Dra. Mercedes LASSUS

Medical graduate from UdelaR, Uruguay, oncology fellowship in the Mt Sinai hospital, New York City. Academic positions in Uruguay (Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Montevideo) and in the USA (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md). Head of development in clinical oncology in two multinationals (Farmitalia Carlo Erba, Milan, Italy, and Ciba Geigy, Basel Switzerland). Independent consultant since 2000, coordinates the Uruguayan Group for the study of CLL (GURU-LLC) since 2018.