Cancer Immunotherapy Topic of FREE Panel Discussion

From Eisenhower Health: The public is invited to Cancer Immunotherapy: Present Practice, Future Promise — a FREE panel discussion with experts from UC San Diego Health and Eisenhower Health. The event will be held at the Annenberg Health Sciences Building at Eisenhower on Saturday, March 10 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more information, please call 760-834-3798.

Immunotherapy — harnessing the immune system to fight cancer — is positioned to revolutionize the way we treat cancer.Saturday’s free panel discussion will provide attendees an overview of this cutting-edge approach, and explain the latest developments in promising therapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors and cellular therapy. Learn about how to access FDA-approved immunotherapy treatments and about clinical trials that are testing new options for cancers that have been particularly resistant to traditional treatments.

Schedule of Speakers

Welcome and Overview

Steven Plaxe, MD

Director, Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center

Keynote: The Promise of Immunotherapy in Treating Cancer

Ezra Cohen, MD

Co-head, Solid Tumor Therapeutics Research Program

Associate Director of Translational Science, Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health

Professor of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Panelists

Murthy Andavolu, MD

Board Certified in Hematology, Medical Oncology, Hematology/Oncology and Internal Medicine

Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center

Henry Tsai, MD

Board Certified in Hematology, Medical Oncology and Hematology/Oncology

Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center

Davood Vafai, MD

Board Certified in Hematology and Internal Medicine

Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center

Eisenhower Health is a not-for-profit, comprehensive health care institution that includes the 463-bed Eisenhower Hospital, the Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center at Eisenhower and the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower. The Betty Ford Center is also located on the Eisenhower campus. Eisenhower is renowned for its Centers of Excellence in Orthopedics, Cardiovascular, Neuroscience and Oncology.

Situated on 130 acres in Rancho Mirage, and with outpatient clinics across the valley, Eisenhower Health has provided a full range of quality medical and educational services for more than 45 years for residents and visitors to the greater Coachella Valley. Eisenhower has earned ANCC Magnet Recognition® for professionalism in nursing and excellence in patient care. The first accredited teaching hospital in the valley, Eisenhower trains physician residents in both Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. For more information, visit EisenhowerHealth.org or follow Eisenhower Health on social media.

Photo credit to Renee Schiavone