Session 4 - How to talk about your work in a way that maximizes audience engagement.

Dr. Loren is currently Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Clinically, she is a specialist in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and her research focuses on fertility preservation and long-term survivorship in these patients. Dr. Loren has a longstanding interest in mentoring and career development, having served as Fellowship Program Director in Hematology/Oncology at Penn prior to taking on her vice chair role. She has given Grand Rounds and spoken nationally on mentorship in general, as well as on difficult situations within the mentoring relationship, and serves as an advisor, mentor, and sponsor to many trainees and junior faculty.

Craig helps experts to speak in a way that engages audiences from other disciplines. Based in England, he works with CEO’s, TEDx Speakers and medical experts who have a key presentation coming up. In 2018, he won a Cicero speechwriting award for a talk that was given by his client at a TEDx conference. At the Summit, Craig will be sharing practical ways to talk about your work in a way that engages your colleagues and brings about positive change.

Juan C. Lopez-Mattei, MD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT, FSCMR is the co-director and co-founder of Cardiac Radiology Services at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, a comprehensive cardiac imaging center of excellence consisting of a Cardiac CT/MRI service dedicated to cancer patients and survivors. He is an associate professor of Medicine and Radiology at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Lopez-Mattei is a nationally recognized expert, with over 80 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of cardio-oncology, echocardiography, cardiovascular computed tomography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance. He holds multiple leadership positions in cardiovascular imaging societies such as American Society of Echocardiography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. In addition, Dr. Lopez-Mattei was elected to the American College of Cardiology Emerging Faculty Leadership Academy in 2019 , to the American Society of Echocardiography’s Leadership Academy in 2020 and in 2021 he was elected as member of American College of Cardiology CV Imaging Section Leadership Council. He is also a member of the Certification Board of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CBCMR) Assessment Committee and a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and JACC: Cardio-Oncology. He trained as a general cardiologist in Puerto Rico and pursued further training in cardiovascular imaging at Houston Methodist Hospital and is currently qualified as level 3 in echocardiography, cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI.

Dr Maryam Lustberg is an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University, where she specialize in treating patients with breast cancer at The Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James). In July 1, she joins Yale School of Medicine as an Associate Professor, Chief of Breast Medical Oncology and the Director of Yale Breast Center. Her research focuses on improving long-term outcomes for breast cancer patients who have developed side effects associated with treatment, and on investigating novel blood-based biomarkers to identify recurrence and treatment toxicity earlier. She joined the Division of Medical Oncology in August 2010 after completing internal medicine residency at the University of Maryland and a three-year combined medical oncology and breast medical oncology fellowship at Ohio State (2007-2010). She also obtained a Master’s of Public Health (MPH) in Clinical Investigation from Ohio State’s College of Public Health in 2010. She is physician champion and translational researcher in cancer supportive care services focusing on expanding research, clinical care and programs for individuals diagnosed with cancer and serves on the MASCC Board of Directors. She is serving as President Elect of MASCC from 2020 – 2022.

Randall A. Oyer, MD is a practicing medical oncologist at the Ann B. Barshinger Cancer Institute at Penn Medicine Lancaster General in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Oyer serves as the Medical Director of the Cancer Institute, Medical Director of Oncology, Chairman of Cancer Committee, Chair of the Oncology Physicians Advisory Council, and Medical Director of the Cancer Risk Evaluation Program at Penn Medicine Lancaster General. Dr. Oyer is a member of the Cancer Service Line Executive Committee and the Cancer Service Line Quality Committee at the Abramson Cancer Center – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Dr. Oyer is also a member of the Board of Directors, and President-Elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers, Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Oyer is an ex-officio Commissioner of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, representing the Association of Community Cancer Centers. He also is a member of the National Cancer Policy Forum at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

Teresa López-Fernández is a clinical investigator and consultant cardiologist at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. She is specializes in cardiac imaging (she is board certified in advanced and transesophageal echocardiography by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)) and cardio-oncology (she is board certified by the International Cardio-Oncology Society), and currently coordinates the cardio-oncology team at La Paz University Hospital. She is the founder and chair of the Spanish Cardio-Oncology Working Group at the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC) and the Secretary of the ESC Council of Cardio-Oncology.

Dr. Vijay Rao is the Director of CardioOncology, Heart Failure, and Anticoagulation at Franciscan Health, Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated with a dual degree MD and PhD from the Medical University of South Carolina followed by Internal Medicine training at Duke University Medical Center. He then completed Cardiology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco followed by a dedicated additional year in echocardiography serving as the Chief Fellow. He is the governor-elect for the Indiana Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. Under his leadership, the Franciscan CardioOncology team was awarded an Associate of Community Cancer Centers National Innovator Award in 2020 for “Nurse Navigation as a Model for Developing an CardioOncology Program.” Dr. Rao was also the first author on a recent State of the Art Review published in Journal of American College of Cardiology June 2021 issue titled “Clinical Approach to Cardiovascular Toxicity of Oral Antineoplastic Agents.” He also serves as the Chair of the ICOS Center of Excellence Committee and is an active member of the ICOS Education Committee.