Today, 80% of adults younger than 60 are not being effectively screened for colorectal cancer. They now have a 50% greater chance of being diagnosed than they did in the 90s. Additionally, the rise of early-onset CRC—even in otherwise healthy young people in their 20s and 30s—is unprecedented. This marks the 60th episode of the Precision Medicine Podcast as host Karan Cushman begins a two-part series focused on colorectal cancer with Trevor Maxwell, Founder and CEO of Man Up to Cancer...

In this episode of the Precision Medicine Podcast, host Karan Cushman does some time traveling with Dr. Douglas Flora through his lifetime journey with cancer. Dr. Flora is the Medical Director of Oncology Services at St. Elizabeth Healthcare and Editor-in-Chief AI in Precision Oncology, a peer-reviewed research journal dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence applications in clinical and precision oncology. Read the full summary and tune in here...

In this episode (http://trapelohealth.com/gcp-lung-cancer) of the Precision Medicine Podcast, hosts Karan Cushman and Clynt Taylor welcome back Dr. Luis Raez, Medical Director and Chief Scientific Officer at Memorial Cancer Institute who is joined by Dr. Pranil Chandra, Chief Genomic Officer at PathGroup. Together, we discuss the key barriers to performing comprehensive genomic profiling in lung cancer; how collaboration between oncologists and pathologists can enable a more consistent...

To mark the beginning of Season 5 of the Precision Medicine Podcast, we are honored to welcome Dr. Debra Patt, Executive Vice President of Texas Oncology. As an oncologist and breast cancer specialist at one of the nation’s largest community cancer practices, Dr. Patt is on the frontlines of oncology care every day. She joins us to discuss how Texas Oncology uses clinical decision-support technologies and health economics and health services research (HEOR) to deliver more consistent...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Karen Winkfield, Executive Director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance, appointee to President Joe Biden's National Cancer Advisory Board, and co-host of the weekly podcast, 3 Black Docs (https://www.3blackdocs.com/), which is dedicated to educating the community about health and health disparities in an approachable and entertaining way.Dr. Winkfield’s commitment to her calling was clear by the fact that she joins us during her vacation to discuss racial...

In episode 55 of the Precision Medicine Podcast, (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-medicine-for-children) we welcome Dr. Stephen Kingsmore, President and CEO of the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine. Dr. Kingsmore joins us to discuss the extraordinary role whole genome sequencing is playing in prolonging and improving the life of critically ill newborns.Read the full summary and tune in here (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-medicine-for-children)!

Dr. Christian Rolfo, President of the International Society of Liquid Biopsy and Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Center of Thoracic Oncology at the Tisch Cancer Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, joins us to explain the unique role liquid biopsies are playing in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.Read the full summary, subscribe and tune in here (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-medicine-podcast-liquid-biopsy).Learn more about...

In this Precision Medicine Podcast (https://www.trapelohealth.com/lungevity) episode, we are joined by Dr. Belinda King-Kallimanis, Director of Patient-Focused Research at LUNGevity—an organization that brings together research, education and support services for patients and caregivers in the lung cancer community—and Nichelle Stigger, LUNGevity board member and lung cancer survivor. They sat down with us to discuss everything from the importance of patient-friendly language in lung cancer...

In celebration of the three-year anniversary of the Precision Medicine Podcast, we take a look back at how far precision diagnostics have come with the help of one of our first guests Hannah Mamuszka, Founder and CEO of Alva10, and her colleague Lena Chaihorsky. Both women are focused on resolving the knowledge gap between payers and diagnostic companies and moving diagnostics to the forefront of the precision medicine conversation.Read the full summary and tune in here!...

In this episode, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-awareness-month), we speak with Ali Rogin, author of Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss and award-winning producer of PBS NewsHour. Ali is what is commonly known as a breast cancer previvor, someone who knows they have a mutation that may lead to cancer and takes preventative steps to avoid a diagnosis. With the growth of genetic testing and precision medicine and the ability to isolate...

For our 50th episode, we welcome Dr. Kashyap Patel, medical oncologist and CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Center, current president of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), and author of the book, Between Life and Death: From Despair to Hope. Dr. Patel explains the social determinants that can impact the quality of care and opportunity for precision medicine that patients—and specifically oncology patients—receive. For him, Covid-19 brought to light the impact that disparities in...

In this episode (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-medicine-evidence) of the Precision Medicine Podcast, Janine Morales, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Trapelo Health takes us inside the complex world of evidence-based decision making in oncology. Specifically, she dives deeps into some of the nuances in the latest targeted therapy approvals and explains how having access to a real-time knowledge-base and a team of experts that curate current clinical evidence can empower physicians...

