Sushma Patil

Compassionate patient advocate for rare diseases committed to improving awareness and patient care. Demonstrated success in building platforms and initiatives for patient education, pretest counseling, and report delivery.

1) Nag Cancer Foundation, Pune (July 2015- till date)
- Part of the organizing committee Molecular Oncology Society Conference (MOSCON) 2016, Cancer
Survivors Conference (2016), Pune
- Involved in conducting activities including hereditary cancer awareness talks for Breast Friends, cancer support group under Nag Cancer Foundation, Pune

2) Volunteer - Organization For Rare Diseases India (ORDI)- June 2015- till date- involved in organizing annual Racefor7 awareness run for rare diseases at Ahmedabad, and counseling families with rare conditions

3) Volunteer at DMD India Moms support group (Feb 2023- till date) organized two online sessions of journey to self love and pathway to positive thinking; formulated and collaborated with the group for a survey on "Parents' Perspective on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Disclosure to Children, results are being analyzed and will be released soon
4) Yoddhas, online cancer support group (February 2016- 2017)

• Successfully organized Racefor7 run, initiative by Organization for Rare Disease India (ORDI) in Ahmedabad for four years 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024. Racefor7 is a national-level 7km walk/run for awareness of rare diseases in India
• Creation of videos, and posts for awareness through social media
• Cross functional coordination with wet lab team, analysis team, clinicians, sister labs and sales colleagues for query resolution, marketing and technical discussions
• Delivering talks and being part of panel discussion on various aspects of Genetic disorders at National and International forums
• Level-2 certified genetic counselor by Board of Genetic Counselors India (2018)
  

• Panelist, “Hereditary GI malignancies”, 2ndAnnual Conference of the Oncology Group Pune, navigating controversies: Unravelling dilemmas- GEJ and colorectal Cancer, 31st August 2024
• Speaker, IMA Chennai South CME, Integrating Pharmacogenomics in Modern Day Healthcare Practice and role of Genomics in Hereditary Screening, 07/13/24
• Speaker, CME Neuberg Diagnostics and Meditrina Hospital, Integrating Pharmacogenomics in Modern Day Healthcare practice., 05/29/24
• Poster presentation, P717 The landscape of clinical geneticists’ perspectives and practices in India, ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, 2024 Toronto
• Poster presentation, Need for germline testing based on somatic tumor testing in case of an individual not fulfilling National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) criteria for genetic testing, 8th Annual International Conference BGCI 2023
• Moderator, Webinar on Lung Cancer Detection: How Late, is Late?, 07/29/21
• Moderator, Integrating Genetic Counseling into mainstream healthcare and Preparing Genetic Counselors for Global Outreach, 07/01/21
• Panelist, Recurrent Ca Ovary—Does Platinum sensitivity matters??, 08/14/20
• Panelist, Webinar on Precision Oncology in Solid Tumors: Hype or Reality, 07/29/20
• Organizer and volunteer, Organization for Rare Disease India, Race for 7, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Panelist, Round Table discussion- Genetic counseling, testing and management in developing countries, 11/10/17, Kochi, Kerala, India
• Speaker, National Autism Conference, 10/22/17, Kochi, Kerala, India
• Speaker, Indian Breast Cancer Survivors Conference, 10/17/16 - 10/18/16, Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Speaker, Genetic Counseling Interview on clinical evaluation of hereditary cancer risk assessment, 2016, Pune, Maharashtra, India
• Speaker, Indian Breast Cancer Survivors Conference, 10/19/15 - 10/20/15, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India