Medical Oncologist for GI, NETs & Theranostics. CTO Medical Director @huntsmancancer. NCI NET Task Force Co-Chair. All about collaboration & patient advocacy
Joined November 2016
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9 Jul 2020
Thank you @huntsmancancer! It is my honor to care for patients at the #huntsmancancerinstitute and my privilege to work with such a stellar group of colleagues! #HCIproud
9 Jul 2020
Heloisa Soares, MD, PhD, (@helops79) is not simply an oncologist or neuroendocrine tumor expert. She is also a passionate patient advocate. Learn about her advocacy work, Brazilian upbringing, and more in this edition of #TalkswithDocs.
youtu.be/xnIVpNOvRek
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So grateful to Karakyn for this beautiful piece highlighting our neuroendocrine cancer team at Huntsman Cancer Institute and for everything she and @HealingNET1 do for the NET community ❤️
Her reflections are such a powerful reminder that caring for patients truly takes a village. Physicians may be the ones walking into the room, but behind every visit is an extraordinary team working with compassion, dedication, and heart...nurses, APPs, coordinators, schedulers, supportive care, wellness teams, clinical research staff, and so many others across @huntsmancancer at @UofUHealth .
I am incredibly proud of our village and deeply grateful to work alongside colleagues who show up for our patients and families every single day.
Thank you, Karakyn, for recognizing the humanity behind this work and for being such a strong advocate for the NET community.
thehealingnet.org/karalyn-ca…
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Telehealth = a lifeline for cancer patients
Especially in rural Utah
🚗❌ No more marathon drives
🏠✅ Care from home
⚡ More energy for what matters
But this access is still temporary
Time to make it permanent →
CONNECT for Health Act
Visit asco.org/actnetwork to send letters &/or contact your Members of Congress. #ASCOAdvocacy #ASCOAdvocacySummit
@ASCO 1/8
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The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act
of 2025 (H.R. 4206/S. 1261) or in short
“CONNECT for Health Act” would:
📍 Remove geographic limits
🏥 Expand community access
📡 Support remote monitoring
💵 Maintain reimbursement
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Telehealth works
Patients benefit
Let’s not take it away
Make it permanent.
Visit asco.org/actnetwork to send letters &/or contact your Members of Congress.
#ASCOAdvocacySummit
#CONNECTforHealth #CancerCare #Utah
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Today at the #ASCOAdvocacySummit in Washington, we’re asking Congress to support the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act—because prior authorization delays care, and in cancer, time matters. @ASCO
You can help: visit asco.quorum.us/action_center… ASCO’s ACT Network to quickly send a message to your Members of Congress 1/5
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Prior authorization means patients are told to wait—not because care isn’t needed, but because insurance hasn’t approved it yet. Even routine, life-saving treatments, scans, and medications can be delayed for days or weeks. 3/5
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That’s why I am urging Congress to support the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, which would modernize & streamline prior auth in Medicare Advantage—bringing transparency, accountability, and electronic processing. You can get involved too! Visit asco.org/actnetwork to send letters &/or contact your Members of Congress. #ASCOAdvocacy 5/5 @ASCO
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These delays aren’t just frustrating—they’re dangerous. In a 2022 ASCO survey, 80% of physicians reported disease progression linked to prior authorization, and 36% reported loss of life. Behind every number is a patient who waited too long. 4/5
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It’s a productive day at @ASCO HQ for the February Government Relations Committee meeting. Great to see everyone under the leadership of our chair @AshleySumrallMD!
Important work ahead on policy advocacy to improve access to high-quality cancer care for patients. #Advocacy #ASCOGRC #OncologyAdvocacy
It's a great day to be at @ASCO HQ! Kicking off our Feb Govt Relations Cmte mtg with an incredible team of experts in #advocacy!
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Excited to see our trial tackling fatigue in patients with neuroendocrine tumors and Gyn onc cancers moving forward! Great to have Dr. Fujimoto visiting from Brazil — and even better to show her that our Brazilian “berry” is being tested here. Huge thanks to Dr. Erin Ward and Dr. @theresalwerner for this collaborative effort. And the trial is decentralized! So patients can enroll and participate from home! More here: clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT… #NETs #ClinicalTrials
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Research is better with good people. 😊 Grateful to be part of a fun, smart, collaborative community all working to improve patient care. Lucky to be included in these posters! @ASCO @AmanChauhanMD @NVijayvergiaMD @huntsmancancer @FoxChaseCancer
#GI26 #TeamScience #Collaboration
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Love the NETologists gang!!!!
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Shared at #GI26: Phase 1 RYZ401 trial enrolling at @HuntsmanCancer for SSTR-positive solid tumors (incl. NETs). Grateful to be part of this work advancing theranostics and the care for patients with #NETs. #JeffYap #AndrewKoslow @DrJeffreyPF @OncoThor @sonbol_bassam @neerajaiims @GarridoLagunaMD @VaiaFlorou @ASCO
🔗 clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT…
#ClinicalTrials #NETs #Theranostics
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