Sustainable Systems for Surgical Oncology; Balancing the Health of the Population and the Planet

HUB Moderator(s)

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  Rebecca Auer, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS (she/her/hers)

  Director of Cancer Research
  Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  Disclosure(s): Enhanced Medical Nutrition: Research Grant (Terminated); Incyte: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (Ongoing); Leo Pharma Inc.: Research Grant (Terminated); NK Gen: Research Grant (Ongoing); Qu Biologics: Contracted Research (Ongoing)

Climate change is increasingly affecting global health, both in increases of risk of illness as well as impacting delivery of care. In this session, learn how environmental health directly impacts cancer diagnoses and cancer care globally, and what we as surgeons can do to make a difference.

Presentations:

• 10:32am – 10:42am ET

  Climate Change and Cancer Care: What is the Problem?
  

  HUB Presenter: Andrea J. MacNeill, MD MSc FRCSC (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
• 10:42am – 10:52am ET

  Surgeon-Driven Solutions for Climate Mitigation - What Can We Do?
  

  HUB Presenter: Gary Mann, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Surgical Oncology
• 10:52am – 11:00am ET

  Questions & Discussion