2010 conference Sessions

Buena Vista Palace, Orlando, FL

Below is a list of our 2010 conference sessions with a link to a brief description of each session.

Friday, June 25, 2010

General Session 9:00 - 10:15 AM

• Welcome/Opening remarks
  Sue Friedman, DVM
  Thomas Sellers, PhD
  Rebecca Sutphen, MD
  Christine Laronga, MD
  Barbara Pfeiffer
  Karen Hurley, PhD

Break: Visit our exhibits: 10:15 - 11:00 AM

Concurrent Session I (Choose one of the following): 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

• How do I get motivated? Changing your lifestyle and diet
  Bob Wright, MAT
• Finding "Dr. Right"
  Kathy Steligo
  
• Genetics 101: Back to basics
  Rebecca Sutphen, MD
  
• What's new for young previvors
  Mark Robson, MD
  
• Dear Talula documentary and discussion
  Lori Benson; Ellen Matloff, CGC
• Networking: Ovarian cancer survivor networking
  Robin Zarel, MSW

Lunch: Networking lunch - box lunch provided: 12:30 - 1:30 PM

Concurrent Session II (Choose one of the following): 1:30 - 3:00 PM

• BRCA in men
  Mary Daly, MD
• Reconstruction options
  Kathy Steligo
• Nonsurgical approaches to breast cancer risk management/
  surveillance
  Margaret Szabunio, MD; Victoria Seewaldt, MD
• Focus on BRCA and triple-negative breast cancers
  Judy Garber, MD
• In The Family documentary screening
  
  
• Networking: After surgery, now what?
  Karen Hurley, PhD

Break: Visit our exhibits: 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session III (Choose one of the following) 4:00 - 5:30 PM

• Does ovarian cancer start in the fallopian tubes? Does this affect screening and prevention?
  Noah Kauff, MD
  
• Reaching out to underserved communities
  Tuya Pal, MD; Susan Vadaparampil, PhD; Chanita Hughes Halbert, PhD
  
• Early menopause and hormones
  Carol Fabian, MD
• New treatments for hereditary ovarian cancer
  Elise Kohn, MD
  
• Reconstruction Q & A panel #1
  Paul Smith, MD; Scott Sullivan, MD; Loren Eskenazi, MD
  
• Networking: Men’s networking
  Paul Kredow, PsyD
  

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Breakfast Sessions: 7:30 - 9:30 AM

• "Ask the Experts" Roundtable and networking breakfast
• Gentle yoga (8:00 - 9:00 AM)
  JoEllen Warnke, RN

Concurrent Session IV (Choose one of the following) 9:30 AM- 11:00 AM

• Mastectomy options
  Christine Laronga, MD
• Complementary and integrative medicine
  Diljeet Singh, MD
  
• Exercise and fitness: effects on cancer risk, recurrence, lymphedema, and health
  Katie Schmitz, PhD, MPH
• Body image and sexuality issues after surgery or cancer
  Sharon Bober, PhD
• Networking: FORCE Young Women’s Group
  Lauren Coyle, PsyD, Allison Polich

Lunch: Spirit of Empowerment Awards luncheon: 11:00 - 12:15 PM
Sue Friedman, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Concurrent Session V (Choose one of the following): 12:15 - 1:45 PM

• Screening after surgery
  Elsie Levin, MD; Robert Burger, MD
• Turning passion into advocacy and action
  Barbara Pfeiffer, Cheryl Jernigan, CPA, FACHE
• Fertility options
  Jimmy Mayer, MD; Kutluk Oktay, MD
• Ovarian cancer prevention
  Diljeet Singh, MD
• Networking: Parents of BRCA children
  Paul Kredow, PsyD; Ziva Green-Kredow, MSEd
  

Concurrent Session VI (Choose one of the following): 1:45 - 3:15 PM

• How do I decide? Making decisions surrounding hereditary cancer
  Karen Hurley, PhD; Ora Gordon, MD
  
• Making sense of uninformative test results
  Rebecca Sutphen, MD
  
• Diet and nutrition
  Nagi Kumar, PhD
• Sharing risk information with family members
  Ellen Matloff, CGC; Lora Thompson, PhD
• Reconstruction Q & A panel #2
  Hilton Becker, MD, Richard Kline, MD; Joshua Levine, MD; Steven Davison, DDS, MD
  
• BRCA and pancreatic cancer
  Jason Klapman, MD

Break: Visit our exhibits: 3:15 - 4:00 PM

General Session: 4:00 -6:00

• Hereditary cancer research updates
  Timothy Rebbeck, PhD
  Steven Narod, MD
  Melinda Telli, MD
• Conference Q & A
• Closing
  Sue Friedman, DVM