NANETS produces a weekly publication, Weekly Net Connection. It contains information on recent NET disease research, guidelines and resources. It also highlights NET continuing medical education (CME) programming, medical society developments, member accomplishments and news from other NET organizations. Have news to share? Contact us! Net News is a benefit of membership in NANETS. Not a member? Subscribe now!
Research Grant Recipients Announced
NANETS is pleased to announce its 2021 research grant recipients, which will be presented at the Multidisciplinary NET Medical Symposium in Chicago November 4-6. NANETS offered two grant opportunities this year: the Basic Translational Science Investigator (BTSI) and NANETS Clinical Investigator Scholarship (NCIS).
Jessica Maxwell, MD, is the 2021 recipient of NANETS’ Clinical Investigator Scholarship (NCIS). Dr. Maxwell was awarded this grant for her proposal: Characterization of the small bowel neuroendocrine tumor immune environment. Dr. Maxwell is an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
J. Bart Rose, III, MD, is the 2021 recipient of NANETS’ Basic/Translational Science Investigator Award (BTSI). Dr. Rose was awarded this scholarship for his proposal: Molecular influences of racial disparities in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Rose is an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
NANETS Publishes Consensus Guidelines
This month, NANETS' Guidelines Committee—co-chaired by Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD, MTR, Janice Pasieka, MD, and Jennifer Chan, MD, MPH—published Consensus Guidelines for Surveillance and Management of Metastatic and/or Unresectable Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma in the NANETS-affiliated Pancreas journal. The guideline is also available to the greater NET community on NANETS' website, and will be included in the 2021 Guidelines Compendium.
NANETS Offers Discount to Advanced Practice, Allied Health and Affiliated Health Providers
NANETS is offering a 50 percent discount to NANETS Allied Health, Advanced Practice, and Affiliated Health Practice Providers to attend the 2021 Multidisciplinary NET Medical Symposium in Chicago November 4-6.
