upcoming events

 

Snossa 4th Annual Conference

Saturday August 14th (15:00 – 18:00 EAT)  
1st Hour15:00 – 16:00 (EAT): Importance of a CNS Tumor Registry in SSAPlanned speaker(s)
15:00-15:05Introduction and welcome remarksJoyce Kambugu
15:05-15:15SNOSSA President AddressJames Balogun
15:15-15:25Collaborative process to develop resource adapted guidelines:
PODC Medulloblastoma example and lessons learned
Alan Davidson
15:25- 15:35Genomic landscape of brain tumors in SSASolomon Rotimi
15:35-15:55Keynote: Importance of Neuro-oncology registry in Sub-Saharan AfricaEkokobe Fonkem
15:55-16:00Break 
2nd Hour16:00-17:00 (EAT) Multidisciplinary break-through data driven science 
16:00-16:15Use of neonatal dried bloodspots to evaluate germline cancer predisposition in gliomasKyle Walsh
16:30-16:40What’s next in neuro pathology – Liquid Biopsies to leapfrog
limited pathology capacity
Desmond Brown
16:40 –16:55Radiation-Oncology education needs in SSAJeannette Parkes
16:55-17:00Break 
3rd Hour17:00-18:00 (EAT) Implementation and Utilization of a NeuroOncology Registry in Sub-Saharan Africa 
17:00-17:15Current IARC CanReg 5: Gaps for neuro oncology useHenry Wabinga
17:15-17:30Machine Learning in Neuro-Oncology: Can Data Analysis Change
Decision-Making Paradigms
Isabelle Germano
17:30-17:45Implementation barriers for establishing a neuro-oncology
patient registry (Interactive Discussion)
Jonas Nsengiyumva & Teddy Totimeh
17:45-18:00Special Topic: Harnessing social media for SNOSSAMonica Adams
Sunday August 15th (15:00-18:00 EAT)  
1st Hour15:00-1600 (EAT) : Capacity Development for Best Practice CarePlanned speaker(s)
13:00-13:05Day 1 Overview and Day 2 IntroductionKristin Schroeder
15:05-15:20Telemedicine in neuro-oncology: opportunities for improvement
in care.
Na Tosha Gatson
15:20-15:35Establishing neuro-surgery training program in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Mulago Neuro oncology residency program
Hussein Ssenyonjo
15:35-15:55Keynote -Brain tumours and COVID-19: the patient and caregiver experience (IBTA Survey results)Kathy Oliver
15:55-16:00Break 
2nd Hour16:00-17:00 What’s next? Advocacy and after therapy care for Brain Tumor survivors in Africa 
16:00-16:15Establishing a Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program in
Rwanda
Fidel Rubagumya
(pending acceptance)
16:15-16:30Neurocognitive impact of therapy – EORTC Low grade glioma
trial
Brigitta Baumert
16:30-16:40Physical therapy needs within neuro oncology communityTBD
16:40-16:55Neuro oncology patient advocacy for care along cancer
continuum
Bonni Suckling
16:55-17:00Break 
3rd HourTumor Board and Wrap Up 
17:00-17:20Tumor board – Case DiscussionGhana MTB
17:20-17:25Closing remarksJoyce Kambugu
17:25-18:00Annual Business MeetingJames Balogun /
Teddy Totimeh

Speakers:   

Joyce Kambugu, MMed is the
SNOSSA 2021 Conference CoChair,
SIOP-Africa President, and
Head of Pediatric Oncology at
the Uganda Cancer Institute

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Desmond Brown MD, PhD, is an
Assistant Clinical Investigator,
and head of the Neurosurgical
Oncology Unit at the National
Institute of Health

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James Balogun, MD is the
SNOSSA President, Faculty at the
Department of Surgery, College
of Medicine, University of Ibadan
and consultant neurosurgeon to
the University College Hospital
(UCH), Ibadan.

 

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Alan Davidson, MD is a
Professor of Paediatric
Oncology and the Head of
the Paediatric Haematology
Oncology Service at the Red
Cross War Memorial
Children’s Hospital
(RCWMCH)

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Brigitta Baumert MD, PhD, is
head of the Department of
Radiation Oncology at MediClin
Robert-Janker Clinic in Bonn
and and is the principal
investigator of the EORTC joint
trial on the treatment of patients
with a lowgrade glioma.

 

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Na Tosha Gatson, MD PhD, is
the Medical Director of
Neuro-Oncology at Banner
MD Anderson Cancer Center
in Phoenix, AZ.

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Isabelle Germano MD, MBA
is a Professor of
Neurosurgery, Neurology,
Oncological Sciences and
the Director of the
Comprehensive Brain Tumor
Program at the Icahn School of Medicine at
Mt Sinai.

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Hussein Ssenyonjo MD is a
neurosurgeon from
Makerere University,
Uganda.

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Jonas Nsengiyumva, MD is
the head of the Department
of Oncology at the Ministry of
Health in Burundi and head of
the Bujumbura population
based cancer registry

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Bonni Suckling is the
founder of the Rainbows
and Smiles Childhood
Cancer Foundation, which
offers emotional, social and
financial support to families
of children diagnosed with
cancer.

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Kathy Oliver is Chair and a Founding
Co-Director of the International Brain
Tumour Alliance (IBTA), a dynamic
worldwide community for brain tumour
patient organisations and others involved
in neurooncology.

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Teddy Totimeh MD, is the
SNOSSA Secretary and a
consultant neurosurgeon at
the University of Ghana
Medical Center

 

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is img13.jpgJeannette Parkes, MD is the
Head of the Department of
Radiation Medicine at the
University of Cape Town and
Groote Schuur Hospital.
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is a Professor of Pathology
at the Makerere University
and Director of the Kampala
Cancer Registry

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Solomon Rotimi, PhD is
an Professor in
Biochemistry at Covenant
University in Ota, Nigeria

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Kyle Walsh PhD, is
Associate Professor of
Neurosurgery and
Pathology, Director of
the Division of Neuroepidemiology,
at Duke University.

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Kristin Schroeder MD MPH is
a SNOSSA 2021 conference
co-chair and Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist at
Duke University and volunteer oncologist at
Bugando Medical Center, Tanzania

 

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Wael Zekri, MB.BCh (MD) is
an Assistant Professor of
pediatric oncology at the
National Cancer institute,
Cairo, Egypt