Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Health Inequities in Oncology Care

Faculty

Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCPP, FRCP
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology Department of Medical Oncology
Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Associate Director, Diversity Affairs
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson Philadelphia, PA 116th President of the National Medical Ass
Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCPP, FRCP

Edith Peterson Mitchell, MD, MACP, FCPP, FRCP, is board certified in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology and is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Associate Director for Diversity Programs and Director of the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities for Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.

Dr. Mitchell has spent her medical career helping individuals in medically underserved areas and has demonstrated the importance of community service and outreach, especially to underserved populations. Her research in breast, colorectal, and pancreatic cancers and other GI malignancies involves new drug evaluation and chemotherapy, development of new therapeutic regimens, chemoradiation strategies for combined-modality therapy, patient selection criteria, and supportive care for patients with gastrointestinal cancer.

Dr. Mitchell served as the 116th President of the National Medical Association, and is a member of the American Medical Association, National Medical Association, Aerospace Medical Association, Association of Military Surgeons, Medical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania, ECOG/ACRIN Cancer Research Group, and Radiation Therapy Oncology Group. Because of her experience in the cancer research community, Dr. Mitchell served as a member of the National Cancer Institute Blue Ribbon Panel convened to advise the National Cancer Advisory Board on then Vice President Biden’s National Cancer Moonshot Initiative. In 2019, Dr. Mitchell began service as a member of the President’s Cancer Panel. In 2020, she became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

In addition to her medical achievements, Dr. Mitchell is a retired United States Air Force Brigadier General.

Ajay K. Nooka, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor, Atlanta, GA
Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Medical Director, Winship Data and Technology Applications Shared Resource
Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Ajay K. Nooka, MD, MPH, FACP
Associate Professor, Atlanta, GA

Dr. Ajay Nooka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned his medical degree from Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam, India, before relocating to the United States. He received a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, Texas, and then completed his internship and residency at the Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine in Athens, Ohio. He pursued a fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine, where he also served as Chief Fellow before he joined the faculty.

Board certified in Hematology and Medical Oncology, Dr. Nooka primarily focuses on multiple myeloma treatment and research. He is the Scientific Director of Data and Technology Applications at Winship Cancer Institute, Director of the Myeloma Program, and Chair of the Myeloma Working Group at the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Emory University. He is involved in numerous professional organizations, including the International Myeloma Working Group of the International Myeloma Society, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology, and American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapies. Dr. Nooka?s interests as a clinical investigator focus on multiple myeloma and bone marrow transplant. His research interests include integrating genomic and clinical data on a uniform platform to risk-stratify myeloma as well as evaluate newer myeloma therapeutic strategies aimed at prolonging survival of patients with myeloma.

In addition to leading several investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical trials, he is the recipient of several awards and grants and has published more than 300 articles and abstracts in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Blood, Leukemia, Lancet Oncology, and Cancer. He serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Clinical Oncology and as an invited or ad hoc reviewer for several prestigious journals including Journal of Clinical Oncology, Lancet Oncology, Leukemia, Cancer, Blood Advances, Blood Cancer Journal, American Journal of Hematology, British Journal of Hematology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, and Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Yaw A. Nyame, MD, MS, MBA
Assistant Professor, Seattle, WA
(he/him/his)
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Washington
Associate Director, Center for Urologic Research and Education
Program Lead for Black/African American Populations, Office of Community Outreach and Engagement, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA
Yaw A. Nyame, MD, MS, MBA
Assistant Professor, Seattle, WA

Yaw A. Nyame, MD, MS, MBA, is a urologic oncologist with a research interest in health disparities in urologic cancers, with a focus on using patient-centered approaches to build translational health services, molecular and clinical solutions to health inequities in prostate cancer, and other urologic malignancies.

He attended medical school at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and business school at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois, graduating in 2012. Prior to medical school, he completed a master’s in Health Services and Administration at the School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He completed his urology residency training at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and a Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) fellowship at the University of Washington, where he joined the faculty upon the completion of his training.

Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology Oncology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA
Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc

Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana is a thoracic oncologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Division of Hematology/Oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in California. As a Latina, she advocates for workforce diversity and gender equity and has been named the Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility for Training of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF. Dr. Velázquez completed her MD at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, a Master of Biomedical Science at Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (formerly known as Mayo Graduate School), and her Internal Medicine residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, where she was a Chief Resident. She joined UCSF in 2018, where she completed her clinical fellowship in Medical Oncology and postdoctoral research fellowship in the National Clinician Scholars Program.

Dr. Velázquez is a member of the prestigious John A. Watson Faculty Scholars Class of 2022 at UCSF and has been awarded a Conquer Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award. She aims to support and improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer from vulnerable backgrounds using health services and disparities research.

Statement of Need

There are many factors that lead to health care disparities in oncology care and outcomes for racial and ethnic populations, including root causes such as structural racism, social determinants of health (SDoH), and geographic location. As with other areas of health care, individuals with low income, low health literacy, transportation barriers, or lack of health insurance or paid leave are far less likely to be screened for cancer or managed according to guideline-directed treatment. Thus, underserved patient populations are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage cancers, leading to worse outcomes and higher mortality. Furthermore, individuals of racial and ethnic groups seeking or receiving oncology care are disproportionately impacted by unconscious and conscious bias, which exacerbates poorer outcomes.

While oncology treatments continue to advance in the era of modern medicine, the healthcare system remains plagued by longstanding health inequities. It is imperative that all members of the health care team recognize their important roles in providing education, services, and equitable care for all patients. In this enduring CME Outfitters webcast, expert faculty will discuss the impact of unconscious and systemic biases, SDoH, and regional, racial, and ethnic disparities and provide tools and resources to improve oncology care for all patients.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this CME/CE activity, participants should be able to:

  • Analyze ethnic and regional disparities resulting in health inequities in oncology care.
  • Improve recognition of multiple myeloma, melanoma, prostate, and lung cancers.
  • Analyze the influence of SDoH in cancer care in order to improve equity and accessibility to cancer treatments and outcomes.

Financial Support

Supported by an educational grant provided by the Johnson & Johnson Institute and the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

Target Audience

Physicians, physician associates (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), nurses/nurse navigators, pharmacists, psychologists, dietitians, social workers, and other professionals specializing in diagnosing or treating patients with cancer

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Dr. Mitchell reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consultant: Amgen Inc.; Astellas Pharma Inc.; Bristol Myers Squibb; Genentech, Inc.; and SEMA4 OpCo, Inc.


Dr. Nooka reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board Adaptive Biotechnologies; Amgen Inc.; BeyondSpring Inc.; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; GSK; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Karyopharm; Oncopeptides, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; Sanofi; Secura Bio, Inc.; and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc..

Grant/Research Support (to Emory University): Amgen Inc.; Arch Oncology; Bristol Myers Squibb Company; Genentech, Inc.; GSK; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Karyopharm; Kite; Merck & Co., Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

Grant/Research Support (for investigator-initiated studies): Amgen Inc.; GSK; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Merck; and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.


Dr. Nyame reports the following financial relationships:

Research Consultant: Ortho Clinical Diagnostics


Dr. Velázquez Mañana reports the following financial relationships:

Stock Shareholder (directly purchased): Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.

Other Financial or Material Support:LEAD Conference advisory committee member organized by BioAscend; Stipend from MDOutlook and Curio Science; and Travel Support from DAVA Oncology


The following peer reviewer and CME Outfitters staff have no financial relationships:

  • Jeffrey Helfand, DO (peer reviewer)
  • Meghann Taft-Lockard (planning committee)
  • Kashemi Rorie, PhD (planning committee)
  • Sandra Caballero, PharmD (planning committee)
  • Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (planning committee)
  • Sharon Tordoff (planning committee)

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Health Inequities in Oncology Care
Event Date: 08/26/2022 at 4:00 am EST