Oct 17, 2024
In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks
with Amita Patnaik, MD, FRCPC, about
providing patient access to breakthrough drug developments,
bringing early phase cancer trials to physicians and more.
• Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology
Overdrive 0:14
• About Patnaik 0:21
• The interview 1:23
• How did you decide to become an oncologist, and how
did you end up co-founding the START Center for Cancer
Research? 1:32
• Can you tell me about START’s overarching purpose
and where you see its need being most fulfilled? […] What do you
hope START will accomplish in the next five to ten years?
11:33
• How successful has START been at including
underrepresented patient populations in clinical data?
17:52
• What are some challenges you’ve found as you have
navigated through founding a company and executing its mission?
21:48
• What is next for you?
25:21
• If someone else wanted to create a company like
START, what are some tips you would give them?
27:23
• If someone could only listen to the last few minutes
of this episode, what would you want them to take away?
32:03
• How to contact Patnaik
34:44
• Thanks for listening
35:27
Amita Patnaik, MD, FRCPC, is an internationally
recognized medical oncologist and the co-founder of the START
Center for Cancer Research.
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Patnaik can be reached via email amita.patnaik@startresearch.com or via the START website.