Ishwaria Subbiah: A midnight session on cancer pain for Indonesia’s expert oncologists and palliative care clinicians

Ishwaria Subbiah shared on LinkedIn:

“Facilitating a midnight session (!) on cancer pain for 80 of Indonesia’s expert oncologists and palliative care clinicians who’ve been setting aside their Saturdays to rapidly learn best practices in cancer supportive care! High-quality holistic symptom management impacts second order metrics! Clinical trial consideration starts with optimized symptom control (i.e. comfortable patient, relieved caregiver!)! hpm hapc pallonc supponc Grateful to American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Center for Global Impact for bringing us all together!”

Source: Ishwaria Subbiah/LinkedIn

Ishwaria Subbiah is the Executive Director for Cancer Care Equity and Professional Wellness at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI). In this role, Dr. Subbiah focuses on reducing cancer outcomes disparities and diversifying clinical trial participation within SCRI’s combined research network of over more than 1,300 physicians at over 250 locations in 24 states across the US. Dr. Subbiah is a globally recognized expert in geriatric oncology, symptom management, palliative care, and healthcare professional well-being. She previously was an associate professor in the Division of Cancer Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is the Chair for the ASCO Women in Oncology working group and the ASCO State of Cancer Care in America initiative.