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San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2021

Name: San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2021
Start: 2021-12-07T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2021-12-07T16:00:00-06:00

December 7, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST

Tigerlily Foundation Co-Hosts a Historic Session in Partnership with San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)

SABCS 2021 TIGERLILY FOUNDATION ACTIVATION

Program of Activities

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December 7, 2021, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT: Virtual Special Session: Trust in Science and Healthcare

Patient care with a special emphasis on equity, and breast oncology in a post-COVID world will be the focus of the Special Session co-hosted by Dr. Charles Perou, Professor of Genetics at the UNC School of Medicine, and Maimah Karmo, President, and Founder of the Tigerlily Foundation.

Trust in Science & Healthcare Agenda

1:00 pm – 2:20 pm

Welcome Remarks – Maimah Karmo and Dr. Charles M. Perou
Keynote Speech by Lori L. Wilson, MD, Associate Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development, Howard University College of Medicine

Panel 1: Equity in Research and Patient Care

Deborah Stroman PhD, UNC Health Equity and Social Justice
Lisa C. Richardson, MD, Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, CDC
Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP, Director, University of Chicago
Daniel Calac, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Indian Health Council, Inc
George Sledge, Jr., MD, Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford Cancer Center
Melissa B. Davis, PhD, Associated Professor in Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Darcy Burbage, DNP, RN, AOCN
Na’Diah Smith, Patient Advocate
Aliya Whipple, Patient Advocate
Lauren Candies Tarpley, AYA Breast Cancer advocate, Published Author

2:20 pm – 2:30 pm [Stretch Break & Panel Change]

2:30 pm – 4 pm – Panel 2: Diversity in Clinical Trials

Keynote Speech by Dr. Charles Perou
- Erica Stringer-Reasor, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director Breast Cancer Program, University of Alabama – Birmingham
- Eric P. Winer, MD, Chief, Division of Breast Oncology Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Amelie G. Ramirez, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Chair, Department of Population Health Sciences, UT Health San Antonio
- Elena Martinez, PhD, Professor UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
- Sophia George, PhD, Research Associate Professor, University of Miami Cancer Center
- Lori L. Wilson, MD, Division Chief of Surgical Oncology, Howard University Hospital
- Thelma Brown, Patient Advocate
- Ysabel Duron, Patient Advocate
- Ashley Dedmon, Patient Advocate