Webcast: Integrating Geriatric Assessment Standards
Recorded on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Approximately 1 hour in length.
Brought to you by the IPOS Special Interest Group – Cancer and Aging: Reflection for Elders (CARE)
This webinar delves into the landscape of geriatric assessment and
highlighting its evolution as a standard of care. Attendees will gain
insights into remote programs and supportive care interventions, exploring their impact on enhancing the quality of geriatric care delivery.
Presentations on/by:
- Dr. Enrique Soto – Geriatric Assessment: A Standard of Care
- Dr. Cristiane Bergerot – Remote Program and Supportive Care Intervention in Brazil
Enrique Soto Perez de Celis MD, PhD, FASCO is a researcher in medical science at the Department of Geriatrics of the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition (INCMNSZ) in Mexico City, where he leads the Cancer Care in the Older Adult Clinic, the first multidisciplinary Geriatric Oncology clinic in Mexico. Dr. Soto is a past recipient of the Young Investigator Award (YIA) from ASCO and the CCF in 2015, and an ASCO Career Development Award (CDA) in 2019. He serves as the national representative of Mexico before the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology for the 2020-2025 period.
Cristiane Bergerot, PhD., is the Head of the Supportive Care at Grupo Oncoclínicas, Brazil. She completed a 3 year research fellowship in the Department of Medical Oncology at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, California, USA. She has been working with cancer patients for almost 20 years as a clinician and as a researcher. She has received four merit awards from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conquer Cancer Foundation and was selected for the prestigious SWOG Young Investigator Course. She is past recipient of the Barry Hoeven Memorial Kidney Cancer Research Grant from Kure It in 2020, the Global Oncology Young Investigator Award (GOYIA) from the Conquer Cancer Foundation in 2021, and the Psychosocial Focus Award from the Kidney Cancer Association in 2021. Currently, she is serving as the quality-of-life Chair of an ongoing clinical trial (PROBE trial and CARE-1 trial). She is member of the Board of Directors of the International Psycho-Oncology Society for the 2021-2025.
MODERATED BY:
Dr. Tania Estape, PhD
Founder and currently president of the Spanish Society of Psycho-Oncology
Professor Gil Goldzweig
Clinical & Medical psychologist. He is an associate professor and the Dean of the School of Behavioral Sciences at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel
Patricia A. Parker, PhD
Member and Attending Psychologist
Director, Communication Skills Training and Research Program (Comskil)
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Registration:
- FREE for current IPOS members
- $10 USD for non-members
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