Society for Integrative Oncology

Society for Integrative Oncology
AbbreviationSIO
FounderBarrie Cassileth
TypeProfessional society
Legal status501(c)(3) organization
PurposeApplying integrative medicine to oncology
President
Ting Bao
President-elect
Linda Carlson
Immediate Past President
Lynda Balneaves
Websiteintegrativeonc.org

The Society for Integrative Oncology (abbreviated SIO) is a multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to studying how to apply evidence-based integrative medicine to the treatment of cancer. It was established in 2003 and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.[1] The founding president of the SIO was Barrie Cassileth,[2] and in October 2013, Heather Greenlee of Columbia University was named president.[3] Since the SIO's November 2015 meeting, its president has been Jun Mao of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.[4] Each fall, beginning in 2004, the SIO has held an international conference.[2] From 2003 to 2010, the SIO published a peer-reviewed journal: from 2003 to 2005, it was entitled the Journal of Cancer Integrative Medicine, after which it was renamed the Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology.

References

  1. ^ "About SIO". Society for Integrative Oncology Website. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Profile of SIO". Society for Integrative Oncology website. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. ^ Cavallo, Jo (15 December 2013). "Society for Integrative Oncology Is Helping to Advance Evidence-Based, Comprehensive Integrative Health Care". ASCO Post. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Jun Mao Named SIO President" (Press release). Society for Integrative Oncology. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2017.