Expert Consult Database
Find an Expert
Find an Expert partners clinicians in low and middle income countries with experts from well-resourced settings. We have created a list of experts willing to be contacted. This is a tremendous benefit to colleagues in low to middle income countries (LMICs) especially those without a twinning partner. For instance, if a center in a low to middle income country had some questions about brain tumors, they could check cancerpointe.com to see if there is a neuro-oncologist willing to be contacted.
New: See Preparing abstracts (advice from an expert) for information on preparing abstracts.
Terms of use for Find an Expert
Please note that all experts are working on a volunteer basis, so time and funding for desired travel vary and may be limited. Experts have also volunteered information on their own expertise regarding disease management and experience in various countries. We greatly appreciate the time and effort of these volunteer experts and trust the information they provided to be accurate, but we are unable to endorse any particular individual’s knowledge, experience or advice.
How to get advice or help from an expert?
If you need advice or help from a paediatric oncologist please check out the table below and use its search/filters, look at the list of available specialities and email the expert.
If you are looking for advice or help with a patient, but don’t know which expert to contact, POINTE is happy to match you with an expert from our database. Please info@cancerpointe.com with a brief summary of the case, the disease type and preferred language and we’ll try and we’ll send you a match.
How to interact with an expert?
When communicating with an expert, please:
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pose clear, specific, and clinically relevant questions to the experts.
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make important information available in a timely manner.
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observe local ethical and legal standards in communicating patient information.
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provide feedback to the expert about the outcomes of the case.
Want to help as an expert?
If you interested in using your expertise to help a clinician overseas click here to download the Register to become an Expert on CancerPOINTE.com form. Please fill in all the fields and email it to info@cancerpointe.com. We will then add you to the list of available experts and notify you.
- Latest experts
See What’s New for information on experts that have recently been added to this program.
| wdt_ID | Name | Job Title | Speciality | Activities Willing to Commit to | Time Willing to Commit | Experience in country/region | Willingness to Commit to Global Activities Abroad | Languages | Location | Additional Email | |
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| 1 | Abramovitz, Linda | Oncology / BMT Clinical Nurse SpecialistHem / BMT Practice Nurse | Linda.Abramovitz@ucsf.edu | Advance Practice Nursing Role, Oncology, BMT | Mentoring and role development, Editing abstracts, Local site assessment, Training | Always available for email consults | Ethiopia, Vietnam, China, India and other Asian countries | Can travel 2 times per year to teach / collaborate | English | University of California, San Francisco, USA | |
| 2 | Agrawal, Anurag K. | Associate Hematologist / Oncologist | aagrawal@mail.cho.org | Leukemia, lymphoma, solid tumors, palliative care | Virtual mentoring, Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely, Local site assessment, Training and physician coverage | 4 hours a week | Lesotho, Botswana, Ethiopia, Vietnam | Once to twice a year | Spanish, English | Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, CA, USA | |
| 3 | Barr, Ronald | Pediatric Oncologist | rbarr@mcmaster.ca | Virtual mentoring, Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely | Always available for email consults | Can travel 1-2 weeks per year to a center to lecture / teach / collaborate | English | McMaster University, USA | |||
| 4 | Bartels, Ute | Associate Professor / Pediatric Neuro-oncologist | ute.bartels@sickkids.ca | Neuro-oncology (CNS tumours) | Virtual mentoring, Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely | TBD | Central (South) America; Caribbean | TBD | German, French, English | SickKids Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | |
| 5 | Cost, Nicholas G. | Assistant Professor, Pediatric Urology | Nicholas.cost@sbcglobal.net | Pediatric Urologic Oncology - Renal Tumors Testicular Tumors GU Rhabdomyosarcoma | Virtual mentoring, Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely | 2 hours a month | Central and south America, Lebanon, China, Russia | 1 week a year to lecture / teach / collaborate | English | Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA | Nicholas.cost@childrenscolorado.org |
| 6 | de Alarcón, Pedro A | Pediatric Oncologist | pdealarc@uicomp.uic.edu | Hodgkins lymphoma | Virtual mentoring, Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely | 4 hours a month | Central America, South America | Can travel twice a year to lecture / teach / collaborate | Spanish, English | ||
| 7 | DeBaun, Michael | Paediatric Hematologist | m.debaun@Vanderbilt.Edu | Sickle Cell Disease | English | ||||||
| 8 | Dunkel, Ira J. | Pediatric Oncologist | dunkeli@mskcc.org | Retinoblastoma, Melanoma | Virtual mentoring, Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely | 2-4 hours a week | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1 year a long time ago and then returned for 2 weeks in 2014) Garrahan Children's Hospital in Buenos Aires and several centers in Brazil (long standing collaborations with) CCHE 57357 center, Cairo, Egypt (regarding retinoblas | Sporadic travel to lecture, teach, and collaborate | Portuguese, English | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA | |
| 9 | Fernandez, Karen S. | Pediatric Hematology / Oncology Director, Solid Tumor Program | kfernandez@valleychildrens.org | Solid Tumors,Vascular Tumors Hodgkin Lymphoma Palliative Care in Oncology | Virtual mentoring, Teleconference Editing abstracts, Providing patient advice remotely, Teaching teleconferences | 4 hours a weekAvailable any time through e-mail | Central and South America, Uganda, Vietnam | 1 - 2 times a year available for lectures, teaching assignment at Hospital of University, collaboration in patient care and educational initiatives | Spanish, English | Valley Children's Hospital, Center for Blood and Cancer Diseases, California, USA | |
| 10 | Flatt, Terrie | Pediatric Hematologist, Director, Spanish Speaking Oncology Clinic | tgflatt@cmh.edu | Neuro-oncology | Editing abstracts and manuscripts authored by non-English speakers | 2-4 hours a week | Sporadically | Spanish, English | Children's Mercy Hospital, USA | ||
| Name | Job Title | Speciality | Activities Willing to Commit to | Time Willing to Commit | Experience in country/region | Willingness to Commit to Global Activities Abroad | Languages | Location | Additional Email |
