Summit Co-Chairs
Dan Le, MD, MHA, FRCPC
- Co-Chair, BC Cancer Summit
- Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer – Surrey
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Lynne Nakashima, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, RPh, FCAPhO, FISOPP
- Co-Chair, BC Cancer Summit
- Senior Director, Provincial Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Residency Program Director
- BC Cancer
Heena Vadgama, PMP
- Co-Chair, BC Cancer Summit
- Project Manager
- BC Cancer
Keynote Speakers
Transforming gynecologic cancer care and control through research: The power of multidisciplinary teams at BC Cancer
Don’t miss this year’s keynote presentation, Transforming gynecologic cancer care and control through research: The power of multidisciplinary teams at BC Cancer, featuring Drs. David Huntsman and Jessica McAlpine, alongside members – including patient partners – of their multidisciplinary team. Together, they will share how collaborative research connected to multidisciplinary care is decreasing risk, transforming cancer care and improving outcomes for patients in BC and around the world – demonstrating the power of patient inspired team research in BC’s population-based cancer control system.
Dr. Huntsman is a distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute, a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular and Genomic Pathology, and director of OVCARE.
Dr. McAlpine is a gynecologic oncologist at Vancouver General Hospital and BC Cancer, and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Stratification of Gynecologic Cancers.
The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD. You may claim a maximum of 20 hours (credits are automatically calculated). Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.