Dr. Despina Siolas a Speaker at Virtual Pancreatic Education Webinar

November is Pancreatic cancer awareness month. This is a month dedicated to education and inspiration for comm unities touched by pancreatic cancer. Dr. Despina Siolas will be a speaker at a virtual Pancreatic Cancer Education Webinar on Monday, November 7th at 6 pm. Her topic is “Treatment Updates and Clinical Trials for Pancreatic Cancer” in a webinar for patients and family members for Pancreatic Awareness Month. Register at bit.ly/wcmpancreaticcancerwebinar

Dr. Siolas, MD,/Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College 2021 and Assistant Professor, NYU Langone Health 2020 – 2021. “As a physician-scientist, my career goal is to pursue research questions with high translational potential for curing patients with gastrointestinal cancers” she said. “Too often, I see patients succumb to cancer due to lack of effective treatment options. This clinical observation has motivated me to pursue research utilizing preclinical mouse models of pancreatic cancer to understand and develop immunological treatments. I conduct research in the field of cancer immunology with important clinical potential. My lab work focuses on understanding how tumor genotype can affect the immune microenvironment and ultimately cancer treatment.”

Dr. Siolas is a graduate of New York’s education system that is one of the best in the United States of America. She was graduated from William Spyropoulos School of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Flushing, Benjamin Cardozo H.S., St. John’s University, Stony Brook University MD/PhD program with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. She is a member of numerous professional organizations. Her roots are in Tripolis – Arcadia, Limnos, Chios Greece, and Asia Minor in Western Anatolia.