Rare cancers

Atif A. Ahmed, MD, University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Hospital, USA

Dr Atif Ali Ahmed is a Professor of pediatric pathology at Seattle Children's Hospital, USA. He graduated from medical school in 1988, completed pathology residency and fellowship training in the US and is board-certification in Anatomic, Clinical and Pediatric Pathology. He has been in academic practice for more than 20 years with clinical and research experience in pediatric pathology. His research interests include pediatric tumors, bone pathology, and pediatric cancer biology, and he has authored over 100 academic publications including peer-reviewed articles, books and meeting abstracts. He is a member of the Children’s Oncology Group, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society of Human Genetics, and the College of American Pathologists. 

Bruna Samia Dalmasso, MD, PhD, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy 

Dr Bruna Samia Dalmasso, MD, PhD, is Medical Consultant at the Genetics of Rare Cancers Unit of IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy. She received her Medical Degree at the University of Genoa. After specializing in Internal Medicine, she completed her doctoral training in Cancer Genetics. 

Her research activity includes the identification of genetic determinants of cancer risk, as well as the influence of germline variants on cancer evolution and response to treatment, with a particular focus on melanoma, pancreatic cancer and rare cancers.