Shushan Hovsepyan is the new Co-Chair of the SIOP GHN WG

We are happy to announce that Dr. Shushan Hovsepyan, Editor-in-Chief of the OncoDaily Medical Journal, was selected at new Co-Chair of the SIOP GHN WG.

Past three years Dr. Venkatraman Radhakrishnan served as the Co-Chair of the SIOP WG and developed a number of educational sessions for the WG members.

Venkatraman Radhakrishnan has been a Consultant Medical and Pediatric Oncologist at the Cancer Institute Adyar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, since March 2012. With over 12 years of experience in this role, he focuses on providing comprehensive care to cancer patients.

Before his current position, he served as a Medical Oncologist at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences from February 2008 to March 2012, where he gained valuable experience in both clinical practice and research.

Dr. Radhakrishnan began his career in the NHS, working as a doctor from January 2005 to April 2007. This role helped him develop a solid foundation in patient care in a diverse healthcare setting.

About Shushan Hovsepyan

Shushan Hovsepyan is a pediatric oncologist and adjunct assistant professor at the Yerevan State Medical University. Currently, she is the Editor-in-Chief of OncoDaily Medical Journal.

She completed her clinical fellowship at the National Institute of Cancer in Milan, Italy and at the St. Anna Children’s Research Hospital in Austria Furthermore, she held a research fellowship position at the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer in Brussels, Belgium. She is a former co-chair of the SIOP Global Health Network Education and Training Working Group. Shushan Hovsepyan was Scientific committee member at SIOP ASIA 2023.

At OncoDaily, Shushan Hovsepyan hosts a segment called ‘5-Minute Sarcoma Talk,’ where she has interviewed notable experts, including Leo Kager, Rajkumar Venkatramani, Aarin Weiss, Leo Mascarenhas, Andrea Ferrari, Sandra D’Angelo, Vinayak Venkataraman, JoeMcNeill, Roger Wilson, Rob Pieters et al. (Watch all episodes here.)

Here’s ‘5-Minute Sarcoma Talk’ with Leo Kager:

Education and Work

Shushan received her Medical Degree (M.D.) at the Yerevan State Medical University’s General Medicine faculty from 2014 to 2020. Since May 2023, she has been serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the OncoDaily Medical Journal.

In January 2023, she took on the role of Adjunct Assistant Professor at YSMU. As of May 2024, she also is an Adjunct Researcher at the Immune Oncology Research Institute in Yerevan. Recently, Shushan Hovsepyan is appointed as Innovation and Development Director at the Immune Oncology Research Institute.

“Being a pediatric oncologist for me is not only a job, it is a lifestyle.”

From December 2023 to May 2024, she worked as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology Center. Prior to that, she was a Research Fellow at the Immune Oncology Research Institute from April 2023 to May 2024 and completed a research fellowship on patient-reported outcomes at EORTC in Brussels, Belgium, from July to October 2023.

Dr. Shushan Hovsepyan completed her Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Fellowship at the Yeolyan Hematology and Oncology Center from June 2020 to June 2023.

She also was a Visiting Fellow at the pediatric oncology unit of the St. Anna Children’s Research Hospital in Vienna, Austria, from September 2022 to February 2023, and participated in a Clinical Fellowship at the Pediatric Oncology Unit of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori in Milan, Italy, from April 2021 to August 2022, where her main focus was on pediatric sarcomas and rare tumors.

Additionally, she completed a postgraduate program in Effective Writing for Health Care at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA, from June 2021 to June 2022.

   “This is one of the proudest moments of my life!”

In October 2022 Shushan Hovsepyan was appointed co-chair of the Global Health Education and Training Working Group of the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP).

The Group actively promotes the education and training of all health care providers and ancillary staff from resource-limited settings that participate in the care of children with cancer.

Shushan Hovsepyan is a member of the POEM Training Committee, the Writing Committee for the European Soft Tissue Sarcoma Group (EpSSG), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the European School of Oncology (ESO), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), as well as the Young SIOP. She also serves as a member of the SIOP Asia Scientific Committee for 2023.

Grants

• St. Jude Euro Regional Travel Grant, SIOPE 2024 Annual Meeting
• “Grant Writing School” International Travel Grant 2023, Italy
• “International Collaboration for Research Methods Development in Oncology (CReDO) Travel Grant, 2023, India
• “College of the European School of Oncology (ESCO) Further Educational Grant 2023
• “College of the European School of Oncology (ESCO) Further Educational Grant 2022
• “Gigax Grant” Clinical Fellowship Grant 2022, Austria
• European School of Oncology Clinical Fellowship Grant 2021, Italy
• Nominal Student Scholarship, Yerevan State Medical University, 2019

SIOP:

“Dr. Shushan Hovsepyan is the incoming SIOP GHN Research and Innovations WG Co-Chair! Her term runs Oct 2024 – Oct 2027.

Welcome Shushan, we look forward to working to improve the lives of children and adolescents with cancer together!

Learn more about the SIOP GHN Research and Innovations WG here.”

SIOP:

“Dr. Shushan Hovsepyan is the incoming SIOP GHN Research and Innovations WG Co-Chair! Her term runs Oct 2024 – Oct 2027.

Welcome Shushan, we look forward to working to improve the lives of children and adolescents with cancer together!

Learn more about the SIOP GHN Research and Innovations WG here.”