Epidemiology and Biology of AYA Oncology, presented by Brandon Hayes-Lattin, MD.
August 09,2023
11:00 am - 12:00 pm (CST)
Dr. Brandon Hayes-Lattin serves as Professor of Medicine and Deputy Division Head in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Oregon Health and Science University, and Director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Program. His clinical background is in the management of hematologic malignancies and the use of cellular therapies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. As a young adult cancer survivor himself, and a physician caring for many young adults with hematologic malignancies, Dr. Hayes-Lattin has taken a leadership role in the development of the discipline of AYA Oncology. He has served as the Senior Medical Advisor to the LIVESTRONG Foundation, the Chief Medical Officer for Critical Mass: The Young Adult Cancer Alliance, the inaugural Chair of the AYA Committee for SWOG, participated on the expert advisory panel to the Children’s Oncology Group AYA Committee, as a member of the CDC’s Federal Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women, and on the Committee on Childhood Cancers and Disability for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.