The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®), the leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to issues in managed care, honored Erin Trish, Ph.D., of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, with the 2018 Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research Award during the Patient-Centered Oncology Care® meeting on Friday, November 16.

CURE Media Group, which services over a million patients, survivors and caregivers across an industry-leading multi-channel platform devoted solely to cancer updates, research and education, will honor John C. Byrd, M.D., Brian Koffman, M.D., Christopher Dwyer and Lisa Minkove as the winners of its first annual Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) Heroes awards ceremony. The gala will be held on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego during the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Physicians’ Education Resource® (PER®), the nation’s leading resource for oncology and hematology continuing medical education (CME), honored Robert Figlin, M.D., FACP, as this year’s Educator of the Year. The award ceremony took place Thursday, Nov. 8, at the 36th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium: Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow meeting.

OncLive®, the nation’s leading digital resource focused on providing oncology professionals with the most current and insightful information they need to provide the best patient care, will present its latest State of the Science Summit™ on diagnosis, management, and treatment of multiple myeloma. on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 5 to 9 p.m. at The Maxwell in New York City. The summit will be co-chaired by medical experts from the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai: Ajai Chari, M.D., associate professor of medicine, director of clinical research of the Multiple Myeloma Program and associate director of clinical research, Mount Sinai Cancer Clinical Trails Office; and Sundar Jagannath, M.D., MBBS, director of the Multiple Myeloma Program and professor of medicine (hematology and medical oncology).
OncLive® to Host State of the Science 

The Center for Biosimilars®, an online resource for emerging therapies that focuses on improving patient outcomes, will present its latest Peer Exchange titled, “Biosimilars Stakeholders Summit: Best Practices for Biosimilars Education and Promotion” on Thursday, Dec. 13, at 12 p.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m. EST.

OncLive®, the leading digital provider of resources and information to oncology professionals, will host its latest State of the Science Summit™ on breast cancer. The event will take place on Wednesday Nov. 14 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis Park Place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The summit will feature the following co-chairs from the Mayo Clinic: Judy C. Boughey, M.D., chair, division of surgery research, and Matthew P. Goetz, M.D., co-principal investigator, Mayo Clinic Breast Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence.