Current Perspectives on Cancer Survivorship

Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Cancer Survivorship, in the Context of COVID
• Managing Post Treatment Side Effects/Late Effects
• Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Fear of Recurrence
• Finding Your New Normal
• The Importance of Treatment Summaries & Encounter Notes
• Follow-Up with Your Oncologist & Primary Care Doctor, including Discussion of Health Screening & Concerns
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, including Technology, Prepared List of Questions & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Emily S. Tonorezos, MD, MPH

Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH, RN, OCN

Deputy Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Andrew Roth, MD, FAPOS

Emeritus, Attending Psychiatry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College

Guadalupe R. Palos, DrPH, MSW, RN

Former Clinical Protocol Administration Manager, Office of Cancer Survivorship, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Author and Researcher in Health Care Disparities, Survivorship & Caregiving

Lidia Schapira, MD, FASCO

Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University School of Medicine, Director, Cancer Survivorship Program, Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director CME Program Development, Department of Medicine

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians:: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

You can download the brochure for this workshop