Castrate Refractory Prostate Cancer: Current Evidence and Controversies

Guest Speaker: Dr Scott Berry, University of Torrento,Canada

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7.30pm to 8pm:  Update on Systemic Therapies for Castrate Refractory Prostate Cancer: Current Evidence and Controversies

8pm to 8.30pm:Canadian Perspectives on the Cost, Value and Funding of New and Expensive Cancer Medications 
8.30pm to 8.45pm:Discussion

8.45pm to 9pm:  Onco Quiz


BIOGRAPHY
Dr Scott Berry is a medical oncologist at Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his general medical training and medical oncology training at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Berry specializes in gastrointestinal and prostate cancer is an active participant in clinical research. Dr. Berry has authored several prostate and colorectal cancer guidelines for the Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence Based Care and chaired national consensus guideline meetings for the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada.

Dr. Berry also loves teaching and holds several leadership positions in education.  He has won several teaching awards and the University of Toronto Division of Medical Oncology Education Award. He chairs the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Specialty Committee for Medical Oncology.  He is the Program Director for the Medical Oncology Training Program at the University of Toronto and co-medical director of www.oncologyeducation.com.
His other academic interest is the bioethical issues surrounding the care of people with cancer, in particular the ethical issues surrounding funding new and expensive cancer medications.  Dr Berry is the ethics advisor and a member of the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review Expert Review Committee.  Dr. Berry has a Masters degree in bioethics from the University of Toronto.  He has served on the ASCO Ethics Committee and the NCIC Data Safety Monitoring Committee.