SSO Disparities-Focused Virtual Case-Based Panel Discussion

Activity Overview

Moderating this panel discussion will be SSO's President-Elect, Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, FSSO, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Vice Chair of the SSO Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board, Lisa Newman, MD, MPH, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Panelists:
Sydney McCalla, MD, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center; New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation
Steven Cai, MD, Chinatown General Surgery
Vivian Bea, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine; New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Kathie-Ann Joseph, MD, MPH, Bellevue Hospital Center
Jennifer Tseng, MD, Boston Medical Center
David Kwon, MD, Henry Ford Cancer Institute

Topics

Topic 1: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Breast Cancer in the African American Community

This session will review data on disparities in the breast cancer burden of African Americans compared to White Americans, with a discussion of how Covid-19 has magnified the problem through the pandemic-related recession and the digital divide.

Participants will be able to:

Recognize the more advanced stage distribution of breast cancer in African American compared to White American women
Understand the impact of Covid-19 on breast cancer disparities mediated by disproportionate severity of the pandemic recession on African Americans
Understand the impact of Covid-19 on safety net hospitals and consequences related to delivery of cancer care
Acknowledge the role of the digital divide in telehealth and cancer disparities

Topic 2: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Cancer in the Asian American Community

This session will review data on variation in the gastric cancer burden of the Asian American community, with a discussion of how the Covid-19 pandemic has generated a spike in anti-Asian activities.

Participants will be able to:

Recognize the diversity of the Asian American community
Understand differences in incidence and outcome from gastric cancer in Asian Americans with East Asian ancestry compared to White Americans
Acknowledge the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on inciting racist/anti-Asian activities

Summary


Availability:	No future session


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	No Credit Offered