Biography
Erika joined Cancer Commons in 2016 as one of Silicon Valley’s only nonprofits focused on serving cancer patients globally through aligning incentives around the patient to produce better outcomes. In Erika’s role as Executive Director, she is responsible for overseeing the growth of Cancer Commons and operations. Today, Cancer Commons is one of the leading cancer knowledge networks. The network brings together the world’s top cancer experts, advisors, pharma, oncologists and super-patient groups all focused on delivering the best treatment option to each person with cancer, at scale globally. Before joining Cancer Commons, Erika took time to start a family here in the Bay Area after working abroad in Europe as a strategic management consultant in the Strategic Information Technology Practice in AT Kearney. She then moved into a leadership role with Wunderman, a global digital agency and CRM company, headquartered in New York with 200 offices in 70 markets. Erika earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California San Diego where she double majored in Political Science and Economics and received her International MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. Erika is fluent in three languages, a mother of three, and is committed to helping the lives of others while making an impact on the organizations she serves.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2020 Silicon Valley
Precision medicine has incredible promise for patients. Enormous amounts of money and time are invested in developing technologies and targeted therapies. Genomics, proteomics, phosphorylation assays, RNA expression, organoid growth, and testing, and even delicate mass measurement of liquid cancer cells are explored. This innovation must be focused to maximize the benefit to the most important participants in our healthcare system, the patient. This track is about putting patient needs first, and understanding and accessing the latest (cancer) treatment options.
- Overview for Patients: The Latest Cancer Treatments
In this session, you will hear from industry leaders about the latest strategies for diagnosing and treating cancer, the latest targeted- and immunotherapies, and the latest techniques for catching cancer early when it is most vulnerable. These breakthroughs could save your life or that of a loved one.
- Jennifer Grandis, UCSF
- Cliff Hudis, ASCO
- Craig Lipset, Clinical Innovation Partners LLC
- Richard Wender, American Cancer Society - Overview for Patients: Latest Tech In Oncology
Oncologists are increasingly using technology to precisely diagnose the biological mechanisms driving a patient’s tumor, to predict which therapies are likely to be most effective in block-ing them, and to monitor the patient’s response in real time. Learn how these technologies are transforming the practice of oncology into a science.
- Vik Bajaj, Foresite Capital
- Matt De Silva, Notable Labs
- Gary Palmer, Tempus, Inc.
- Daniel Simon, Guardant Health
- Margaret McCusker, Flatiron Health - How Patients Get What They Need
The latest treatment options are not an option if you can’t get or afford them. Learn about the novel strategies top docs use to access breakthrough tests and therapies for their patients through clinical trials, expanded access and contingent reimbursement.
- Eric Marton, Wavemaker 360
- June Wasser, Consultant
- Martin Naley, OctX
- Conrad Vial, Sutter Health
- Maurie Markman, CTCA Health - Summary for Patients: So What- Putting It Together
For nearly a decade, non-profit Cancer Commons has helped thousands of patients and their physicians beat the odds with information about the latest tests and treatments. New software and industry partnerships are taking this to the next level, where treatment decisions are in-formed by the latest tech, a treatment’s accessibility, and the collective experience of all patients and physicians.
- Marty Tenenbaum, Cancer Commons
- Carla Grandori, SEngine Precision Medicine
- Mika Newton, xCures
- Conan Kinsey, Huntsman Cancer Center
- Jim Snyder, Henry Ford Health System
- Erika Monteverdi, Cancer Commons
- Harvey Cohen, Stanford University
