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 Dame Lesley Fallowfield is Director of Sussex Health Outcomes Research & Education in Cancer (SHORE-C) psycho-oncology group at the University of Sussex. Her research interests are wide and include the measurement of quality-of-life in clinical trials of cancer therapy and development of evidence-based communication programs for healthcare professionals.
She has published over 500 papers, many book chapters, 3 textbooks and numerous evidence-based educational materials for the teaching of communication skills.
She lectures and runs training workshops throughout the world in psychosocial oncology, quality of life assessment and communication skills. She is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2016.
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.
Dr. Elena Provenzano
Dr Elena Provenzano is Lead Breast Histopathologist for Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK. Her main interests are the assessment of tumor response to neoadjuvant therapy and molecular biology of breast cancer and she is pathology lead for several breast cancer clinical trials including PARTNER.
Elena was co-lead author for the ICCR neoadjuvant minimum minimum dataset. She is regional Pathology Professional Clinical Advisor for the NHS Breast Screening Program in the East of England overseeing Quality Assurance in breast cancer diagnosis and is a member of the Association of Breast Pathology and the AJCC Breast TNM committee.
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