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Elizabeth Plimack

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, is a board-certified medical oncology physician, Professor of Medical Oncology, Chief of the Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and Director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Her clinical research focus includes kidney, bladder, prostate and testicular cancers, with research efforts focused on the development of new therapies for bladder and kidney cancer.

Dr Plimack serves in multiple leadership roles including serving on the Board of Directors at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Clinical Trials Consortium and on the Scientific Advisory Boards at Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network and The Johns Hopkins Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute. She is a member of Temple Health LEAD 365’s Physician Leadership Academy, the Bladder Cancer Task Force at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Management Committee at Bladder Cancer Research Network, the Kidney Cancer and Bladder/Penile Cancer Guidelines Panels and the 2021 Young Investigator Award Committee at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Dr Plimack has been the recipient of numerous awards for her work. She serves on the Editorial Boards of Cancer and Journal of Clinical Oncology and has authored or coauthored at least 163 peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr Plimack is a member of ASCO, SUO and the American Association of Cancer Research.

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Latest contributions from Elizabeth Plimack

Axel Merseburger & Elizabeth Plimack

30-06-2021 | ASCO 2021 | Ask the expert | Video

Key data on urothelial carcinoma presented at ASCO 2021

Elizabeth Plimack and Axel Merseburger highlight interesting trials within the topic of urothelial carcinoma presented at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting.

This video is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer and Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

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27-06-2022 | ASCO 2022 | Conference coverage | Video

Highlights from ASCO 22 Annual Meeting: an expert discussion with Andrea Apolo & Elizabeth Plimack

Andrea Apolo and Elizabeth Plimack discuss highlights of the ASCO 22 Annual Meeting. Here, they talk about some of the exciting new data presented on the use of antibody-drug conjugates targeting HER2, which are starting to show promise for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma (UC). 

This independent video interview was supported by an educational grant from Pfizer and Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany