Webinar Date and Time: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 4:00 – 5:00 pm EST
As the first webinar in the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) & Lymphoma series, three doctors from SickKids will provide an overview of the disease-specific biology of lymphoma most common in youth and young adults. This presentation will highlight the presentation of Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in this age group and relevant clinical information for both subtypes. The final part of this talk will focus on Ontario specific data for lymphoma patients.
Speakers: Dr. Angela Punnett, Dr. Reena Pabari, and Dr. Sumit Gupta
Speaker Biographies:
Dr. Angela Punnett
Dr. Punnett is a Staff Oncologist within the Leukemia/Lymphoma Program in the Division of Haematology/Oncology and Clinician Educator and Associate Professor in Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Punnett completed her MD at the University of Toronto and Paediatrics Residency at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She returned to the University of Toronto for fellowship training in Paediatric Haematology/Oncology at SickKids. Dr. Punnett leads and participates in clinical research in childhood leukemia and lymphoma and is a member of the COG steering committee for Hodgkin Lymphoma. As a clinician educator, she is involved in education scholarship with collaborators in the Department of Paediatrics and nationally.
Dr. Reena Pabari
Reena Pabari (MSc, MD, FRCPC) is a Staff Physician in the Leukemia/Lymphoma section within the Division of Haematology/Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children. She has an interest in myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative leukemias, in particular, those occurring in children with genetic predisposition syndromes. Dr. Pabari is currently involved in an international collaborative study evaluating central nervous system involvement in children with Hodgkin lymphoma.
Dr. Sumit Gupta
Dr. Sumit Gupta is a Staff Oncologist and Clinician Investigator at SickKids, an Associate Professor at both the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and an Adjunct Scientist with the Cancer Research Program at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. Dr. Gupta’s research involves using health administrative data to answer important clinical and policy questions of AYA cancer. He has many international collaborations to help improve outcomes for children in low- and middle-income countries.
