Saturday, April 14, 2007

PROGRAM

Hamburger University
(McDonald’s Corporate Training Headquarters; Adjacent to the Hyatt Lodge)
2715 Jorie Blvd, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523

 

8:00-9:00 AM

Registration/Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:15 AM

Welcome

9:15-10:00 AM

Morning Session 1: I Need a Break!
The challenge of post-transplant fatigue
Lillian L Nail, PhD MSN FAAN (Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing, Portland OR)

10:00-11:00 AM

 Morning Session 2:
Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster of Survival
Managing fears, stress, and social relationships after transplant
Karen Syrjala PhD (Director, Biobehavioral Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA)

11:00-11:15 AM

Morning Break

11:15-12:30 PM

 Break Out Groups/Discussion
Adult Survivors
Richard McQuellon PhD (Director of Psychosocial Oncology and Cancer Patient Support Programs, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem NC); Jody Berkelhamer (Director of Caring Connections Program, BMT InfoNet); Emily Peterson (National Marrow Donor Program Office of Patient Advocacy)

Parents of Pediatric Survivors
Sheila Feeley MSW (Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI)

Caregivers
Laura Riggs Psy.D (Rush Cancer Center, BMT and Cell Therapy Program);
Stacy Stickney-Ferguson (National Marrow Donor Program Office of Patient Advocacy)

12:30-1:30 PM

 Luncheon Presentation :
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Scott Burton (Humorist, Cancer Survivor, and Juggler!)

1:30-2:30 PM

 Long-Term Follow Up Care for Transplant Patients:
How to Preserve Your Health Long-term
Patrick J. Stiff MD (Director, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood IL); Kimberley Dilley MD (Director of the STAR Long-Term Follow Up Program, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL)

2:30-2:45 PM

Afternoon Break

2:45-3:45 PM

Workshops
Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Mary Flowers MD (Director of Long-Term Follow Up Care, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA); David Jacobsohn MD (Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago)

Sexuality/Infertility After Transplant
Karen Syrjala PhD (Director, Biobehavioral Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA); John Rinehart MD PhD JD (Director Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston IL)

Learning and Memory Problems:
Teaching Your Brain New --And Old--Tricks
Christina A. Meyers, PhD, ABPP (Professor of Neuropsychology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX); Barbara Resnick MSW (Rush Neurobehavioral Center, Skokie IL)

Insurance & Employment: Know Your Rights
Mark De Bofsky JD (Daley, De Bofsky and Bryant, Chicago IL); Susan Loeb JD (Your Benefits Advocate)

Ask the Experts Panel
Sheila Feeley MSW (Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin);
Kim Dilley MD, Morris Kletzel MD (Children’s Memorial Hospital);
Patrick Stiff MD (Loyola University Medical Center);
Jared Klein MD (Medical College of Wisconsin);
Jayesh Mehta MD, Richard Burt MD, Mario Lacouture MD (Northwestern Memorial Hospital);
Henry Fung MD (Rush Cancer Center);
Andrew Artz MD (University of Chicago Hospital);
David Peace MD, Damiano Rondelli MD (University of Illinois Hospital);
Natalie Callander MD, University of Wisconsin Madison

3:45-5:00 PM

Workshops Repeated

5:00-6:30 PM

Celebration Reception

Silent Auction: As part of this reception, we’ll be conducting a silent auction. You’ll have a chance to bid on a variety of items donated to raise funds for our survivorship program. There will be something for everyone!