SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, February 21, 2015
The Lone Star Blood Cancer Conference (LSBCC) is a one-day FREE educational event featuring the top oncology and hematology experts from the area. The event is open to everybody: patients, survivors, families, caregivers, nurses, social workers, students etc.
Each participant can customize the event based on their diagnosis and/or what they would like to learn about in the different breakout sessions. Healthcare professionals can earn 4.5 free continuing education credits by attending the day's events through the Healthcare Professional Track (listed in red).
Registration for the Lone Star Blood Cancer Conference will open in early January but please see below for a list of the day's events for a preview.
8:15 a.m.
Registration, breakfast and
vendors
9:00 a.m.
Welcome – Gooch Auditorium
9:15 a.m. The Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society 2015 –
Brian Rosen, Chief Policy, Advocacy & Patient Access
Officer – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Robert Collins, Jr.
M.D., F.A.C.P. – University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center - Simmons Cancer Center, Dallas
10:00 a.m.
The Ultimate Survivor –
Ethan Zohn
10:45
a.m. Break – coffee and
vendors
11:15
a.m. Morning Breakout Sessions
Patient/Caregiver Track
A. Multiple Myeloma - A
Brief Overview of Disease Management and New Treatments
Christopher Maisel,
M.D. - Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas
B. Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - A Brief Overview of Disease Management and
New Treatments
Karel Dicke, M.D.,
Ph.D. – Arlington Cancer Center, Arlington
C. Integrative Options for
Blood Cancer Patients
Katherine Anderson, ND, FABNO - Cancer Treatment Centers of America
D. Clinical Trials
Joyce Bolluyt, RN - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Simmons
Cancer Center, Dallas
Healthcare Professional Track
(patients/caregivers welcome to attend)
E.
The Best of American Society of
Hematology® – Top 3 Research Studies Reviewed
Larry
Anderson, M.D. – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Simmons
Cancer Center, Dallas
Young Adult Track
F.
TBD
12:15
p.m. Hot lunch buffet – Please use
the buffet line noted by the lunch panel of your choice below.
12:45
p.m. Lunch panels
Patients, please choose
the panel that most closely represents the age group during your cancer experience.
Professionals, please
choose the panel that most closely represents the population you treat.
A. Age 0-18
B. Age 19-39
C. Age 40-52
D. Age 53-64
E. Age 65+
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m.
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Patient/Caregiver Track
A. Aggressive Non-Hodgkin
Lymphomas - A Brief Overview of Disease Management and New Treatments
Estil Vance, M.D. - Texas Oncology at Baylor
Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas
B. Acute Leukemias - A
Brief Overview of Disease Management and New Treatments
Robert Collins, Jr.
M.D., F.A.C.P. – University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center - Simmons Cancer Center, Dallas
C.
Survivorship Care Plans – What is that? Why do I
need one?
Kristin Simar, RN, ANP-BC - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston
D.
Accessing Resources
Gail M. Sperling, MPH, CHES - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Shayna Diamond, Patient Access Manager – the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society, Phoenix, AZ
Healthcare Professional Track
(patients/caregivers welcome to attend)
E. Early Experimental
Therapeutic Trials for Hematologic Malignancies
Arthur E. Frankel, M.D. – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center -
Simmons Cancer Center, Dallas
F.
Navigating the Journey: Helping the
Caregiver Survive
Phyllis Yount, LCSW - Cancer Support Community North Texas
Young Adult Track
G.
TBD
3:15 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Patient/Caregiver Track
A. Myelodysplastic
Syndromes - A Brief Overview of Disease Management and New Treatments
Carolina Escobar, M.D.
- Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas
B. CML & Myeloprolific
Neoplasms - A Brief Overview of Disease Management and New Treatments
Roger Lyons, M.D. -
C.
Improving Quality of Life Through Oncology
Rehabilitation
Brooke Ellis, PT, DPT - Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Plano
D.
Title TBD – mindful eating
Melissa Garner, LPC, MPS-ATR - The Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Dallas
Megan Lyons,
Healthcare Professional Track (patients/caregivers
welcome to attend)
E. Cancer
Survivorship and Developing Cancer Survivorship Care Plans
Kristin Simar, RN, ANP-BC - University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
F.
Immune/Targeted Therapies for Blood
Cancers
Alan Miller, M.D. - Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center,
Dallas
Young Adult Track
G.
TBD
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