Dr. Luca Szalontay,  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses the work of Columbia's Initiative for Drug Delivery Innovation which is exploring new treatments for pediatric brain tumors utilizing Convection Enhanced Delivery and Focused Ultrasound. This initiative has launched a new clinical trial using Focused Ultrasound for patients with  progressive diffuse midline glioma (DMG ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/ACFprGG10M0 In this episode, our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is joined by Dr. Seth Rotz - pediatric hematologist/oncologist and the Director of the Fertility Preservation Program at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Listen in as they discuss Dr. Rotz’s career & specialty in fertility preservation for cancer patients: how he got into the field, what was needed to start the program, & the process and risks associated with oncofertility. ----more---- Have any thoughts? Questions? Ideas for future topics ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/jj3wJU0G7GI Listen in as our hosts, Dr. Tim Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Al Gustafson, from The Swifty Foundation, and Dr. Angela Waanders, from Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, to discuss the "Gift from a Child" program. This program is led by The Swifty Foundation & helps advocate and educate about post mortem pediatric brain tissue donations. Al & Dr. Waanders discuss the genesis of the program, what the program entails, as well as the benefits of tissue donations to empowering research. To learn more about "Gift fr ..read more

Listen in & join the TWiPO team in this special live recorded episode. Our host, Dr. Tim Cripe, along with his Nationwide Children’s Hospital colleagues, Dr. Ryan Roberts, Dr. Elaine Mardis & Dr. Katherine Miller, are joined by Dr. Trevor Pugh, who is a clinical laboratory geneticist from the University of Toronto in Canada. Tune in as they all discuss Dr. Pugh’s specialty in genomics & his recent work regarding the early identification of cancers in patients with Li Fraumeni Syndrome.  To learn more about this study, visit https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.07.22 ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/yyQ08ny_hDU Join our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, as he’s joined with Dr. Jim Geller from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to discuss his expertise in pediatric liver cancer - hepatoblastoma. In this episode, we are also specially joined by Kelly & Jessica Woolwine as they tell their story of how they navigated the hepatoblastoma landscape to seek treatment for their daughter, Charlotte. ----more---- Have any thoughts? Questions? Ideas for future topics? Email us at TWIPO@solvingkidscancer.org. Subscribe to TWIPO ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/Z1D-7i4oy1s   Our host, Dr. Timothy Cripe from Nationwide Children's Hospital, is joined by Dr. Martin McCabe from the University of Manchester to discuss the results of the rEECur trial. The rEECur trial is an international randomized trial conducted on recurrent and primary refractory Ewing sarcoma patients. Dr. McCabe leads a discussion on the genesis of rEECur, what it entailed & what was learned from conducting this trial.   To learn more about this trial, please visit https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/study-identifies ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/oR0KN5VFDVc Tune in as our host, Dr. Brenda Weigel from the University of Minnesota, is joined by Dr. Garrett Brodeur to discuss his expertise in genetic predispositions in childhood cancer. Dr. Brodeur is the Director of the Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) - and listen in as he discusses his journey leading up to cancer predisposition, what the program entails, as well as the process of screening & surveillance protocols. To learn more about this program, please visit https://www.chop ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/41kwZNhrBBc This Week in Pediatric Oncology #104 - December 13, 2022 In this episode, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Joshua Schiffman - CEO & Co-Founder of PEEL Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Schiffman’s own personal childhood cancer journey paved his way into the pediatric cancer field. Listen in as he discusses the formation of PEEL, their research work utilizing nanoparticles & nanotechnology, and the opportunities/challenges that are in PEEL’s future. To learn more about PEEL Therapeutics, Inc, please visit https ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/SkyYLIZxQWA This Week in Pediatric Oncology #103 - November 30, 2022 Join us as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined by Dr. Roger Packer from Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. Dr. Packer is the Senior Vice President of the Center for Neurosciences and Behavioral Medicine at Children’s National, which is introducing a low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) therapy. Listen in as Dr. Packer discusses what LIFU is and the exciting new techniques and technologies behind it. To learn more, you can visit https ..read more

WATCH THE VIDEO WEBCAST HERE: https://youtu.be/inNQc6x9Jy8 This Week in Pediatric Oncology #102 - November 10, 2022 Tune in as our hosts, Dr. Timothy Cripe & Dr. Brenda Weigel, are joined again by Dr. Douglas Hawkins - who is the current Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). They discuss in depth the findings of a presented published paper regarding the inequities of childhood cancer outcomes based on external socioeconomic factors such as neighborhood and household poverty. To read the full paper, visit https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC7936051&blobtype=p ..read more