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Registered Participant List AORTIC 2019 Registered Participant List ~As of 1 November 2019~ First Name Last Name Organisation Country Kunuz Abdella American Cancer Society Ethiopia Fatimah Abdulkareem College of Medicine University of Lagos Nigeria Habiba Ibrahim Abdullahi University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Nigeria Christian Abnet National Cancer Institute United States Natasha Abraham National Cancer Registry South Africa Mustapha Abubakar National Cancer Institute United States Dafalla Omer Elmustafa Abuidris Gezira University Sudan Emmah Achieng AMPATH Kenya Esther Serwaa Ackah Roche Products Ghana Ghana Briony Ackroyd Malawi College of Medicine United Kingdom Abdullahi Adamu Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Nigeria Danladi Adamu Gombe State University | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom Adebola Adedimeji Albert Einstein College of Medicine United States Babatunde Adedokun University of Chicago United States Ayodeji Adefemi Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Nigeria Bolanle Comfort Adegboyega Lagos University Teaching Hospital Nigeria Prisca Adejumo University of Ibadan Nigeria Taiwo Adegbola Adejuyigbe Dynamicgoogleintr Nigeria Adenike Adeniji-Sofoluwe University of Ibadan Nigeria Henry Adeola University of Cape Town South Africa Adekunle Adesina Baylor College of Medicine United States Margaret Adhiambo AIC Kijabe Hospital Kenya Amalia Adler-Waxman Teva Pharmaceuticals Israel Kasimu Adoke Government Nigeria Ben Adusei 37 Military Hospital Ghana Melhaoui Adyl Centre National de Réhabilitation Morocco Ilir Agalliu Albert Einstein College of Medicine United States Joseph Agboeze Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Nigeria Oluwaseun Agboola Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria Ajay Aggarwal King's College United Kingdom Abdulaziz Ahmed Aga Khan Hospital Mombasa Kenya Elshafa Ahmed The Ohio State University United States Saad Ahmed Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Nigeria Olubunmi Ajayi University College Hospital Nigeria Judith Jomabuti Ajeani Mulago Specialised Women's and Neonatal Hospital Uganda Daniel Akatwijuka Eisai Japan Janet Akinmoladun University College Hospital Nigeria Elizabeth Oluwatoyin Akin-Odanye University College Hospital Nigeria Page 1 of 29 AORTIC 2019 Registered Participant List ~As of 1 November 2019~ First Name Last Name Organisation Country Rachael Akinola Lagos State College of Medicine Nigeria James Alaro National Cancer Institute United States Olusegun Alatise Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria Olukemi Abike Alegi Lagos University Teaching Hospital Nigeria Sophia Alexander Kimberley Hospital South Africa Zipporah Ali Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association Kenya Ikrou Ali Health Morocco Aminu Aliyu Medicaid Cancer Foundation Nigeria Usman Aliyu 54gene Nigeria Rodrigue Sètchéou Allodji Equipe Cancer et radiations - Gustave Roussy | Inserm France Mattia Altini Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori Italy Joel Aluko University of Ilorin Nigeria Maria Cecilia Alves IMP Diagnostics Portugal Elenia Amado Moh Mozambique Mozambique Dino Amadori Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori Italy Stefan Ambs National Cancer Institute United States Faizana Amodo Hospital Central de Maputo Mozambique Obote Amos Uganda Cancer Institute Uganda Catherine Eunice Amuge Uganda Cancer Institute Uganda Agnes Anarado University of Nigeria Nigeria Benjamin Anderson University of Washington United States Philip Anderson Roche Ghana Viviane Andrade Barretos Cancer Hospital Brazil Bridget Angucia Uganda Cancer Institute Uganda Toyin Aniagwu University College Hospital Nigeria Rose Anorlu University of Lagos Nigeria Juan Antonio Hospital Central de Maputo Mozambique Akwasi Anyanful University of Cape Coast Ghana Ruth Anyango Moi University Kenya Adobea Anyinam-Boateng Roche Products Ghana Ghana Winston Appie Kimberley Hospital South Africa Charles Arhinful Volta River Authority Ghana Jim Arinaitwe Centre for Tobacco Control in Africa Uganda Antonio Armando Ministry of Health Angola Naa Adorkor Aryeetey Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Ghana Serra Asangbeh University of Bern Switzerland Kwanele Asante AORTIC South Africa Francis Mensah Asenso-Boadi NHIA Ghana Ghana Page 2 of 29 AORTIC 2019 Registered Participant List ~As of 1 November 2019~ First Name Last Name Organisation Country Fredrick Asige The Nairobi Hospital Kenya Akwi Asombang Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University United States Solomon Assefa IBM South Africa Chioma Asuzu University of Ibadan Nigeria Raymond Athanas Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Tanzania Delali Attipoe 54gene United States Innocent Atuhe Uganda Cancer Institute Uganda Lawrence Atundo AMPATH Kenya Stephen Avery University of Pennsylvania United States Olutosin Awolude University of Ibadan Nigeria Baffour Awuah