Nanotechnology in Multiple Myeloma with Dr. Samuel Achilefu, Dr. Ravi Vij and Dr. Monica Shokeen, Washington University
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Nanotechnology in Multiple Myeloma with Dr. Samuel Achilefu, Dr. Ravi Vij and Dr. Monica Shokeen, Washington University
Event Description
Dr. Samuel Achilefu PhD Dr. Ravi Vij, MD Dr. Monica Shokeen, PhD, MBA Washigton University Interview Date: May 6, 2016
Nanotechnology is the study of very small things, down to the atom and molecule level. Based on the award-winning expertise of Dr. Samuel Achilefu and other experts, the Center for Multiple Myeloma Nanotechnology has now opened at Washington University in St. Louis and is considered a Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE).This group is one of six centers to receive a prestigious NIH grant to study nanotechnology in cancer and is the only center to study it in multiple myeloma. In this show, the doctors share that nanotechnology can be used to deliver existing or new drugs in a more targeted and more concentrated way, that it can also be paired with an imaging contrast agent to "light up" the cancer cells and target exactly where the treatment should go, and that it can kick out hiding myeloma cells into the blood so that it can be found and killed. This is a fascinating show that explores an exciting and completely new potential treatment for multiple myeloma.
Schedule & Agenda
Speakers & Moderators
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Ravi Vij, MD, MBA, is Professor of Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Leukemia. Dr. Vij’s primary academic interests include the treatment of hematologic malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He has research interests in multiple myeloma and AML/myelodysplastic syndromes. Dr. Vij serves on numerous committees including the International Myeloma Working Group (IWMG), the Core Transplant Myeloma and Leukemia Committees of the CALGB, the Steering Committee of the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium, and the Myeloma Committee of the BMT Clinical Trials Network (CTN). His honors include the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Innovator Award (2013) and the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium Center of Excellence Award (2011). He has authored more than 130 publications in journals such as Blood, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, and Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. He has authored the book Contemporary Management of Multiple Myeloma and several chapters in books, including Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Dyscrasias in the Washington Manual of Oncology. He has served as a review for journals including Blood, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Experimental Hematology and Haematologica.
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Myeloma survivor, patient advocate, wife, mom of 6. Believer that patients can help accelerate a cure by weighing in and participating in clinical research. Founder of the HealthTree Foundation.
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