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Mar 21, 2023
My Journey Through the Hematology / Oncology Fellowship Match
Dr. Michael LaPelusa shares his recent start-to-finish experience going through the Fellowship Match, with tips for preparing your application, interviewing, and telling your unique professional story.
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Mar 16, 2023
Set Up Your Collaborative Team for Success: A Guideline for Advanced Practice Provider/Physician Team-Based Care in Oncology
Clear expectations are key for effective teamwork. Tammy Triglianos, Dr. Ethan Basch, and Dr. Matthew Milowsky share a guidance document to facilitate excellent collaboration in advanced practice provider/physician teams.
Guest Commentary
Mar 14, 2023
Geriatric Oncology: A Training Opportunity That Has Come of Age
Four geriatric oncology experts answer five questions about the field, including what oncology trainees need to know, how to pursue consolidated training, and why geriatric oncology is a meaningful and rewarding career.
International Perspectives
Mar 14, 2023
I Travel for Global Oncology: The Tale of My Great Journey at the University of Lahore in Pakistan
Dr. Khalid El Bairi was invited to participate in the International Summit of Health Professionals in Pakistan, a country he only knew from the news and nature documentaries. The visit challenged his perceptions and allowed him to make valuable connections.
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Douglas W. Blayney, MD, FASCO

Douglas W. Blayney, MD, FASCO, is a medical oncologist and Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an ASCO Past President, and currently serves as a member of the CancerLinQ Physician Advisory Committee and the Cost of Cancer Task Force.

Apr 20, 2011
Personalized Medicine in Silicon Valley
In early February, my new patient was a middle-aged woman from here in Silicon Valley with a self-discovered 2 cm right breast mass. Her internist was all over this. She quickly had a core needle biopsy, was evaluated by one of our breast surgeons, and was referred to me for an opinion regarding...
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Oct 18, 2010
Leaving My Laptop at Home
I'm traveling on business for the first time in almost twenty years without a laptop computer, bringing only my iPad and my iPhone. We'll see how it goes. This allows me to fit all of my travel goods in a Patagonia backpack, which I place in under the airplane seat in front of me; no checked...
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Apr 09, 2010
My visit to an iKnowMed Practice
John Cox invited me to his Texas Oncology Practice at the Methodist Charlton Cancer Center in Dallas, to talk about multidisciplinary breast cancer clinics. After lunch, which was attended by most of the practice’s...
Mar 24, 2010
Clinicians need to take back ownership of the medical record, and a cautionary word on privacy from a psychiatrist
An article by Schiff and Bates, writing in the March 25th New England Journal of Medicine, here caught my attention.
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Mar 01, 2010
Field trip to see the EPIC EHR in action at Palo Alto Medical Foundation
I arranged to spend last Thursday afternoon with Peter Yu, at his El Camino Real office of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). PAMF has largely implemented EPIC as their EHR, and as Peter and I had an ASCO-related conference call scheduled, I was going to take the call with him and observe his...
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Jan 19, 2010
Building Chemotherapy Order Sets
We're beginnning implementation of our Eclypsis CPOE in our Cancer Center (see here). Our system does not come with pre-built order sets, so we're in the process of building...
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