Ensuring Equitable Cancer Care for Every Patient: A Conversation With 2020-2021 ASCO President Dr. Lori J. Pierce
After serving as ASCO president-elect in 2019-2020, Dr. Lori J. Pierce began her term as ASCO’s 57th president on June 1, 2020.
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Jul 01, 2020
In this strange and socially distant year, I wanted to offer a few words of encouragement to our medical graduates in Lebanon and around the world.
Jun 29, 2020
Assumptions are the opposite of open communication; they remain unsaid and often expand to include thoughts that are unrelated to the initial feeling.
Jun 22, 2020
Pervasive bias has been in this country for centuries, and quiet microaggressions and larger macroaggressions have been given a pass for far too long.
Jun 18, 2020
ASCO Ethics Committee chair Dr. Jonathan Marron and I discuss two recommendations from a recent paper on allocating scarce health care resources during COVID-19.
Jun 16, 2020
Translating an oncology practice into telemedicine and socially distant consultations has its advantages and disadvantages, as Dr. Estelamari Rodriguez learned when her clinic transformed overnight...
Jun 10, 2020
Although our societal meetings, including the AMA House of Delegates meeting, are shortened, they have never been more important than they are at this moment.
Jun 03, 2020
We must commit the same energy and focus we pour into conquering cancer to addressing systemic issues that affect the health of people of color in our country.
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Latest Comments & Discussions
Jun 07, 2020
Dear Dr. Pierce, Thanks for reminding us of the moral imperative that we have as physicians to work for a world with greater equity in...
Nagi S. El Saghir, MD, FACP, FASCO
May 26, 2020
Thank you Lori for your kind words and comment. We all look forward for the upcoming virtual #ASCO20, and hope to see you in...
Nagi S. El Saghir, MD, FACP, FASCO
May 26, 2020
Thank you Doug for your kind words. I cherish the great ASCO International memories we have together!
Lori J. Pierce, MD, FASCO
May 26, 2020
What a wonderful article, Nagi! Thank you. We hope our ASCO members worldwide will access all the exciting research and...
Doug H.M. Pyle, MBA
May 21, 2020
Thank you Nagi for your wonderful article. Yes, we will miss each other, but we'll be mindful that we are all together in a way. Thank...
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