Seminars & Events
NEW EVENTS!
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First Annual Susan G Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure in Newark's Branch Brook Park May 4th 2008
Cancer Cneter Team: $3860 raised, 110 donations, 85 runners/walkers at the park !!!!
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Cancer Center "Science Art" Project
For more information about the project, click here .
Artist:
Dr. Leroy Sharer
Dept. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Section Neuropathology
New Jersey Medical School
Image:
Photomicrograph of the contents of a dermoid tumor in the pineal region. Paraffin section stained with hematoxylin and eosin imaged with a Nikon DN100 digital camera on a Zeiss microscope, 10X objective.
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Cancer Center Work in Progress (WIP) Series Fall 2008
Every Friday at Noon
G level Conference Room of the Cancer Center
Date |
Speaker |
Advisor |
Sept 5
Sept 12
Sept 19
Sept 26
Oct 3
Oct 10
Oct 17
Oct 24
Oct 31
Nov 7
Nov 14
Nov 21
Nov 28
Dec 5
Dec 12
Dec 19
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Reza Razavi
OPEN
Ethan Fitzpatrick
Jennifer Woodbury
Anitha Suram
Muargabaskar Balan
Fuhua Xu
Kedar Mahajan
Haihe Ruan
Zhuoming Liu
Guodong Hu
Sergey Smirnov
OPEN
Sophia Simonishvilli
Ru Chen
Tinghui Hu |
Harrison
Whitehead
Levison
Herbig
Kotenko
Moran
Wood
Herbig
Whitehead
Barnes
Kotenko
Wood
Whitehead
Wu |
Newark Cancer Center Community Seminar Series 2008/2009
Third Monday of Every Month
G level Conference Room of the Cancer Center at Noon
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
September 15th 2008
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OPEN |
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October 20th 2008
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Deborah Lazzarino Dept. Neuro NJMS CCC Member
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IGF signaling in growth regulation of stem and progenitor cells of the developing mouse mammary gland |
November 17th 2008
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Scott C. Kachlany Dept. Oral Biology NJDS CCC Member
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Biotherapy for hematologic malignancies using a bacterial toxin with natural specificity for white blood cells
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Dec 15th 2008
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Joseph Leibovich Dept. Cell Biology & Mol. Med NJMS CCC Member
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Regulation of Macrophage Phenotype by Adenosine: A Role in Tumor Angiogenesis |
January 19th 2009
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Katsunori Sugimoto Dept. Cell Biology & Mol. Med NJMS CCC Member
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Checkpoint proteins at damage sites and telomeres |
February 16th 2009
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Andreas Ivessa Dept. Cell Biology & Mol. Med NJMS CCC Member
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Crosstalk between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes |
March 16th 2009
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Utz Herbig Dept. Microbiology & Mol. Genetics NJMS CCC Member
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Telomeres in Cancer and Aging
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April 20th 2009
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Ian Whitehead Dept. Microbiology & Mol. Genetics NJMS CCC Member
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TBA |
May 18th 2009
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Beverly E. Barton Dept. Surgery NJMS CCC Member |
TBA |
NJMS-UH Cancer Center Invited Speaker Seminar Series 2008/2009
First Monday of Every Month at Noon
G level Conference Room of the Cancer Center
Date |
Speaker |
Speaker Affiliation |
Hosted by |
Oct 6th 2008
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Dr. David Cobrinik |
Weill Medical College of Cornell University in NY
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Wu |
Nov 3rd 2008 |
Dr. Senthil Muthuswamy
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Cold Spring Harbor |
Wood |
Dec 1st 2008
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TBA |
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Jan 5th 2009
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TBA |
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NJMS-UH Cancer Center Grand Rounds 2008
2nd Monday of Every Month,
Cancer Center G level Conference
Room G1196 at Noon
January 14th Andrew de la Torre, M.D. website click here
February 11th Kathleen Beebe, M.Dwebsite click here
March 10th Lawrence Harrison, M.D. website click here
April 14th Georgi Guruli, M.D., Ph.D. website click here
May 12th Erik G. Cohen, M.D. website click here
June 9th Nasrin Ghesani, M.D. website click here
October 13th Chirag D. Gandhi M.D. website click here
November 10th Dolly Razdan, M.D. website click here
December 8th Lilian Pliner, M.D. website click here
NJMS-UH Cancer Center Tumor Conferences 2008/2009
The Cancer Center hosts a series of weekly multidisciplinary cancer conferences where new and clinically relevant patients are discussed for treatment options, including clinical trials. The conferences are reasonably casual and the leaders of each conference would embrace the attendance of basic scientists and graduate students with similar interest to develop potential collaboration.
