Karel Pacak, MD, DSc, PhD, an internationally renowned expert in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors, especially pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, will be the featured guest for Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, September 1, 2022. Dr. Pacak is Senior Investigator, Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Pacak’s patient-oriented research focuses on the etiology, pathophysiology, genetics, diagnosis, localization, and treatment of pheochromocytoma (PHEO) and paraganglioma (PGL). Projects include both transl ..read more

Mary A. Maluccio, MD, MPH, FACS, surgical oncologist, will be the featured guest for Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, August 25, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time.  Dr. Maluccio is Director of the Neuroendocrine Program in Louisiana; Chief of Surgical Oncology at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, Louisiana; and Professor of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center – New Orleans. Dr. Maluccio brings a unique perspective to the neuroendocrine tumor (NET) program in Louisiana. Following her surgical oncology training at Memorial Sloan Ke ..read more

Joseph S. Dillon, MD, endocrinologist, will be the featured guest for Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, August 18, 2022. Dr. Dillon is Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism and Director of Iowa’s multidisciplinary Neuroendocrine Tumor Center. Dr. Dillon is the author or co-author of numerous articles about neuroendocrine tumors, including biomarkers, workup of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, biochemical testing in NETs, and 131I-MIBG therapy in patients with advanced pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. Click here f ..read more

Alexandra Gangi, MD, surgical oncologist, will be the featured guest for Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, August 11, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time. Dr. Gangi is Director of the Gastrointestinal Tumor Program and Cancer Regional Therapies Meeting, Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Gangi’s subspecialty within surgical oncology is gastrointestinal oncology and her clinical areas include neuroendocrine tumors, liver tumors, pancreatic cancers, and liver resection. Her current research is focused on understa ..read more

Daneng ”Dan” Li, MD, medical oncologist, will be the featured guest for Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, August 4, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time. Dr. Li is Co-Director of the Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at City of Hope in Duarte, California. He is an associate professor in the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research at City of Hope, specializing in treating gastrointestinal cancers. Board-certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, Dr. Li serves on several national committees focused on his specialty tum ..read more

Callisia N. Clarke, MD, MS, FACS, FSSO, surgical oncologist, will be the featured guest for CCF’s Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Friday, July 29, from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time.  Dr. Clarke is Associate Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  (Please note change of date from Thursday, July 28 to Friday, July 29)   Dr. Clarke specializes in hepato-pancreatic-biliary malignancies, primary and metastatic neuroendocrine tumors, melanoma and sarcoma. Her research efforts focus on personalized cancer care and targeted approaches in pancreatic neuroe ..read more

M. Bassam Sonbol, MD, medical oncologist, will be the featured guest for Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, July 21, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time. Dr. Sonbol practices at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Sonbol has a special interest in neuroendocrine tumors and gastrointestinal malignancies.  In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Sonbol is active in research that focuses on investigating novel treatments including targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and other agents that could potentially help patients with neuroendocrine and gastrointestinal ca ..read more

Neuroendocrine Cancer Specialist Dr. Satya Das Presents Grand Rounds at Vanderbilt University Have you wondered what it’s like to attend Grand Rounds dedicated to neuroendocrine cancer?  NET expert Satya (Nanu) Das, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Lead of the Neuroendocrine Tumor and PRRT Programs, has generously shared his Grand Rounds presentation: “Mapping the Odyssey – Defining the Landscape of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms (NENs).”  This excellent overview of NENs includes the history of the disease; classification, epidem ..read more

Mariam Aboian, MD/PhD, radiologist, neuroradiologist, and nuclear medicine physician, will be the featured guest for Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, July 14, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time. Dr. Aboian is Assistant Professor, Nuclear Medicine and Neuroradiology, at Yale School of Medicine and is the head of the Aboian Lab. Dr. Aboian’s background training and clinical experience is focused on neuroimaging of primary brain tumors and metastatic cancer to the brain with dedicated subspecialty training in neuroradiology and nuclear medicine.  Her main ..read more

Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD, a medical oncologist, will be the featured guest for Facebook Live Luncheon with the Experts on Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Eastern Time. Dr. Reidy-Lagunes is Associate Deputy Physician-In-Chief, Regional Care Network; Physician Ambassador, Patient Family Advisory Council for Quality; and President, MSK Medical Staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Dr. Reidy-Lagunes cares for people with gastrointestinal and endocrine cancers, including neuroendocrine, adrenal, colon, appendix, and pancreatic c ..read more