Maryland Cancer Plan

CANCER CONTROL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Cancer Issues and Challenges
The 12th Maryland State Council on Cancer Control Conference

November 16, 2005

 

 

7:45 – 8:30:                Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 – 8:50:                Call to Order, Welcome and Remarks

·        S. Anthony McCann, Secretary, Maryland Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene

·        J. Richard Lilly, M.D., Chair, Maryland State Council on Cancer Control

 

8:50 – 9:15:                The Burden of Cancer in Maryland

·        Diane Dwyer, M.D., Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

 

9:20 – 10:30:              Environmental Issues and Cancer

·        Cancer and the Environment: Reflections from Cancer Alley

Thomas Burke, Ph.D, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

·        Second-hand Smoke and Cancer: An Emerging Story

Anthony Alberg, P.h.D., MPH., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

10:30-10:40:               Morning Break

 

10:40-11:45:               Cancer Screening and Detection: Best Practices 

·        Skin Cancer in Maryland

Alison Ehrlich, M.D., MHS, George Washington University

·        Prostate Cancer Screening and Early Detection: What is the best approach?

William Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

 

11:45-12:15:               Emerging Issues in Cancer Control: The Cancer Center Perspective

·        Martin Abeloff, M.D., Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

·        Kevin Cullen, M.D, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center

 

12:30 – 1:30:              Networking Lunch

 

1:35-3:00:                    Patient Navigation: Getting Our Patients What They Need in A Confusing Healthcare Environment 

·        NCI Patient Navigation Program & Federal Law Overview

A. Roland Garcia, Ph.D., Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities

·        Patient Navigation

Catherine Brady-Copertino, R.N., M.S.N., O.C.N., Holy Cross Hospital

·        Patient Navigation Models
            Jessica Turgon, M.B.A. & Stacey B. Stephens, LCSW – C, University of Maryland, Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center

·        Patient Navigation Story

Mary Burke, Breast Cancer Survivor

 

3:00-3:15:                   Summation and Adjournment

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