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Welcome to the ninth episode of Supportive Care Matters, a podcast Hosted by Medical Oncologist Professor Bogda Koczwara AM from Adelaide, Australia.
Host:
Professor Bogda Koczwara AM
Professor Bogda Koczwara AM is a medical oncologist and a senior staff specialist at the Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer in Adelaide, Australia.
Professor Koczwara completed her oncology training at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, USA, and received a Master in Bioethics degree from Monash University, Australia.
Her clinical interests revolve around management of breast cancer, cancer survivorship, psycho-oncology and supportive care as well as health services development, integration with primary care and cancer education for health care professionals.
Connect with Bogda on Twitter: @bogda_koczwara
Guests:
Professor David Goldstein
Professor David Goldstein is a conjoint clinical professor at UNSW with an extensive track record in research. He is head of the medical oncology department of the Nelune Cancer Centre at Prince of Wales hospital and Leader of the Poor Outcomes cancer stream of Maridulu Budyari Gumal Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE) Cancer Clinical Academic Group.
He was the adult program leader of the UNSW National Cancer Survivors Centre and continues to lead a research program associated with survivorship issues. As part of this activity, he was the Chief Investigator of a Cancer Institute NSW translational program grant of $3,100,000 to study the impact of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.
Associate Professor Susanna Park
Associate Professor Susanna Park PhD leads a multidisciplinary research group investigating assessment strategies, treatments and risk factors in neuropathy and neuromuscular disease at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. She has expertise in multidisciplinary peripheral neuropathy research, leading a number of studies examining clinical translation, assessment strategies, treatment and risk factors for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy with >130 peer-reviewed publications. She obtained her PhD from the University of New South Wales, Australia and subsequently undertook postdoctoral training at the Institute of Neurology, University College London.
Connect with Susanna on Twitter/X: @zannaspark
Connect with The Oncology Network on Twitter: @OncologyNewsAus
Papers:
Impact of Pain on symptom burden in CIPN
Patient reported outcomes in CIPN
CIPN Clinical Pathway for Optimal Screening, Assessment and Management
Exercise pilot study for CIPN rehabilitation