Interviews

In September, The American Journal of Managed Care® joined 4 individuals whose involvement with UPMC Health Plan, a Strategic Alliance Partner of AJMC®, has proved to be instrumental in furthering health equity and providing high-quality care in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland.

Mark A. Socinski, MD, executive director at AdventHealth Cancer Institute, discussed the emergence of targeted therapies for lung cancer and their ongoing impact on outcomes for certain patients.

Jun Gong, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses the latest data on adagrasib in colorectal cancer, the importance of conducting genomic testing, and more.

A one-size-fits-all approach to alternative payment models (APMs) often isn’t very fair to community practices, said Miriam Atkins, MD, FACP, president of the Community Oncology Alliance.

Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.

Tiago Biachi de Castria, MD, PhD, associate member in the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses how precision medicine tools have aided oncologists in treating patients with solid tumors, while reducing overall toxicity.

David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, cofounder of Every Cure, shared that the organization is able to reduce clinical trial costs to $1 to $5 million per drug trial, and that clinical trials are not always necessary to expand a drug's indication.

Our top coverage from this year’s Revolutionizing Atopic Dermatitis (RAD) conference highlighted the evolving therapy landscape for patients with AD.

"From a health benefit standpoint, specifically, the employees have to be able to access care, they have to be able to afford the care that they are going to receive, and the benefits also have to be relevant to employees," Bruce Sherman, MD explains.

Robert Groves, MD, of Banner | Aetna discusses the challenges primary care practitioners (PCPs) face when addressing social determinants of health (SDOH).

Colin Howden, MD, discusses the mechanisms at work in vonoprazan as well as patient monitoring and potential future uses following a recent FDA approval for the treatment of erosive esophagitis.

Elaine Siegfried, MD, of Saint Louis University School of Medicine discusses the use of biologics to treat atopic dermatitis (AD) and how they differ from other treatments.

Ibrahim T. Aldoss, MD, of City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the potential of revumenib in KMT2A-rearranged (KMT2Ar) acute leukemias, with pivotal results presented at the 65th Annual American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition this week.

David J. Andorsky, MD, board-certified medical oncologist and hematologist at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, discussed findings from a study on patterns of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor care use and social determinants of health (SDOH) among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

Mona Shahriari, MD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Yale University and associate director of clinical trials at Central Connecticut Dermatology, discusses how dermatologists and clinicians can work towards increasing diversity and inclusion in treating patients with skin of color with plaque psoriasis.

Jennifer R. Brown, MD, PhD, director of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Center of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discussed the updated findings from the phase 3 ALPINE trial of zanubrutinib vs ibrutinib in relapsed/refractory CLL (R/R CLL) at 39 months of follow-up.

Ana Ferrigno Guajardo, MD, discusses lingering questions following the results of a study on taxane chemotherapy interventions in patients with breast cancer during pregnancy.

Siddhartha Yadav, MD, discusses real-world data demonstrating the mass underutilization of BRCA testing in patients with breast cancer.

Gabriel Hortobagyi, MD, FACP, talks about the potential for further studies in HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer following the results of the NATALEE trial.

Cardiologists need skills in risk assessment, contraception counseling, and hypertension management for pregnant patients, according to Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Stephanie Graff, MD, details insights from a study evaluating the perspectives and perceptions on clinical meaningfulness from patients, clinicians, and caregivers.

In this podcast, Sonny Goyal, chief strategy officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, discusses recent value-based initiatives to support patients and reduce overall cost of care.

Mrinal M. Gounder, MD, a sarcoma oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and lead investigator of the phase 3 DeFi trial of nirogacestat in desmoid tumors, discusses the drug's recent FDA approval and potential impacts on desmoid tumor treatment going forward.

Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, chief of the Division of Hematology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, and chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Committee on Communications, discusses the themes of the upcoming ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition 2023.

Kelly-Anne Phillips, MD, shares new findings suggesting that hormonal contraceptive use can increase the risk for breast cancer in those with genetic variants of BRCA1 and BRCA2.

Jennifer R. Brown, MD, PhD, director of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Center of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, previewed her presentation of extended follow-up data from the phase 3 ALPINE trial and other studies of interest to CLL specialists at the 2023 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.

Activity to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) has started in the states and is trickling up to the federal level, said Ted Okon, MBA, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance.

Sara Hurvitz, MD, FACP, shares insights into the results of the HER2CLIMB-02 trial, which saw patients with HER2-positive breast cancer benefit from the addition of tucatinib to trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1).

Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks about why it’s important to incorporate cardio-obstetrics training into cardiovascular disease fellowship programs.

Virginia Kaklamani, MD, previews sessions of interest and overviews what to look forward to heading into the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2023.