Kunal C. Kadakia is a medical oncologist and palliative care physician at Levine Cancer Institute with a clinical focus in gastrointestinal oncology. He is Chief of Oncology Nutrition and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Atrium Health. Dr. Kadakia completed his Internal Medicine training at the Mayo Clinic and fellowships in Hospice and Palliative Care at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, and in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the University of Michigan. His research interests focus on supportive care and symptom management, including the evaluation and management of malnutrition and cancer cachexia in gastrointestinal oncology.

The long term focus of her career has been the pathophysiology of skeletal muscle atrophy in an effort that encompasses fundamental and translational research, a clinical research agenda and an international network of strategic collaboration. Cancer cachexia, a debilitating condition characterized by profound atrophy of skeletal muscle is her main focus since 2003. Some key publications include Baracos VE et al. Cancer-associated cachexia. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2018; 4:17105; Martin L et al. Diagnostic criteria for the classification of cancer-associated weight loss. J Clin Oncol. 2015;33(1):90-9. Fearon K et al. Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus. Lancet Oncol. 2011;12(5):489-95. She developed the use of clinical computed tomography to detect and precisely measure the muscle loss which is an integral part of cachexia. Muscle loss is strongly associated with severe chemotherapy toxicity, complications of surgery and mortality in patients with different cancers.

Dr. Hamilton-Reeves is Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Hamilton-Reeves works with urologists and medical oncologist to foster the discovery of better diet and exercise approaches to benefit patients with cancer. Her nationally funded research program is focused on nutrition interventions in bladder cancer and prostate cancer. Dr. Hamilton-Reeves received her PhD degree in nutrition from the University of Minnesota in 2006. She is an American Cancer Society Research Scholar. Her academic career is devoted to improving patient-outcomes from cancer treatment with diet and physical activity. Her work is currently funded by the National Cancer Institute.

Sonal Oza is assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Oza is a board-certified physician in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) with fellowship training in cancer rehabilitation medicine.

Dr. Oza develops personalized, comprehensive rehabilitation plans to treat musculoskeletal and neurological conditions resulting from cancer and its treatment. Her goal is to maximize and restore physical function for individuals with cancer.

Dr. Oza completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwestern University/McGaw Medical Center/Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, and her fellowship in cancer rehabilitation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, New York. Prior to joining Emory, Dr. Oza was an attending physician at Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, Utah where she developed the RISE Cancer Rehabilitation Program.

Laura Kerns is a registered dietitian and certified specialist in oncology nutrition. She received her Master's in Public Health from the University of Michigan and completed her dietetic internship at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She has spent over 10 years working in oncology, which has included the development of three outpatient cancer center nutrition programs. Currently, Laura is a Senior Clinical Dietitian and Manager of Integrative Oncology Programming for the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center in New Orleans.

Laura's areas of oncology research and focus include malnutrition, head and neck cancers, integrative oncology, and food insecurity. Laura oversaw the research, development, and operations of Louisiana's first hospital-based food pantry and has mentored programs around the country in their own food insecurity efforts. She recently helped Ochsner MD Anderson open its first therapeutic food pantry at their main campus, which is anticipated to help several hundred patients per year. Laura was awarded as a New Orleans Healthcare Hero for her work in addressing food insecurity in the hospital setting.

Meghan currently works as a level IV clinical dietitian-nutritionist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). She works with a diverse patient population in the outpatient radiation oncology setting. Meghan started her career at MSK in 2015 and specializes in managing the nutrition-support needs of ambulatory patients. She is currently the lead dietitian for the ambulatory enteral nutrition program. Her interests include working with patients who are undergoing radiation therapy for head and neck cancers, in addition to cancers of the gastrointestinal tract, especially pancreatic cancers. Prior to her work as an ambulatory dietitian, Meghan worked as an inpatient dietitian covering the bone marrow transplant unit and then for thoracic surgery where she managed enteral nutrition for post esophagectomy patients. Before joining Memorial Sloan Kettering, Meghan worked as a nutrition support dietitian in the medical and surgical intensive care units at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. Meghan holds her master's degree in clinical nutrition from New York University. She is a certified specialist in oncology nutrition (CSO), a certified specialist in obesity and weight management (CSOWM), Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) and a registered dietitian-nutritionist—all through the CDR. She is also a certified dietitian-nutritionist in New York state.

