SAVE THE DATE
The Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology
14th Annual APAO Conference
and
The Best of ASCO 2011
September 15-18, 2011The Chicago Wyndham Hotel

Agenda

Preliminary 2011 APAO ANNUAL CONFERENCE - Schedule at-a-Glance
Time Faculty
THURSDAY, September 15, 2011 - APAO presents The Best of ASCO 2011
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am - 8:15 am Welcome and Overview of Course Carolyn Marinier, PA-C & Heather Hylton, PA-C
8:15 am - 9:15 am Gastrointestinal Cancer Clinical Updates from 2011 Best of ASCO® Meeting* Blase N. Polite, MD, MPH
9:15 am - 10:15 am Genitourinary Cancer Clinical Updates from 2011 Best of ASCO® Meeting* Russell Szmulewitz, MD
10:15 am - 10:45 am  Break/Exhibits
10:45 am - 11:45 am Sarcoma Clinical Updates from 2011 Best of ASCO® Meeting* Mark Agulnik, MD
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch/PA Panel Discussion: Meeting the Needs of the Oncology Workforce Todd Pickard, PA-C, Maura Polansky, PA-C, David Coniglio, PA-C, David Scholl, PA-C, Jean Ridgeway, ANP
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Hematologic Cancer Clinical Updates from 2011 Best of ASCO® Meeting* Wendy Stock, MD
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Developmental Therapeutics in Oncology Updates from 2011 Best of
ASCO® Meeting
*
Daniel Catenacci, MD
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break/Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Lung Cancer Clinical Updates from 2011 Best of ASCO® Meeting* Lawrence Einhorn, MD
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Breast Cancer Clinical Updates from 2011 Best of ASCO® Meeting* Rita Nanda, MD
FRIDAY, September 16, 2011 - The 14th Annual APAO Conference General Sessions
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am - 8:15 pm Welcome and Overview of Course Heather Hylton, PA-C & Carolyn Marinier, PA-C
8:15 am - 9:15 am Keynote Speaker- Testicular Cancer: A Model for a Curable Cancer Lawrence Einhorn, MD
9:15 am - 10:15 am The Role of Pulmonary Metastectomy Lary Robinson, MD
10:15 am - 10:45 am Break/Exhibits
10:45 am - 11:45 am "Overian Cancer-Making the Diagnosis, Managing What Comes After" S. Diane Yamada, MD
12:00 pm -1:30 pm Lunch/PA Panel Discussion
"The Economincs of Utilizing PAs & NPs in Oncology Practices"
"Whence Oncology PAs?"
Michael Powe &
Rod Hooker, PA-C
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Cancer Risk & Screening (including breast cancer) Sarah Jackson, MS, LGC
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Community Oncology Issues Lee Schwartzberg, MD
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break/Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm The ABCs of BMT Heather Hylton, PA-C
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin Heather Carlson, PA-C
FRIDAY, September 16, 2011- Concurrent AM Workshop: Diagnostic Workshop
9:15 am - 10:30 am The Basics of Reading Chest Xray and Nuclear Medicine Studies Stephen Thomas, MD
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break/Exhibits
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Improving Interpretation of CT Scans and MR Imaging Christopher Straus, MD
FRIDAY, September 16, 2011 - Concurrent PM Workshop: Survivorship
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Post-Treatment Psychosocial Issues Lynne Wagner, PhD
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Fertility for Cancer Survivors Eve Feinberg, MD
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break/Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Endocrinology of Cancer Survivors Rebecca Brown, MD
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Designing an Effective Survivorship Program Theresa Wittenberg, PA-C
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Welcome Reception Luxbar
SATURDAY, September 17, 2011- The 14th Annual APAO Conference General Sessions
7:00 am - 1:00 pm APAO Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am - 9:00am Frontline News in Prostate Cancer Russell Szmulewitz, MD
9:00 am - 10:00 am Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Brain Metastasis Arif Shaikh, MD
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break/Exhibits
10:30 am - 11:30 am Surgical Management of Liver Lesions Steven Wei, PA-C
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Neurotoxicities of Chemotherapy Jan Drappatz, MD
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch/APAO Membership Meeting Steven Wei, PA-C
SATURDAY, September 17, 2011 - Concurrent AM Session: Oncology 101 Pharmacology
8:00 am Welcome/Overview David Scholl, PA-C
8:00 am - 9:00 am Systemic Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: State of the Art Mary Pinder-Schenck, MD
9:00 am - 10:00 am Pharmacology of Gastrointestinal Malignancies Peter O'Donnell, MD
10:00 am - 10:30 am Break/Exhibits
10:30 am - 11:30 am Pharmacology of Hematological Malignancies Anne McDonnell, PharmD, BCOP
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Pharmacology of Breast Cancer Laura Michaud, PharmD
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch/APAO Membership Meeting Steven Wei, PA-C
SUNDAY, September 18, 2011- The 14th Annual APAO Conference General Sessions
7:00 am - 12:30 pm APAO Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am Continental Breakfast/Exhibits
8:00 am - 9:00 am Molecular-Targeted Therapies W. Jack Pledger, PhD
9:00 am - 10:00 am Myelodysplastic Syndrome Susan Buchanan, PA
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break/Exhibits
10:15 am - 11:15 am Melanoma and Immunotherapy Thomas Gajewski, MD, PhD
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Thrombocytopenia Dr. Sefer Gezer, MD
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Interventional Radiology Riad Salem, MD
1:15 pm Adjourn



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