Aminah Jatoi
United States of America
Aminah Jatoi, MD is the Betty J. Foust, MD and Parents’ Professor of Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. A practising.
oncologist, she cares for patients with gastrointestinal and gynaecological malignancies. Her research interests focus largely on palliative and supportive care strategies for patients with cancer with a special interest in geriatric oncology.
She has authored or co-authored over 400 publications, and her research has been funded by the United States’ National Institutes of Health as well as by various foundations. With dual training in both medical oncology and human nutrition, understanding nutritional issues in patients with cancer has remained a particularly salient aspect of Dr Jatoi’s career interests.