The SAKK Board appointed or confirmed the presidencies of various research groups at its meeting on January 24, 2023. The research groups elected several Vice Presidents at the end of 2022.
Elections in the SAKK research groups
The SAKK Board appointed or confirmed the presidencies of various research groups at its meeting on January 24, 2023. The research groups elected several Vice Presidents at the end of 2022.
Working Group Gynecological Cancer
Prof. Dr. med.
Intidhar
Labidi-Galy
President Project Group Gynecological Cancer
PD Dr. med. Intidhar Labidi-Galy, Geneva University Hospitals, was elected as President
Working Group Imaging in Diagnostic and Therapy Monitoring
PD Dr. med.
Andreas
Hötker
President Working Group Imaging in Diagnostic and Therapy Monitoring
Prof. Dr. med.
Lukas
Ebner
Vice President Working Group Imaging in Diagnostic and Therapy Monitoring
The following were reelected
PD Dr. med. Andreas Hötker, University Hospital Zurich, as President
Prof. Dr. med. Lukas Ebner, Inselspital Bern, as Vice President
Working Group Cellular Therapies
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil.
George
Coukos
President Working Group Cellular Therapies
Prof. Dr. med.
Heinz
Läubli
Vice President Working Group Cellular Therapies
PD Dr. med.
Francesco
Ceppi
Vice President Working Group Cellular Therapies
The following were reelected
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. George Coukos, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), as President
PD Dr. med. Heinz Philipp Läubli, University Hospital Basel, as Vice President
PD Dr. med. Francesco Ceppi, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), as Vice President
Working Group CNS Tumors
Prof. Dr. med.
Philippe
Schucht
President Working Group CNS Tumors
Dr. med.
Emilie
Le Rhun
Vice President Central Nervous System Tumors
The following were elected
Prof. Dr. med. Philippe Schucht, University Cancer Center Inselspital (UCI), as President
Dr. med. Emilie Le Rhun, University Hospital Zurich, as Vice President
Working Group Supportive Care and Palliative Cancer Care
Prof. Dr. med.
David
Blum
President Working Group Supportive, Palliative and Geriatric Oncology
Prof. Dr. med. David Blum, University Hospital Zurich, was elected as President in the context of the integration of geriatric oncology into the working group.
Network for Outcomes Research
Cédric
Panje
President Network for Outcomes Research
Cédric Panje, Klinik Hirslanden, was elected as President
Network for Cancer Predisposition Testing and Counseling
Dr. med. Manuela Rabaglio-Poretti, Inselspital Bern, was elected as President
We congratulate the elected scientists, and we are looking forward to the future collaboration.