2010 Cancer Survivorship Telephone Workshop Series

Eighth Annual Cancer Survivorship Telephone Workshop Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer

CancerCare, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, LIVESTRONG, Intercultural Cancer Council, Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, presents a four-part telephone workshop series, The Eighth Annual Cancer Survivorship Series: Living With, Through & Beyond Cancer.

This free series, made possible by support from the National Cancer Institute and LIVESTRONG, offers cancer survivors, their families, friends, and health care professionals practical information to help them cope with concerns and issues that arise after treatment ends.

Part I: Trouble Sleeping: Sleep Better to Feel Better – Tips You Can Use
April 13, 2010

• Elizabeth D. McKinley, MD, MPH
  Survivor Perspective
  Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Dean, Emily Blackwell Society
  Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
• Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD
  Director, Gillin Sleep and Chronomedicine Research Center
  Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry
  University of California San Diego
• Stewart B. Fleishman, MD
  Director, Supportive Services
  Continuum Cancer Centers of New York
  Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital

Part II: Communicating With Your Health Care Team After Treatment: Making the Most of Your Visit
May 18, 2010

• Neeraj K. Arora, PhD
  Survivor Perspective
  Research Scientist and Program Director for Patient Centered Care Research
  Outcomes Research Branch, Applied Research Program
  Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
  National Cancer Institute
• Sheldon Greenfield, MD
  Co-Director, Health Policy Research Institute
  Donald Bren Professor of Medicine
  University of California at Irvine
• Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP
  Medical Director, Thomas Palliative Care Unit
  Massey Endowed Professor for Palliative Care Research
  Virginia Commonwealth University, Massey Cancer Center

Part III: Survivorship and Workplace Transitions
June 22, 2010

• Peter Daly, PE
  Survivor Perspective
  Patient Advocate, Center for Patient Partnerships
  University of Wisconsin
• Martha E. Gaines, JD, LLM
  Director, Center for Patient Partnerships
  Clinical Professor of Law
  University of Wisconsin
• Cathy Bradley, PhD
  Professor and Chair
  Department of Public Healthcare Policy and Research
  School of Medicine
  Co-Leader, Cancer Prevention and Control
  Massey Cancer Center

Part IV Survivors Too: Communicating With and Among Family, Friends and Loved Ones
July 13, 2010

• Suzanne Martz-Dones, MA, RN, CCRN
  Family Perspective
  Administrative Nurse Manager
  Montefiore Medical Center
• Laurel L. Northouse, RN, PhD, FAAN
  Mary Lou Willard French Professor of Nursing
  University of Michigan School of Nursing
  Co-Director, Socio-Behavior Program
  University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Frances Lewis, PhD, FAAN
  The Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor
  Family and Child Nursing
  University of Washington