Agenda | Symposium 2010

International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma 2010

Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Check-in/Materials pick-up (5 PM – 8 PM)                                           

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Learning Breakfast Advocacy Orientation
Advocacy Day Urge your federal leaders to fund the medical research that can cure this disease, and to finally ban asbestos.
Tribute Ceremony This is a special time for bereaved family members, and the meso community as a whole, to come together to honor and remember loved ones lost to meso.
Reception Meet other Symposium attendees, share stories and socialize.

Friday, June 11, 2010
Breakfast
When Cancer Affects Families with Children
Breakout Sessions for Patients, Bereaved, Caregivers
Cancer Genetics
Information presentation by Associate Commissioner Consumer Education and Advocacy of the Maryland Insurance Administration
QiQong
Lunch
Tapping the Meridians
Meso Foundation Panel on Fundraising, Writing for Awareness, Advocacy and Giving Opportunities
Panel Discussion -- The Mesothelioma Patient/Provider Experience
Celebration of Hope Gala Dinner

Saturday, June 12, 2010 (Official sessions end at 4 PM)
Breakfast
Present and Future Trends in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Thoracic Surgeon, Researcher, and Medical Oncology Perspectives
Radiation Oncology and Photodynamic Therapy
What's new in Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Exciting Developments from Laboratories and Clinics Around the World
Mesothelioma Tissue Bank
EGFR Inhibitors for Patients with Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma
The Use of Cytokine Inhibitors: Translational Lab Results
Identifying and Targeting Aggressive Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Morphologic and Molecular Studies
Lunch with the Experts
Pain Management
Blending Traditional Healing with Modern Science

Update on Clinical Trials
Scientific Poster Session

Agenda items are subject to change, so keep checking often!

CONFIRMED PRESENTERS (as of May 10, 2010)

 
Richard Alexander, MD, University of Maryland
Itzhak Avital, MD, National Cancer Institute
Michael Becich, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Alain Borczuk, MD, Columbia University Medical Center
Julie Brahmer, MD, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center 
Toby Bresslar, RN, BSN, OCN, Columbia University Medical Center
John Chabot, MD, Columbia University Medical Center
Antionietta Corvasce, CT, Community Hospice of Washington
David S. Ettinger, MD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Malcolm Feigen, MD, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Aus
Jason M. Foster, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Joseph Friedberg, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Nicole Goetz, DNP, FNP-C, Columbia University Medical Center
Raffit Hassan, MD, National Cancer Institute
Joy Y. Hatchette, JD, Consumer Education and Advocacy
Fran Eichholz Heller, LMSW, Columbia University Medical Center
Mary Hesdorffer, NP, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
Hedy Kindler, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center
Linda Lee, MD, Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine & Digestive Center
Zinnia Maravell, L Ac, Center for Integrative Medicine, Washington, DC
Catherine Mondonedo, NP-C, New York Presbyterian
Jill Ohar, MD, Wake Forest University
Harvey Pass, MD, New York University Medical Center
Kenneth Rosenzweig, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Patricia Stanley, MBA, MA, Columbia University Medical Center
Robert N. Taub, MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center
Sheelu Varghese, PhD, University of Maryland
Claire Vershragen, MD, University of New Mexico
Nicholas Vogelzang, MD, US Oncology
Sheva Wertzberger, Columbia University Medical Center
Becky Wimsatt, University of Maryland
 

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