SPEAKERS
Internationally Renowned Speakers
The conference is privileged to feature distinguished keynote speakers, including:
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Dr. Ashutosh Kothari, Oncoplastic
Surgeon, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, a leader and highly
sought-after educator in the field of oncoplastic surgery
- Prof. Dame Lesley Fallowfield,
Professor of Psycho-Oncology, University of Sussex, internationally
renowned for her contributions to healthcare communication and the psychological
impact of breast cancer.
- Dr. Tabitha Healey, Medical
Oncologist and Executive/Organisational Coach, Adelaide, who focuses on
healthcare leadership, communication and wellbeing.
Dr. Orit Person
Dr Kaidar-Person an associate professor at Tel Aviv University and the director of the Breast Radiotherapy Unit at Sheba Medical Center, Israel. She is active in numerous professional societies, including the steering committee of EORTC - Breast Cancer Group, ESTRO Breast Cancer Faculty.
Serves a FALCON (Fellowship in Anatomic deLineation and CONtouring) core group and ESTRO's representative in the ABC (advanced breast cancer group).
She is involved in numerous research projects including the BRILLIANT project (ASCO-ICRF grant) and the Cinderella project (HORIZON-RIA 101057389). She co-authored more than 150 publications, book chapters and co-edited 3 radiation books.
Prof. Philip Poortmans
After a short stay in Turnhout, Belgium, Prof. Poortmans worked 23 years in Tilburg, followed by 3 years head of radiation oncology in Nijmegen and of Institut Curie each, returning closer to home in 2020 at the Iridium Netwerk and the University of Antwerp.
His Ph.D., thesis was on quality assurance in clinical trials in breast cancer in 2005 at the University of Maastricht, supervised by Professors Lambin and Van den Bogaert. He favours and encourages a genuine multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment. As president of ESTRO and ECCO, he has been heavily involved in international networking.
His involvement in teaching takes an important part of his time, as course director of the ESTRO Breast Courses and as faculty member of ESMO, ESSO and ESO. He is involved in multiple guidelines for breast cancer, serves on the editorial board of about 10 journals and published about 400 scientific articles and book chapters, co-editing 2 books.
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