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Dr. Reuben
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Clinician Spotlight: Dr. Alexandre Reuben

*April 2024* This month, we are honored to feature Dr Alexandre Reuben, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Reuben's research aims to understand how to boost the body's T-cell response against lung cancer, uncovering resistance mechanisms within the…
Dr. Benjamin Herzberg
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Clinician Spotlight: Dr. Benjamin Herzberg

*February 2024* This month we have the honor of featuring Dr. Benjamin Herzberg MD, who is a medical oncologist at Columbia University, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Herzberg attended the 2023 EGFR Resisters Research Summit and was awarded the Distinguished Young Investigator for his work, ATR Inhibitors…
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March 20, 2024
Dr. Laura Petrillo
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Clinician Spotlight: Dr. Laura Petrillo

*January 2024* This month we have the honor of featuring Dr. Laura Petrillo, MD.  Dr. Petrillo is a palliative care physician-investigator in the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School  Dr. Petrillo attended the 2021 EGFR Resisters…
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March 19, 2024
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Clinician Spotlight: Dr. Elaine Shum

*December 2023* This month we have the honor of featuring Dr. Elaine Shum, who is Assistant Professor of Medicine at NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center in New York.  Dr. Shum participated in the 2021 EGFR Resisters Research Summit and received the Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award for her study Lung Cancer Screening…
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December 27, 2023
Dr Christine Bestvina
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Clinician Spotlight: Dr. Christine Bestvina

*November 2023* This month, we are honored to feature Dr. Christine Bestvina, Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, specializing in thoracic oncology. Dr. Bestvina has been connected with the EGFR Resisters since she was a fellow at University of Chicago! She participated in the first…
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December 24, 2023
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LUNGevity’s HOPE Summit: Ivy Elkin’s Journey to Research Advocacy AdvocacyStories

LUNGevity’s HOPE Summit: Ivy Elkin’s Journey to Research Advocacy

*May 2021* EGFR Resister co-founder Ivy Elkins  presented with Dr. Upal Basu Roy, Executive Director of LUNGevity, on “Understanding the Science of Lung Cancer and Research Advocacy” at the 2021 Hope Summit on Saturday, May 22. Her portion of the presentation centered on the importance of patient-driven research and her…
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June 21, 2021