Workshop Date and Time
Register NowFriday, January 19, 2024, 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 & the LGBTQI+ Community, Including HIV & HPV
- The LGBTQI+ Community’s Disproportionate Cancer Burden
- Addressing the LGBTQI+ Health Disparities Gap, Including Mistrust of Health Care Providers
- Barriers to Health Care Access, Including Discrimination
- Health Care, Cancer Screening, Palliative and Supportive Care, Affordable Housing
- Gay Men & Lesbian Cancer Issues
- Transgender/Gender-Nonconforming People’s Cancer Concerns
- Challenges for LGBTQI+ Caregivers
- Social Security Disability Benefits for LGBTQI+ People Living with Cancer
- Military Service and the LGBTQI+ Community
- Practical, Financial, Emotional & Social Concerns
- Cancer Resources for the LGBTQI+ Community
- Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts
Our Panel of Experts

Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, MA, PhD, Hon-OPN-CG
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health; Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement, GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Stewart B. Fleishman, MD
Former Founding Director, Cancer Support Services, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, now part of the Mt. Sinai Health System, Author, Researcher in Oncology

William Goeren, MS, ACSW, SEP
Former Clinical Director & Coordinator of Men’s and LGBTQ+ Programs, CancerCare, Psychotherapist, LGBTQ Community, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Kelly Haviland, PhD, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, TGNB-C
Advanced Practice Provider Manager, Professional Development, Advanced Practice Providers, LGBTQI+ Clinical Consultant, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NFN Scout, MA, PhD
Executive Director, National LGBT Cancer Network, VP of Social Justice, The Torvus Group, Los Angeles, CA

Melisa Celikoyar, MSW
Oncology Social Worker, Long Island Program Coordinator, 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
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