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All Welcome Patients and their Families ONLY Bereaved Focus Medical Professionals
Meals and Breaks
Thursday, October 19, 2023
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Check-In and Materials Pick-Up
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Advocacy Day Training
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Advocacy Day – Congressional Appointments on Capitol Hill
3:30 PM – 6:30 PM Check-In and Materials Pick-Up
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Welcome Reception
Friday, October 20, 2023
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Breakfast
7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Check-in and Conference Guide Pick-Up
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Welcome
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM Scientific Conference by invite only (consult the scientific agenda for details)
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM Overview of the basics Alison Massey Tanner, ANP-BC, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8:50 AM – 10:30 AM Pleural Mesothelioma Panel
Surgical overview (Joseph Friedberg, MD, Temple University; Chuong Hoang, MD, NCI, R. Taylor Ripley, MD, Baylor
Medical oncology (Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Clinical trials (Daniel Sterman, MD)
Case studies
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Celebration of Life Ceremony
10:20 AM – 10:50 AM BREAK
11:00 AM – 12:30 AM Scientific Conference by invite only (consult the scientific agenda for details)
10:50 AM – 11:35 AM Novel Therapies
T cell therapies, targeted therapies (Raffit Hassan, MD, NCI; Prasad Adusumilli, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
11:35 AM – 12:20 PM X-ray, CT Scans, MRI, PET Scans: what is the difference?
Xray/CT Scan/PET Scan/MRI – a breakdown of each imaging technique, when they are useful, CT vs PET (differences why use 1 vs the other), Best surveillance practices during and after treatment (Samuel Armato, PhD, University of Chicago; Chris Straus, MD, University of Chicago; Charles Simone, MD, NY Proton Center).
12:20 PM – 1:20 PM LUNCH
1:25 PM – 2:40 AM Scientific Conference by invite only (consult the scientific agenda for details)
1:20 PM – 2:40 PM Peritoneal Mesothelioma Panel
Surgical Overview (Garrett Nash, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Andrew Blakely, MD, NCI; Kiran Turaga, MD, Yale University)
Medical Oncology (Michael Offin, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Melina Marmarelis, MD, University of Pennsylvania)
Clinical Trials (Hedy Kindler, MD, University of Chicago; Kiran Turaga, MD, Yale University)
Case Studies (Surgical and non-surgical)
2:40 PM – 3:10 PM BREAK
3:10 PM – 4:45 AM Scientific Conference by invite only (consult the scientific agenda for details)
3:10 PM – 3:40 PM Inherited and acquired genetic mutations: what to know about each when it comes to mesothelioma
Somatic vs germline mutations, how are these mutations discovered, what is the implementation for possible treatment strategies, what do these mutations mean for future generations (hereditary vs non hereditary), surveillance guidelines if a mutation is discovered in someone with no known active cancer.
Treatment decisions based on known genetic mutations
Impact of inherited genetic mutations in family members of mesothelioma patients (Alexandra Lebensohn, MS, CGC, NC, NIH; Azam Ghafoor, MD, NIH
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM Radiation Oncology for Mesothelioma
How I treat mesothelioma as a radiation oncologist (Keith Cengel, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania)
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Legal Panel
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Summary from the Scientific Meeting
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM AWARDS DINNER (Livestream program will beging at apx 6:45PM)
Saturday, October 21, 2023
9:00 PM – 9:30 PM BREAKFAST
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM Overview of the Day
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM Support Groups
11:15 AM – 11:35 AM BREAK
11:35 AM – 11:55 AM Leaving a Legacy
11:55 PM – 12:15 AM Palliative Care
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Patient Panel and Conversation
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Closing
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