About SLACOM

Board of Directors: DR. EDUARDO LEON CAZAP   Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 3rd, 1948. Medical Doctor: University of Buenos Aires, 1972. Fellowship: Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1972. Resident in Internal Medicine: Hospital Durand, Buenos Aires,1973-75. Specialist in Medical Oncology: Universidad Del Salvador,1978. Fellowship: Pan American Health Organization. Lombardi Cancer Center. Georgetown University, 1984.

Principal Investigator, Collaborative Cancer Research Treatment Program (CCTRP) - PAHO/NCI,1984.

Fellowship, American Cancer Society.1985.

European Recertification in Medical Oncology,ESMO, Copenhagen, 1991.

Professor of Clinical Oncology, Universidad del Salvador, 1984-98.

Professor of Medical Oncology I, Universidad Católica Argentina.1988-2000.

Director, Instituto Dr. Estevez. , Buenos Aires, 1985-2000.

Regional Representative, (Latin-America). Also, representative for the DCTF (Developing Countries Task Force). European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), Lugano, Switzerland.

President, Argentine Association of Medical Oncology 1996-98 and 2000-2002.

Member of the International Affairs Committee: Representing Latin America.  Present Chair 2006-2007. American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), USA.

Board Member , for period 2006-2010 and member of the Organizing Committee for the 2008 World Congress. International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Geneva, Switzerland.

Founder of the Charter of Paris against Cancer, Paris, France, 2000.

Member, WHO Cancer Technical Group (CTG) to assist in the development of the Global Report on Cancer Control.

More than 150 papers published in the specialty.