* indicates conferences that take place at the Cancer Center, F level Conference Room, F1196
Cancer Center Grand Rounds * |
Head and Neck Tumor Conference |
Clinical Director: Dr. Charles Cathcart Contact person: Dr. Gwendolyn Mahon Location: Cancer Center, G level Conf. Rm., G1196 Phone number: 2-4721 e-mail: mahongm@umdnj.edu Date & time: 2nd Monday of the month, 12pm – 1pm Topics: Internal Clinical Cancer Faculty presentations. CME credits are granted. |
Clinical Director: Dr. Soly Baredes Contact person: Ray Scarpa Location: Doctor’s Office Center, 8th Floor NINJ Conference Room Phone number: 2-5540 e-mail: scarparj@umdnj.edu Date & time: Mondays, 8am – 9:30am Topics: Two to three case presentations and multidisciplinary discussion of active cancer patients. CME credits are granted. |
Lung Tumor Conference |
GI Tumor Conference (NEW) * |
Clinical Director: Dr. Dolly Razdan Contact person: Dr. Razdan Location: Radiation Oncology Conf. Rm. Phone number: 2-5160 e-mail: razdanda@umdnj.edu Date & time: Tuesdays, 12pm – 1:30pm Topics: Multiple case presentations concerning current lung cancer patients and other malignant diseases of the thorax. |
Clinical Director: Dr. Lawrence Harrison Contact person: Clarie Smith Location: Cancer Center, F level, room F1196 . Phone number: 2-1110 e-mail: smithcd@umdnj.edu Date & time: Mondays, 3:30 am– 5 pm Topics: Multiple new and on-treatment presentations concerning malignancies of the GI tract, including the liver. Cases evaluated specifically for clinical trial protocols.
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Urology Tumor Conference * |
Neurosurgery Tumor Conference |
Clinical Director: Dr. Mark Jordan Contact person: Dr. Mark Jordan Location: Cancer Center, F level room F1196 Phone number: 2-4097 e-mail: jordanml@umdnj.edu Date & time: Fourth Tuesday of each month, 5pm – 6pm Topics: Two or three case presentations are discussed by all diagnostic and treating physicians. |
Clinical Director: Dr. Jeffrey Catrambone Contact person: Dr. Jeffrey Catrambone Location: MSB, Pathology Library Phone number: 2-2337 e-mail: catramje@umdnj Date & time: First Wednesday of each month, 10:30am – 12pm Topics: Interesting and challenging neurological cases both malignant and benign are discussed for potential treatment options.
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Sarcoma Tumor Conference * |
Gynecological Tumor Conference |
Clinical Director: Dr. Joseph Benevenia Contact person: Dr. Kathleen Beebe Location: University Hospital, H-Green Phone number: 2-2153 e-mail: ksbeebe@speakeasy.net Date & time: Thursdays, 3:30pm – 5pm Topics: Presentation of bone and soft tissue tumors with diagnostic dilemmas. |
Clinical Director: Dr. Bernadette Cracchiolo Contact person: Acquinetta Adams Location: University Hospital, E-163 Phone number: 2-5551 e-mail: adamsac@umdnj.edu Date & time: Every other Friday, 8:30am – 9am Topics: Patients who are being actively treated or worked up are discussed while reviewing pathology specimens. |
