SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010:
8:00 - 8:45: Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00: Welcome
9:00 - 9:10: OMF/OMRC Update
9:10- 10:10: Keynote: Thomas P. Sellers, MPA, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
10:10 - 10:30: Break
10:30 - 12:00: Small Group Break-Outs (Facilitated by DFCI Social Workers)
12:00 - 1:00: Lunch
1:00 - 2:30: Clinician and Researcher Panel One / Q&A*
2:30 - 2:45: Break
2:45 - 4:45: Clinician and Researcher Panel Two / Q&A**
4:45 - 5:00: Break
5:00 - 6:00: Navigating Clinical Trials:Andrew Wolanski, NP/Suzanne Mac Rae, RN,MPH
6:30 - 8:15: Dinner and Musical Entertainment: Singer/Songwriter Miss Tess
2010 Conference Agenda
1st Annual Eye Am Not Alone Conference:
Educating, Supporting and Building Hope for the Ocular Melanoma Community
October 23-24, 2010
Educating, Supporting and Building Hope for the Ocular Melanoma Community
October 23-24, 2010
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010:
8:00 - 8:30: Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00: Integrative Therapies Panel (Organized by the Zakim Center at DFCI)***
10:00 - 10:15: Break
10:15 - 11:15: Small Group Break-Outs (Facilitated by DFCI Social Workers)
11:15 - 12:15: Using Mindfulness to Cope with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers: Mary Jane Ott, MN, MA, RNCS & Amy Grose, LICSW
12:15 - 12:30: Closing and Thank You!
8:00 - 8:30: Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00: Integrative Therapies Panel (Organized by the Zakim Center at DFCI)***
10:00 - 10:15: Break
10:15 - 11:15: Small Group Break-Outs (Facilitated by DFCI Social Workers)
11:15 - 12:15: Using Mindfulness to Cope with Cancer for Patients and Caregivers: Mary Jane Ott, MN, MA, RNCS & Amy Grose, LICSW
12:15 - 12:30: Closing and Thank You!
* Clinician and Researcher Speaker Panel 1:
Dr. Miguel Materin, MD, Ophthalmologist – Yale University
Dr. Takami Sato, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist - Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Scott Woodman, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Topics will include:
What to expect following the primary treatment
Genetic testing to the primary tumor
Adjuvant therapy options
Screening/scanning options
Introduction to clinical trials
How to get a biopsy of tissue and what testing to do with it
What are GNAQ and GNA11 and what are the implications?
** Clinician and Researcher Speaker Panel 2:
Dr. Keith Flaherty, MD, Medical Oncologist - Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. F. Stephen Hodi, MD, Medical Oncologist - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Anand Mahadevan, MD, Radiation Oncologist - Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Dr. Charles Nutting, MD, Interventional Radiologist - Swedish Medical Center
Topics will include:
Options for liver directed therapy: embolization, ablation, PHP, etc.
Extra-hepatic local treatment options: radiation, ablation, etc.
Systemic treatment options
Immunotherapy: Ipilimumab and PD-1
IFN and IL-2
Are there vaccines for uveal melanoma?
Targeted agents for uveal melanoma (i.e. MEK inhibitors, IGF1R, etc)
Finding centers performing a specific type of treatment
*** Integrative Therapies Speaker Panel:
Mary Jane Ott, MN, MA, RNCS
Emily Biever, MS
Weidong Lu, MB, PhD, MPH, LiCAc
Theresa Ochenkoski, LMT
Suzanne Oliver
Brian Jantz, MT-BC
Topics for patients and caregivers will include:
Navigating integrative approaches in conjunction with other treatments
Nutrition
Supplements
Acupuncture
Reiki
Massage Therapy
Music Therapy
Dr. Miguel Materin, MD, Ophthalmologist – Yale University
Dr. Takami Sato, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist - Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Scott Woodman, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Topics will include:
What to expect following the primary treatment
Genetic testing to the primary tumor
Adjuvant therapy options
Screening/scanning options
Introduction to clinical trials
How to get a biopsy of tissue and what testing to do with it
What are GNAQ and GNA11 and what are the implications?
** Clinician and Researcher Speaker Panel 2:
Dr. Keith Flaherty, MD, Medical Oncologist - Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. F. Stephen Hodi, MD, Medical Oncologist - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Anand Mahadevan, MD, Radiation Oncologist - Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Dr. Charles Nutting, MD, Interventional Radiologist - Swedish Medical Center
Topics will include:
Options for liver directed therapy: embolization, ablation, PHP, etc.
Extra-hepatic local treatment options: radiation, ablation, etc.
Systemic treatment options
Immunotherapy: Ipilimumab and PD-1
IFN and IL-2
Are there vaccines for uveal melanoma?
Targeted agents for uveal melanoma (i.e. MEK inhibitors, IGF1R, etc)
Finding centers performing a specific type of treatment
*** Integrative Therapies Speaker Panel:
Mary Jane Ott, MN, MA, RNCS
Emily Biever, MS
Weidong Lu, MB, PhD, MPH, LiCAc
Theresa Ochenkoski, LMT
Suzanne Oliver
Brian Jantz, MT-BC
Topics for patients and caregivers will include:
Navigating integrative approaches in conjunction with other treatments
Nutrition
Supplements
Acupuncture
Reiki
Massage Therapy
Music Therapy
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