Cancer in the Workplace, Health Insurance, Finances and Returning to School

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Topics Covered

• Overview of the Challenges Young Adults Living with Cancer Face
• Talking with the Health Care Team About Survivorship Questions & Concerns
• Choosing Who & What to Tell Others: Disclosure
• School: Deciding How to Deal with Financing Education– Community College, Technical Training, College, Graduate School – Scholarships
• Financial Concerns, Including Health Insurance, School, College & Career
• Knowing Your Rights: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) & Additional Legal Protections
• Working During Cancer Treatment: Suggestions from the Health Care Team
• Dealing with Physical Changes Due to Cancer or Its Treatment
• Short & Long-Term Follow-Up for Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Young Adult Follow-Up Clinic
• Coping with Fear of Cancer Recurrence
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Viswatej Avutu, MD

Assistant Attending, Sarcoma Medical Oncology and Pediatric Sarcoma Service; Associate Director, Medical Oncology/Hematology Fellowship,  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Instructor in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Kavitha Ramaswamy, MD

Assistant Attending, Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Melody Griffith, MSW, OSW-C

Outpatient Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Social Worker, Instructor in Social Work, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Section of Social Work, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Debra J. Wolf, Esq.

Senior Supervising Attorney, Legal Health, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Matthew Marroquín

Program and Community Coordinator, Stupid Cancer^®

Hayley Feuchs, MSW

Young Adult Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW

Senior Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

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Workshop Date

This workshop was originally recorded on December 13, 2024.