Mary's interest in nutrition was sparked while on a cross-country RV trip after learning how difficult it can be in certain parts of the country to get healthy, organic foods. Upon returning to the Pacific Northwest, she decided to return to school to turn her passion into a career. She received an undergraduate degree in Nutrition from Bastyr in 2006, a Master's in Nutrition/DPD from Bastyr in 2008, and completed the Bastyr internship in 2009. She has been working at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance since 2009, primarily with autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, cellular immunotherapy patients, and myeloma patients. Mary has been a CDR Board Certified Specialist in Oncology since 2012 and is trained to place NG feeding tubes in the outpatient setting. In addition, she has given webinars on food safety guidelines and co-management of autologous transplant patients on dialysis. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, kayaking, and hanging out with her greyhound.

Laura M. Buono Martinell is a registered dietitian with over 20 years of experience. She works with radiation patients at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center - Proton Therapy and provides care to general oncology patients at Fred Hutch at UW Medical Center – Northwest.

She has taught graduate-level medical nutrition therapy for 10 years. Laura is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition and a certified nutrition support clinician. She started placing nasoenteric feeding tubes early in her career and has had the opportunity to travel the US training dietitians and nurses to place tubes.

Joy has been a clinical dietitian at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota since 2008, and for the past thirteen years has been the primary dietitian for the hospital-based outpatient Blood & Marrow Transplant program. She is an Advanced Practice Level 2 dietitian and Assistant Professor of Nutrition in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine & Science. In addition to full time patient care, Joy is involved in medical trainee education, clinical research, writing and dietitian mentoring. At Mayo Clinic she has led initiatives to update food safety practices and led the build and implementation of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment electronically in the Epic electronic health record. She is an active volunteer with the Blood & Marrow Transplant subunit of the Oncology Dietetic Practice Group (DPG) of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. Joy is also a hobby beekeeper who enjoys traveling and hiking with her husband.

Erin has worked at Fred Hutch in the outpatient Blood and Marrow Transplant clinic for over 15 years. In addition to her role as a primary dietitian for the adult allogeneic team, she covers the Transitional Transplant and Long Term Follow Up Clinics. While Erin spends much of her time in acute outpatient care, she has a special interest in chronic complications and transplant survivorship. Erin is also involved with clinical research at Fred Hutch and volunteer work with the Blood & Marrow Transplant subunit of the Oncology Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. Outside of work, she enjoys sailing, swimming, skiing, and spending time with her family in the Pacific Northwest.

Josh Teitcher holds an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from New York Medical College and an MS in Health Systems Management from Rush University. He is currently a senior speech pathologist in the Department of Hematology/Oncology and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Josh also serves as faculty instructor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Rush Medical College and in the Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the College of Health Sciences at Rush University. His clinical practice is dedicated to treating head and neck cancer patients throughout the continuum of their treatment, from early diagnosis, through surgery and adjuvant treatments, and into survivorship. He works closely with his dietitian colleagues on a daily basis and has worked to develop joint programing between SLP and RDN students at Rush University. Prior to his role at RUSH, Josh worked at NYC Health + Hospitals in Queens, NY, as an acute care therapist and managing their community outpatient SLP clinic. Josh lives in Skokie, Illinois, with his wife and three children.

Angelea Bruce has been an outpatient oncology dietitian at Sharp Healthcare in San Diego since 2013. As the first dedicated dietitian at the largest of their three cancer centers, she had the privilege of developing an oncology nutrition program that now employs 3 full-time dietitians who served over 600 patients last year. Five years ago, she began to incorporate patient navigation into her practice and obtained certification as an Oncology Patient Navigator-Certified Generalist through the Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators (AONN). In her current role as an Oncology Clinical Patient Navigator, she addresses the barriers to care and the nutritional needs of patients with head and neck, GI, and hematological cancers. In her free time, she enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and spending time with her husband and three adult children.

Dr. Siman serves as the Manager for the Integrative Medicine Program at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He is also an Oncology Acupuncturist and a Research Associate with the Greenlee Studies Team. He studied Biological Anthropology at Tufts University and went on to receive his doctoral degree from the Pacific College of Health and Science. Prior to joining Fred Hutch, he worked as a clinical and research acupuncturist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. His research work examines the potential benefits of acupuncture in the integrative oncology setting.