Ramy Sedhom, MD, on Geriatric Oncology, Trials & Career Advice

Ramy Sedhom, MD, joins Double Blind hosts Ariana Pelosci and Pat Pastore to blind-rank landmark trials in supportive oncology, pick his "Hall of Fame" of field-defining visionaries, and share career advice on building a life around meaning, not milestones.

A recipient of the Conquer Cancer Young Investigator Award and a Gold Humanism Honor Society inductee, Dr. Sedhom trained at Johns Hopkins and Memorial Sloan Kettering before launching geriatric oncology and psycho-oncology programs across Penn Medicine's network.

Sedhom is co-lead of Geriatric Oncology at Penn Cancer Service Line; clinical director of Medical Oncology at Penn Medicine Princeton Health; associate director of Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation; co-lead of Psychosocial Oncology Services at Penn Medicine Princeton Health; division chief in the Palliative Care Division of Medical Oncology; and a clinical associate professor of medicine (Hematology-Oncology).

Topics discussed:

• Blind-ranking of GAP70+ (NCT02054741), Stepped Palliative Care (NCT03337399), the Basch PRO-TECT trial (NCT03249090), GAIN-S, and ENABLE (NCT01245621)
• Visionaries who built geriatric, palliative, and psychosocial oncology as fields
• Work-life balance, job crafting, and avoiding burnout
• Career advice: meaning over milestones
• Scaling geriatric and caregiver-support programs across a health system

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