Conferences and Meetings

Eighth Annual Cancer Survivorship Telephone Workshop Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer

CancerCare, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, LIVESTRONG, Intercultural Cancer Council, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, presents a four-part telephone workshop series, The Eighth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer.

This free series, made possible by support from the National Cancer Institute and LIVESTRONG, offers cancer survivors, their families, friends, and health care professionals practical information to help them cope with concerns and issues that arise after treatment ends.

To register, please go to the CancerCare Web site, www.cancercare.org/connect.
Dates, Topics and Speakers
Tuesdays, 1:30 – 2:30 pm Eastern Time

Part I: Trouble Sleeping: Sleep Better to Feel Better – Tips You Can Use
April 13, 2010
Elizabeth D. McKinley, MD, MPH
Survivor Perspective
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dean, Emily Blackwell Society
Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD
Director, Gillin Sleep and Chronomedicine Research Center
Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD
Director, Supportive Services
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York
Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital

Part II: Communicating With Your Health Care Team After Treatment: Making the Most of
Your Visit
May 18, 2010
Neeraj K. Arora, PhD
Survivor Perspective
Research Scientist and Program Director for Patient Centered Care Research
Outcomes Research Branch, Applied Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute

Sheldon Greenfield, MD
Co-Director, Health Policy Research Institute
Donald Bren Professor of Medicine
University of California at Irvine

Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Thomas Palliative Care Unit
Massey Endowed Professor for Palliative Care Research
Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center

Part III: Survivorship and Workplace Transitions
June 22, 2010
Peter Daly, PE
Survivor Perspective
Patient Advocate, Center for Patient Partnerships
University of Wisconsin

Martha E. Gaines, JD, LLM
Director, Center for Patient Partnerships
Clinical Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin

Cathy Bradley, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Public Healthcare Policy and Research
School of Medicine
Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control
Massey Cancer Center

Part IV Survivors Too: Communicating With and Among Family, Friends and Loved Ones
July 13, 2010
Suzanne Martz-Dones, MA, RN, CCRN
Family Perspective
Administrative Nurse Manager
Montefiore Medical Center

Laurel L. Northouse, RN, PhD, FAAN
Mary Lou Willard French Professor of Nursing
University of Michigan School of Nursing
Co-Director, Socio-Behavior Program
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Frances Lewis, PhD, FAAN
The Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor
Family and Child Nursing
University of Washington