Rille Pihlak, MD, PhD

St Bart's Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Rille is currently a consultant medical oncologist at St Bart's Hospital in London. She is originally from Estonia and finished her undergraduate medical degree and postgraduate training in Oncology there in 2016. She was then awarded The Collins/Pancreatic Cancer UK Clinical Research PhD Fellowship at The University of Manchester/The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. She successfully defended her PhD on pancreatic cancer in 2021 and then joined The Royal Marsden GI unit for a Senior Research Fellowship. In 2022 she was appointed as a consultant medical oncologist in GI cancers at St Bart's Hospital.
Outside of her current clinical role, she has various other international roles like being a member of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Young Oncologist Committee and co-chair of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee in The International Association for Medical Education (AMEE).

Presentation(s):

• ESMO Vesalius Talk: Finding the Balance Between Clinic and Research - From Clinician Scientists to Clinical Research

  Wednesday, June 28, 2023
  15:45 – 16:30 CEST

• Session IV: ESMO Session: Focus on Young Oncologists (YO) in Collaboration With ESMO Young Oncologist Committee (YOC)

  Thursday, June 29, 2023
  08:00 – 09:25 CEST

• Q&A and Panel Disussion

  Thursday, June 29, 2023
  08:30 – 08:45 CEST

• Q&A and Panel Disussion

  Thursday, June 29, 2023
  09:15 – 09:25 CEST

• ESMO Lounge Session: Is Palliative/Supportive Care Different in GI Cancers?

  Thursday, June 29, 2023
  17:10 – 17:55 CEST

• Panel Discussion

  Thursday, June 29, 2023
  17:30 – 17:55 CEST

• ESMO Lounge Session: Complex Clinical Trials in GI Cancers: Is the Pain Worth the Gain?

  Friday, June 30, 2023
  16:45 – 17:30 CEST