The Communications Committee Chairs hosted NANETS' first Clubhouse discussion Sunday, June 6 to discuss NET-related presentations during the ASCO 2021 Conference. This conversation was led by Heloisa Soares, MD, PhD, Nikolaos Trikalinos, MD, Mark Lewis, MD, and Pamela Kunz, MD. Over a dozen medical professionals participated in this audio-only event.

Stay tuned for upcoming Clubhouse discussions with NANETS leaders.

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This June, NANETS' Mentoring & Early Career Development Committee implemented a comprehensive mentoring program to match early career NANETS members with professionals in their respective fields. Committee Co-Chairs M. Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD and Callisia Clarke, MD, MS developed this program to advise mentees on best practices for navigating a career in the NET medical field.

All mentor and mentee matches are provided a comprehensive mentoring checklist developed by the Committee to help facilitate the mentorship relationship. Matches are also issued an Individual Mentoring Development Plan (IMDP) to advance the mentoring journey.

See the chart below for a comprehensive list of NANETS' 2021 mentorship matches.

Mentor
Mentee
Beverly L. Bolinger, MD
Kaiser Permanente

Sabha Ganai, MD, PhD, MPH
Sanford Health

Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson, MD
Mayo Clinic

Daniel M. Halperin, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

James Howe, MD
UI Carver College of Medicine

M. Sue O'Dorisio, MD, PhD
UI Carver College of Medicine

Kim Perez, MD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Neil Renwick, MD, PhD
Queen's University

Namrata Vijayvergia, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Christopher Heaphy, PhD
Boston University School of Medicine

Emily K. Bergsland, MD
UCSF School of Medicine

Eric K. Nakakura, MD, PhD
UCSF School of Medicine

Lori McDougald, FNP-BC
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sean Bennett, MD
University of Toronto

Tanaz Vaghaiwalla, MD
University of Tennessee Medical Center

Satya Das, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Chandrikha Chandrasekharan, MBBS
UI Carver College of Medicine

Tiffany Sinclair, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Rachael Guenter, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Claire Mulvey, MD
UCSF School of Medicine

Po H. Ear, PhD
UI Carver College of Medicine

Garima Gupta, MD
University of Kentucky

Jaydira Del Rivero, MD
National Institutes of Health

John Metzcar
Indiana University Bloomington

Daneng Li, MD
City of Hope

Alexandra Gangi, MD
Cedars-Sinai

Yee Lan Wong, PA-C
Medical College of Wisconsin

NANETS' hosted Corinne Voils, PhD, Jennifer Eads, MD, and Dawn Quelle, PhD, for a panel discussion of effective mentorship practices in NET medical and research programs on May 19, as part of its monthly virtual programming series. The group talked about strategies for creating and maintaining an effective mentoring relationship; how to navigate a difficult relationship, and much more. A recording of the webinar will be available soon on NANETS' YouTube channel.