Olalekan Ajayi, PharmD, MBA, chief operating officer for Highlands Oncology Group, PA, was named president of the Association of Cancer Care Centers (ACCC) on Friday, March 10, at the ACCC 49th Annual Meeting & Cancer Center Business Summit (#AMCCBS), where oncology professionals gathered to discuss the convergence of business, policy, and technology in cancer care.
"One of the greatest challenges we face over the next decade is related to our oncology workforce. Specifically, will we have enough providers and staff to support and deliver lifesaving treatments to patients?" Dr. Ajayi shared. "It is a question that keeps me up at night and one reason my 2023-2024 ACCC President's Theme will focus on (Re)Building the Oncology Workforce to Deliver Next Generation Cancer Care."
To accomplish this goal, over the next 12 months, ACCC will focus time and resources to:
"Making healthcare—particularly lifesaving care like cancer treatment—accessible to everyone should be our calling. Whether we are talking about race, geography, age, socioeconomic status, or any other individual characteristics, what is better than having providers who reflect the communities where they live and work, providers with cultural humility and the desire to understand what their patients value, and providers who can walk a mile in their patient's shoes?" Dr. Ajayi asked. "Those are the providers we need to rebuild our oncology workforce; those are the providers who will succeed in delivering next generation care."
The resources and tools that will be developed in conjunction with Dr. Ajayi's 2023-2024 ACCC President's Theme will be posted to this webpage as they become available.
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This is a visual representation of an online publication from the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2022 Annual Meeting, June 3 - 7, 2022.