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- 16Sep
Dr. Donald I. Abrams, MD, is Chief of the Hematology‑Oncology Division at San Francisco General Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He also practices Integrative Oncology at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. He earned his AB in Molecular Biology from Brown University and his MD from Stanford, followed by an Internal Medicine residency at Kaiser San Francisco and a Hematology/Oncology fellowship at UCSF’s Cancer Research... - 1Oct
Monica Gandhi MD, MPH is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), with her research focusing on HIV and women, adherence interventions, and optimizing the use of long-acting antiretroviral therapy. - 2Oct
David Cheng, MD received his BS in Biochemistry, MS in Chemistry, and PhD in Biomedical Physics from UCLA, followed by MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completion of Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine residencies at Montefiore Medical Center, Fellowship in clinical PET scanning at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. - 6Oct
Harris Ahmed DO, MPH is a vitreoretinal surgery fellow physician at Weill Cornell. He is a leader in health policy, serving in national leadership positions in multiple organizations including the AMA, AOCOOHNS, and AOA. He has authored many publications and given lectures on public health advocacy and health policy, specializing in topics such as scope of practice, physician distribution, and medical education. He is currently serving on the board of Trustees for the California Academy...
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- 16Sep
Dr. Donald I. Abrams, MD, is Chief of the Hematology‑Oncology Division at San Francisco General Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He also practices Integrative Oncology at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. He earned his AB in Molecular Biology from Brown University and his MD from Stanford, followed by an Internal Medicine residency at Kaiser San Francisco and a Hematology/Oncology fellowship at UCSF’s Cancer Research...
- 1Oct
Monica Gandhi MD, MPH is a Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also the Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), with her research focusing on HIV and women, adherence interventions, and optimizing the use of long-acting antiretroviral therapy.
- 2Oct
David Cheng, MD received his BS in Biochemistry, MS in Chemistry, and PhD in Biomedical Physics from UCLA, followed by MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completion of Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine residencies at Montefiore Medical Center, Fellowship in clinical PET scanning at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
- 6Oct
Harris Ahmed DO, MPH is a vitreoretinal surgery fellow physician at Weill Cornell. He is a leader in health policy, serving in national leadership positions in multiple organizations including the AMA, AOCOOHNS, and AOA. He has authored many publications and given lectures on public health advocacy and health policy, specializing in topics such as scope of practice, physician distribution, and medical education. He is currently serving on the board of Trustees for the California Academy...
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- 11Sep
Benjamin W. Starnes, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified vascular surgeon at Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Starnes is a Professor of Vascular Surgery, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery for UW Medicine in Seattle, Washington. He also holds the Alexander Whitehill Clowes Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery. He is recognized internationally for his work in complex aortic pathology and vascular trauma, most notably the management of... - 10Sep
Ezra Cohen, MD, is a medical oncologist and an internationally recognized cancer researcher. He cares for patients with all types of head and neck cancers, including esophageal, thyroid and salivary gland cancers. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Cohen also leads a laboratory that studies novel cancer treatments, including immunotherapy, and has made major contributions in understanding how targeted cancer therapies work. Much of his work has focused on squamous cell carcinomas and cancers of the thyroid,... - 9Sep
Brenda I. Anosike, MD, MPH, is Director, Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Anosike’s clinical focus is on the treatment of various infectious diseases in healthy children, adolescents and young adults as well as those with complex medical conditions and the immunocompromised. She is co-lead for the pediatric COVID-19 monoclonal antibody program, antimicrobial/diagnostic stewardship program and global health. After completing her Bachelor of Arts in 2002... - 8Sep
Dr. Arvind Kamthan has practiced as a board certified Medical Oncologist since 1993. He graduated from S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur in India. Dr. Kamthan completed his residency in General Internal Medicine at the hospitals in United Kingdom followed by a fellowship in Medical Oncology and Hematology Malignancies at Christie Hospital, University of Manchester. He then pursued a second fellowship in Neoplastic Diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Kamthan specializes in...
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