All Things Cardio-Oncology

With the rapid increase in the use of BTK inhibitors managing CV risk is increasingly challenging and important. In this episode leading experts from the University of Pennsylvania medical school guide us through some of these complexities. Watch to the full webinar here: https://www.radcliffecardiology.com/webinars/managing-cv-risk-patients-cll

Dr. Emily Tomasulo is a Hematologist/Oncologist who specializes in B-cell lymphoma and cellular therapy at Pennsylvania Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She sits on ECOG-ACRIN Leukemia Committee and her research and clinical interests focus on the use of targeted and cellular therapies in B-cell malignancies with particular attention to cardiovascular adverse effects.

Dr. Michael Fradley is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Medical Director of the Thalheimer Center for Cardio-Oncology. He trained at Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, and Massachusetts General Hospital. His clinical and research interests focus on arrhythmic complications of cancer therapies. He currently serves as President of the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS).

On this episode of Heart to Heart patient advocate Lee Ramsey helps us appreciate the value of having a cardiologist engaged in both the assessment and management of CV complications before, during, and after cancer treatment.

Dr. Abuzaid received his degree in medicine from Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt, 2006. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska in 2015 followed by a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, 2018 and a Fellowship in Advanced echocardiography and advanced Cardiovascular Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, (UCSF) 2019.

Dr. Skouri is President of the IC-OS chapter of the United Arab Emirates. He specializes in advanced heart failure including “Assist devices”, heart transplantation, cardio-oncology, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiac amyloidosis. He has been an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at AUBMC in Lebanon for the last 5 years and has published more than 55 research papers, consensus documents, and position papers that directly contribute to the advancement of cardiology and Heart Failure.

Dr. Armstrong is a member, St. Jude Faculty, Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, Co-Leader, Cancer Control & Survivorship Program and Endowed Chair in Epidemiology & Cancer Control, St Jude's Research Hospital.