Dr. Howard McLeod is Medical Director for Precision Medicine at The Geriatric Oncology Consortium, a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and has worked on research projects with some of the most notable institutions around the world, including FDA, NIH, and NCI. We cover a lot of ground with Dr. McLeod in this podcast, including career advice, the advancement of precision medicine technology and the positive impact of COVID on telemedicine and clinical trials. Read the full...

Bill Bonello, president of NeoGenomics Informatics, and Clynt Taylor, president of Trapelo Health, discuss challenges in precision medicine and how evidence-based technologies can help deliver more appropriate, value-based care to more patients.As a subtext to the discussion is the recent acquisition of Trapelo Health, creator of clinical decision-making platform Trapelo, by NeoGenomics Informatics, provider of bioinformatics services. This acquisition is aimed at improving access to...

In this notable episode, Dr. Caroline Carney, Chief Medical Officer at Magellan Health, and Clynt Taylor, CEO at Trapelo Health, join us to discuss how collaborative technologies can help payers more effectively manage the cost of precision oncology while delivering the best outcomes for patients. Read the full summary (https://www.trapelohealth.com/magellan-trapelo-precision-medicine).

In this episode, Dr. F. Anthony Greco, medical oncologist at Tennessee Oncology, discusses the role that precision medicine has played in improving our diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

In this Part 2 podcast (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-oncology-prior-auth) featuring Dr. Gabriel A. Bien-Willner, Medical Director of the MolDX programat Palmetto GBA, we dive into the core challenges that payers face in navigating the explosion of precision medicine tests and treatments, and specifically how the prior authorization process can be streamlined by keeping payers updated on changes in coverage policy for new genes or CDx. Be sure to tune in to Part 1 with Dr....

Christopher Boone, Vice President and Global Head of Health Economics & Outcomes Research at AbbVie, shares his thoughts on how using data to understand a patient’s real-world environment can expand the practice of Precision Medicine.

It is fitting that our first guests on Season 3 of the Precision Medicine Podcast are Rob Metcalf, CEO of Concert Genetics and Clynt Taylor, CEO of Trapelo Health who are both innovators in precision medicine technology. What we learn from them in this episode is that after 20 years of hearing about the “promise of precision medicine,” technology has reached a critical point where it can begin to accelerate that progress. Read the full summary, listen and learn more here....

In this episode (http://trapelohealth.com/lung-cancer-precision-medicine), and in honor of lung cancer awareness month we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Luis Raez, Medical Director and Chief of Hematology Oncology at Memorial Cancer Institute who focuses on treating lung cancer. Hear how the emergence of next-generation sequencing has changed his approach to lung cancer treatment, what notable discoveries in lung cancer have occurred over the last year, and how he sees COVID-19...

In the first of a two-part podcast, (https://www.trapelohealth.com/reimbursement-for-genetic-testing) Gabriel A. Bien-Willner MD, PhD, FCAP, Medical Director at MolDX, and Chief Medical Officer at Palmetto GBA shares how he has helped implement payer controls and coverage and set policies for affiliated Medicare Administrative Contractors in 28 states. In the past, payers have had to navigate the growing field of precision medicine without the benefit of expertise, so their only guidance came...

Dr. Mark Moasser (https://www.trapelohealth.com/breast-cancer-clinical-trials), a physician-scientist and breast cancer specialist at the University of California, San Francisco discusses his research focus on the HER2 oncogene, the latest trial findings and the importance of improving patient access to clinical trials. At Trapelo, connecting oncologists with patient-appropriate clinical trials (https://www.trapelohealth.com/for-oncologists) is a major part of our mission, so we were grateful...

In this episode, Clynt Taylor, CEO at Trapelo Health, talks with Lori Brisbin, Vice President of Precision Medicine at Texas Oncology, one of the largest practices in the United States. The discussion centers on how this expansive network of oncologists is leveraging the web-based Trapelo™ platform to provide evidence-based decision support to its physicians and bring precision medicine to the forefront of patient care

On this Precision Medicine Podcast (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-medicine-leadership), author and CEO of the Toft Group (a ZRG company), Robin Toft, joins us to discuss her new book, We Can, and share her thoughts on the need for more women and greater diversity in the C-suite and the boardroom within the life science industry. Read the full summary here (https://www.trapelohealth.com/precision-medicine-leadership).