Think NENs
Global Educational Program for Primary Care Physicians
A team of medical experts in neuroendocrine cancer (also known as neuroendocrine neoplasms or NENs) and primary care physicians (PCPs) from across the globe provides you with this free and comprehensive training with everything a primary care physician needs to know about diagnostics, treatment and care of patients with neuroendocrine cancer.
— About Think NENs Global Educational Program
We give you the neuroendocrine cancer (NEN) knowledge from the primary care lenses
— Why enroll
What are you going to learn?
We understand that primary care physicians are overloaded with work and expectations. The Think NENs Global Educational Program is designed to prepare you to spot and suspect NENs symptoms, to manage a NEN patient and get in contact with a support expert network.
Understand NENs
What are NENs, what kind of NEN patients we see in general practice, common symptoms and why these should not be confused with other possible symptoms that may pose diagnostic challenges.
What to do in suspected NENs
What tests can a primary care physician do, what are the expert referral pathways, examples of clinical scenarios of NEN.
Managing NEN patients after diagnosis
What are the common NEN treatments and issues around them to consider when managing patients in general practice.
Our team
Meet our core team of experts
Prof. Dermot O’Toole
NET Specialist
MD, FRCPI, MBBCh. Professor of Gastroenterology and Clinical Medicine at Trinity College Dublin (TCD, The University of Dublin). Consultant Gastroenterologist at St James’ and St. Vincent’s University Hospitals Dublin, Ireland.
Dr. David Bartlett
Primary Care Physician
AKC MBBS MRCGP PgDipDerm. Semi retired family doctor in UK. He retired from his family practice in 2017 after 35 years. He wrote "The Art of General Practice" in 2018 .
Prof. Martyn Caplin
NET Specialist
BSc (HONS), DM, FRCP. Professor of Gastroenterology and Tumor Neuroendocrinology at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London. Leads the Royal Free Hospital ENETS Centre of Excellence.
Prof. Mehmet Ungan
Primary Care Physician
MD, Professor of Family Medicine. Active Professor at Ankara University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. Past President of WONCA Europe.
Dr. Simron Singh
NET Specialist
MD, MPH, FRCPC. Medical oncologist and affiliate scientist in the Odette Cancer Research Program at Sunnybrook Research Institute. Assistant professor at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Elizabeth Zide
Emergency Medicine Physician
MD.
A Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years of practice. She is also a neuroendocrine tumor patient and a strong patient advocate.
A Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years of practice. She is also a neuroendocrine tumor patient and a strong patient advocate.