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Dr. Jack West is a medical oncologist and thoracic oncology specialist who is the Founder and previously served as President & CEO, currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE)

 

2021 COVID PANEL Q1 Changes and Challenges of Consistent Cancer Care During the Pandemic
2021 COVID PANEL Q1 Changes and Challenges of Consistent Cancer Care During the Pandemic
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Howard (Jack) West, MD
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In this video series, presented in March of 2021, GRACE Board Members Dr. H. Jack West, Dr. Jared Weiss and Dr. Ben Levy have continued candid discussions regarding cancer and COVID-19.

In this continued time of social distancing and limiting clinic exposure, the doctors sat down in their respective homes to discuss some of the questions we all hear regarding these unprecedented times, and how they effect primarily cancer patients.

In this video the discussion is surrounding changes and challenges of consistent cancer care during the pandemic.

 

Thanks to Exelixis and Merck for their support of this program. 

Exelixis and Merck

 

To join the conversation, visit https://cancergrace.org/forum​.

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