Head Cardio Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Florida In this episode Dr. Sadler speaks about his pioneering work with the Global Cardio-Oncology Registry. This is the first in kind registry that aims to enroll cardio-oncology patients from around the world. GCOR is a multinational, multicenter prospective observational cohort registry and will collect clinical, laboratory, imagi...

Dr. Anju Nohria is the Director of the Cardio-Oncology Program at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center and a cardiovascular medicine specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). In addition, she is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS). On this episode she discusses the challenges and opportunities of starting a new clinic focused on cardio-oncology care.

Renato Lopes, MD, PhD, FACC Renato Delascio Lopes Professor of Medicine Duke University, School of Medicine Professor of Medicine Divisions of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Dr. Lopes discusses his ongoing efforts to develop, produce, and distribute cardio-oncology education in Brazil and the United States.  

Dr Vivek Narayan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US. View the entire webinar here: https://www.radcliffecardiology.com/video-index/renal-cell-carcinoma-and-vegf-tki-cardiovascular-toxicity

Richard Cheng MD, MSc. is cardiology faculty at the University of Washington, Seattle, with a focus in cardiomyopathies, cardio-oncology and cardiac imaging. He is Program Director for the HF fellowship and the Director of the Cardio-oncology Program. He has formal training with a Masters-in-Science in clinical trial design and biostatistics. He has extensive editorial experience, including servin...

Dr Saro Armenian is a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist at City of Hope's (COH) main campus Duarte, US. He co-leads the COH Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program and directs the Center for Survivorship and Outcomes in the Hematologic Malignancies Research Institute. https://www.radcliffecardiology.com/video-index/cardiovascular-considerations-patients-undergoing-stem-cell-transplantat...

Dr Michelle Kittleson is Professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai and Director of Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the Smidt Heart Institute. She graduated from Harvard College and received her medical degree from Yale University. She completed residency training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and cardiology fellowship at Johns Hopkins, where she also received a PhD in Clinical...

Dr. Paul Cottu, oncologist at Institut Curie, Paris, FR provides an overview of breast cancer therapies with associated cardiovascular toxicities. The original webinar can be viewed at the link below: https://www.radcliffecardiology.com/webinars/cardiotoxicity-breast-cancer-challenges-multimodal-therapies

Dr Anne Blaes is a Professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Minnesota. She is the Director of the Screening, Prevention, Etiology, and Cancer Survivorship (SPECS) Program within the Masonic Cancer Center.  View the original webinar here: https://www.radcliffecardiology.com/webinars/applying-esc-ic-os-guidelines-how-do-we-actually-do-risk-stratification

Ihab Rafic Hamzeh, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, The MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX