"How to Empower Your Team to Conquer Cancer: Lessons Learned from MD Anderson Liver Cancer Program" with Ahmed O. Kaseb, MD | Director's Guest Seminar

Dr. Kaseb is an endowed and Tenured Professor of GI Medical Oncology and Program Director of the HCC program at MD Anderson Cancer Center and is the Director of the only NCI HCC SPORE grant. Dr. Kaseb received his medical degree from Cairo University in 1996, and trained at University of Michigan, Wayne State University, and Henry Ford Hospital, in Michigan. He joined MD Anderson in 2007 and his research developed several HCC staging systems and new therapeutic protocols and introduced important peri-operative systemic therapy trials in HCC. These contributions have afforded new tools for therapeutic and prognostic applications and are widely used in current pivotal clinical trials in HCC. Dr. Kaseb’s multidisciplinary teamwork has received multiple FDA-approval of systemic therapies and several federal, foundation and pharmaceutical funding for dozens of projects and clinical trials, published over 250 papers, book chapters, and editorials. He currently serves on National Hepatobiliary Task Force, NCI, USA, and other national ASCO, SWOG and NCI committees and study sections, and serves as the Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of Hepatocellular Carcinoma” and is the founder/co-chair of the newly launched: HCC Perioperative Consortium.

Zoom Link: https://uchealth.zoom.us/j/88162021597