Preparing a Resilient Oncology Workforce for the Present and Future
European Cancer Organisation
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MD, PHD, Deputy Director, European School of Oncology (ESO) Senior Medical Oncologist, Disease Lead Breast Cancer...
MD, PHD, Deputy Director, European School of Oncology (ESO) Senior Medical Oncologist, Disease Lead Breast Cancer Coordinator, Oncology Pole, Hopital Riviera Chablais, Vaud-Valais, Switzerland Dr. Alexandru Eniu is a senior medical oncologist at the Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Vaud-Valais, Switzerland, where he took a position in January 2020 as Disease Lead for Breast Cancer and coordinator of the newly created Oncology Pole. He previously worked in the Department of Breast Tumours at the Cancer Institute "Ion Chiricuta" in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. As an active member of both national and international societies, Alexandru Eniu holds positions in various committees. He was appointed in 2018 Deputy Scientific Director of the European School of Oncology after serving for several years as coordinator for the ESO Eastern Europe and Balkan Region Program. Within ESMO, he chaired the ESMO Global Policy Committee and, between 2014-2018, he was a member of the ESMO Executive Board, leading several initiatives tackling disparities in cancer outcomes across Europe and the world. Within ASCO, he served as chairman of the ASCO International Affairs Committee. Furthermore, he is a member of the editorial board of several oncology journals including Annals of Oncology. He participated in the process of developing international and national guidelines for the management of cancer patients, serving as the Co-Chair of the Treatment and Allocation of resources Panel of the Breast Health Global Initiative and as panel member of the Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC3 and ABC4) International Consensus Conference. He wrote 6 book chapters and more than 80 articles in international peer reviewed journals within his specialty breast cancer.
Geerard Beets is currently the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at The Netherlands Cancer Institute in...
Geerard Beets is currently the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and is Professor of Surgery at Maastricht University. Previously he worked as a surgeon at Maastricht University Medical Center, and spent a 1-year clinical research period at the colorectal service of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. His clinical field of expertise is colorectal cancer, and the multidisciplinary research is focussed on rectal cancer with the main research areas of MR imaging of rectal cancer and organ sparing treatment of rectal cancer. Geerard Beets is a faculty member of national and international colorectal and oncological societies.
Lynda is Professor, Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology and Metabolism The University of Sheffield, she...
Lynda is Professor, Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology and Metabolism The University of Sheffield, she trained as a surgeon in Sheffield, Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester in the UK and spent a period of time in full time research at the University of Sheffield where she read for her PhD. She currently works as Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Sheffield in the UK following appointment in 2002 with clinical commitments at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Her main areas of clinical interest are breast cancer in particular its management in older women, breast reconstruction and familial breast cancer management. Her main research interests are treatment optimization for elderly women with breast cancer, breast screening in the elderly and familial breast cancer. Lynda is past Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO). She is the board secretary for the UEMS Breast Examination and is the past President of the British Association for Surgical Oncology. She is Chief Investigator on the UK multicentre ‘Bridging the Age Gap Trial’ and has published over 100 papers, 10 book chapters, 3 book editorships and has been awarded over £4M in grant funding.
Dr Mirjam Crul is Board Member, European Cancer Organisation, Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer...
Dr Mirjam Crul is Board Member, European Cancer Organisation, Special Network on the Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Co-Chair and Workforce Network Co-Chair. Shereceived her master in pharmacy in 1999. Subsequently, she worked as a research fellow at the Netherlands Cancer Institute studying clinical pharmacology of novel anticancer agents. This work resulted in a PhD in 2002. She trained to become a Hospital Pharmacist from 2002-2006. Currently she is employed in the Amsterdam University Medical Center, where she is the Head of the Aseptic Compounding Unit and has pharmaceutical responsibility for the Oncology Department. She served as a Board Member for the Dutch Hospital Pharmacists Association (NVZA) from 2016 to 2019. At present, she holds a chair in the European Cancer Organisation Board and is Vice-President of the European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP).
Nicolas Schmit took up office as European Commissioner responsible for Jobs and Social Rights in December 2019. Prior...
Nicolas Schmit took up office as European Commissioner responsible for Jobs and Social Rights in December 2019. Prior to this, and following a long career of public service in his native Luxembourg, he took up duty as Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the EU in 1998 for a six-year term. In 2004, he was appointed Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs and Immigration. From 2009 to 2018, he held the position of Minister for Labour and Employment in the Luxembourgish government. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the social-democratic Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei following his election in May 2019. Nicolas Schmit holds a Doctorate in International Economic Relations and a Masters in French Literature from the University of Aix-Marseille.
Nicolás González Casares is a Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer, a Spanish nurse and politician who...
Nicolás González Casares is a Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer, a Spanish nurse and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. In parliament, Gonález Casares serves on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. In 2020, he joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament’s delegation for relations with Japan