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What good is a breakthrough in cancer care if the patients who need it most never have the opportunity to benefit from it?
This was one of the central questions I had the opportunity to explore at the Multi-Institutional Prostate Cancer Symposium in New York City.
It was a wonderful evening of meaningful conversations, new connections, and shared perspectives on the future of oncology.
During my presentation, Closing the Prostate Cancer Equity Gap, I shared our journey with MedNews Week—an initiative that began with a simple belief: access to medical knowledge should never be determined by geography, financial resources, or circumstance.
What started as an idea has grown into a global educational community reaching clinicians, researchers, trainees, and patient advocates across more than 150 countries.
We also explored how emerging technologies, particularly AI-enabled clinical trial matching, may help address another persistent challenge in oncology: connecting patients with potentially life-changing clinical trials.
But perhaps my favorite part of the evening wasn't the presentation itself. It was the conversations that followed—the exchange of ideas, different perspectives, and the reminder that some of the most meaningful progress begins when people come together around a shared purpose.
It was a pleasure sharing the program with Dr. Aaron Holmes, who delivered an insightful discussion on radionuclide therapy in prostate cancer.
A heartfelt thank you to the Cancer Support Community Greater NY & CT for the invitation and for bringing together such a wonderful group of individuals committed to improving cancer care.
Because ultimately, the true measure of medical progress isn't simply what we discover. It's who we are able to reach.
#ProstateCancer #Oncology #MedNewsWeek #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #CancerResearch #ClinicalTrials #MedicalEducationView quoted post on X
Excited to be giving 2 presentations at the 14th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research, hosted by the U.S. National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health.
This year’s theme, “From Local Discovery to Global Impact,” reflects a mission deeply aligned with our work: translating innovation into meaningful improvements in cancer care that extend across geographic, educational, and resource settings.
I’m looking forward to presenting our work on:
🔹From Digital Access to Global Impact:
A Virtual Oncology Education Model for Reducing Cancer Knowledge Disparities
🔹 Toward Equitable Precision Oncology:
Real-World Validation of an AI-Powered Trial Matching Platform
While these projects approach the problem from different perspectives, they share a central question: How can we harness education, technology, and responsible innovation to make cancer knowledge, clinical research, and precision oncology more accessible and equitable worldwide?
I’m incredibly grateful to Dr. Chandler Park and Dr. Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla for their mentorship, guidance, and continued support.
I also want to recognize the entire MedNews Week team for their hard work, diligence, and continued commitment to combating disparities in oncology education globally. This work is possible because of a team that consistently believes that where someone lives or trains should not determine their access to high-quality oncology education and knowledge.
Looking forward to an engaging discussion about the future of equitable cancer care, global oncology, and responsible innovation—and how we can turn local discoveries into global impact.
#GlobalOncology #CancerResearch #HealthEquity #PrecisionOncology #ArtificialIntelligence #ClinicalTrials #CancerEducation #GlobalHealth #NCI #ASGCR2026View quoted post on X
As I prepare for ERAS 2027 myself, this conversation was especially meaningful.
For Episode 1 of Match Confidential, my co-host Adeena Musheer(@MusheerAdeena) and I sat down with Dr. Christopher Bray (@docbraymd) who brings 7 years of experience as an Internal Medicine Program Director, for a candid conversation about the residency application process from the other side of the table.
We talked about how programs evaluate applications, signaling, letters of recommendation, interviews, red flags, what helps an applicant stand out, and how to approach the Match with more strategy and clarity.
Going through this process myself made so much of Dr. Bray’s advice hit differently, and I hope this episode is equally valuable for other applicants navigating ERAS 2027.
Grateful to Dr. Christopher Bray for sharing his experience so openly, to my co-host Dr. Adeena Musheer for building this series with me, and to Dr. Yan Leyfman (@YLeyfman) and the MedNews Week team (@MedNewsWeek) for giving us the platform to bring conversations like this to applicants around the world.
🎥 Episode 1 releases August 21 on the MedNews Week YouTube channel.
Save it, share it, and tag someone applying this cycle. 💙
#MatchConfidential #ERAS2027 #Match2027 #ResidencyMatch #InternalMedicine #MedNewsWeek #MedicalEducationView quoted post on X
