Collaboration Nation: Interprofessional Perspectives on Immunotherapy and Team-Based Care for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Program Overview
Interprofessional collaboration is key to treatment optimization when managing advanced and metastatic forms of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). This activity is a Q&A interview series with 6 multidisciplinary and interprofessional experts on immunotherapy in NMSC. Listen as they describe how they, as oncologists, dermatologists, nurses, and PAs work with their healthcare teams to integrate immunotherapy into their practice to help improve outcomes for patients with advanced/metastatic NMSC.
Dermatology and oncology clinicians involved in the care of patients with non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC)
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
Integrate the unique roles and responsibilities of the interprofessional care team to achieve optimal treatment selection in patients with advanced/metastatic non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC)
Activity Faculty
Shailender Bhatia, MD
Director, Melanoma and Renal Cancer Team
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology
University of Washington School of Medicine Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, WA
Coley J. Doolittle-Amieva, MCMSc, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Teaching Associate, University of Washington School of Medicine Physician Assistant, UW Medicine
Seattle, WA
David M. Miller, MD, PhD, FAAD
Medical Oncologist and Dermatologist
Massachusetts General Hospital Director, Center for Merkel Cell Carcinoma Co-Director, NMSC Multi-Disciplinary Clinic
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Dermatology
Massachusetts General Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Vishal Patel, MD
Director, Cutaneous Oncology, GW Cancer Center Director, Dermatologic Surgery, GW Department of Dermatology Associate Professor, Dermatology & Hematology/Oncology
George Washington University School of Medicine & Health
Washington, DC
Krista M. Rubin, MS, RN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Center for Melanoma
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Emily S. Ruiz, MD, PhD
Academic Director, Mohs Dermatologic Surgery Center Director, Dana Farber High Risk Cancer Clinic Assistant Professor, Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Dermatology Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Boston, MA