Ministry of Health Ghana Oluwatosin Adetayo Ayeni University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Hannah Ayettey Anie National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Centre Ghana Shem Ayiera St. Hemmingways Community Based Organization Kenya Ivo Azeh Onkologische Praxis | Azeh e.V. Germany Louis Azubuike Roche Products Ghana Nigeria Sridi Azza Fsi Hospital Tunisia Ngouaka Bab Salam Hopital Makelekele Congo Zainab Bagudu Medicaid Cancer Foundation Nigeria Shakuntala Baichoo University of Mauritius Mauritius Ellen Baker MD Anderson Cancer Center United States Abubakar Bala Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Nigeria James Balogun University of Ibadan | University College Hospital Nigeria Onyinye Balogun Weill Cornell Medicine United States Violet Baloyi Isibani Development Partners South Africa Smita Banerjee Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States Prebo Barango World Health Organisation Zimbabwe Francesca Baratta University of Turin Italy Carla Barbosa MSSS Cabo Verde Margaret Barton-Burke Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States Iracema Basílio Hospital Central de Maputo, Serviço de Anatomia Patologica Mozambique Ilana Alison Basson University of Cape Town South Africa Marcus Bauer Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Germany Thomas Bauknecht QoL-Ma Germany Lisa Bazzett-Matabele University of Botswana Botswana Beth Beadle Stanford University United States Brendan Bebington University of Witwatersrand South Africa Ann Marie Beddoe Mount Sinai Hospital United States Page 3 of 29 AORTIC 2019 Registered Participant List ~As of 1 November 2019~ First Name Last Name Organisation Country Alem Bekele American Cancer Society United States Zelalem Belachew American Cancer Society Ethiopia Abubakar Bello National Hospital Abuja Nigeria Lanre Bello Leah Foundation Nigeria Lucia Benjamin The Aga Khan Hospital Tanzania Amma Benneh Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Ghana Zena Bernacca Mabadiliko Changemakers Uganda Scott Berry Queen's University Canada Yatich Bett Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Kenya Kirsten Beyer Medical College of Wisconsin United States Manoo Bhakta Erlanger United States Nickhill Bhakta St. Jude Children's Research Hospital United States Jeffer Bhuko Cuhas and Bugando Medical Centre Tanzania Stella Bialous University of California United States Manuel Diamantino Bicho Instituto Rocha Cabral Portugal Maria-Clara Bicho Instituto Rocha Cabral Portugal Aka Michel Bile University of Cocody Côte d'Ivoire Jon Birch eCancer United Kingdom Peter Bird AIC Kijabe Hospital Kenya Gerlinde Birmelin QoL-Ma Germany Charmaine Blanchard University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Rhonda Boateng The Hospital for Sick Children Canada Sergey Bocharnikov Clinton Health Acccess Initiative Mozambique Ntsoaki Bojabotseha Kimberley Hospital South Africa Timothy Bollinger Clinton Health Access Initiative Mozambique Miguel Bonilla St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital United States Phylos Bonongwe Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Malawi Christopher Booth Queen's University Canada Jacob Bore AMPATH | Moi University Kenya Margaret Borok University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences Zimbabwe Edilia Botão Hospital Central de Maputo, Serviço de Anatomia Patologica Mozambique Hennie Botha Stellenbosch University South Africa Matteo Botteghi APOF NGO WorldConnex | Università Politecnica Delle Marche San Marino Welekazi Boyce GlaxoSmithKline South Africa Samson Boyo AMPATH Kenya Mariana Brandão Institut Jules Bordet Belgium Kristen Braun American Cancer Society United States Freddie Bray International Agency for Research on Cancer France Page 4 of 29 AORTIC 2019 Registered Participant List ~As of 1 November 2019~ First Name Last Name Organisation Country Lindsay Breithaupt University of California United States Katy Brignole American Cancer Society United States Doris Browne Browne and Associates United States Nicole Bruder MSD International GmbH South Africa Geoffrey Buckle University of California United States Rebecca Buecker Klinikum Lippe Germany Huwaida Bulhan Roche Kenya Hester Burger Varian South Africa Stephen Burgert Tenwek Hospital Kenya Naftali Busakhala Moi University Kenya Lydia Businge Rwanda Military Hospital Rwanda Lori Buswell Dana-Farber Cancer Institute United States Yvan Butera Rwanda Military Hospital|University of Rwanda Rwanda Gcinile Buthelezi Ministry of Health eSwatini Nasur Buyinza Hospice Africa Uganda Uganda Anna Cabanes Susan G. Komen United States Maria Hermínia Cabral Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Lydia Cairncross University of Cape Town South Africa Olga Cambaco Manhica Health Research Centre Mozambique Fatima Cardoso Champalimaud Clinical Centre Portugal Robert Carlson NCCN United States Jenny Carns NASEM Carla Carrilho University Eduardo Mondlane | Hospital Central de Maputo
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