Celebrating a Second Chance Survivorship Symposium
A symposium for bone marrow, stem cell and cord blood transplant survivors and their loved ones.


Agenda

Color Key

Adult Track Sessions

Pediatric Track Sessions

Both Adult and Pediactric Track Sessions


Saturday                                           

Noon-12:15 PM

Welcome
Susan Stewart, BMT Infonet


12:15-1:00 PM

Look How Far We've Come
Jeff Chell MD, National Marrow Donor Program


1:00-2:00 PM

Protecting Your Health Long Term – Adult Track
Sergio Giralt MD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Brian Berryman MD, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Baylor University Medical Center
Madhuri Vusirikala MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Protecting Your Health Long Term – Pediatric Track
Robert Krance MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Gretchen Eames MD, Cook Children’s Hospital


2:15-3:00 PM

Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster of Survival – Adult Track
Karen Syrjala PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster of Survival – Pediatric Track
Susan Parsons MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center


3:15-4:00 P M

Give me a Break! Managing Fatigue after Transplant
Lillian Nail RN PhD, Oregon Health & Science University


4:00-4:15 PM

Stories of Hope
Sara Patterson MA, Cancer Services, Inc.

4:15-6:00 PM

Survivor, Spouse, Parent and Other Family Member Networking Groups


6:15-8:00 PM

Dinner Reception/Entertainment

 

Sunday                                           

 

7:00-8:00 A M

Continental Breakfast


8:00-9:00 A M

WORKSHOPS ROUND 1 -- Concurrent

 

Chemobrain! Is it Real? – Adult Track
Christina Meyers PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Caregiver Challenges -- Adult Track
Michelle Bishop PhD, University of Florida

Male Sexuality Post-Transplant
Leslie Schover PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Learning and Memory Problems in Children after Transplant– Pediatric Track
Daniel Armstrong PhD, University of Miami


9:15-10:15 A M

WORKSHOPS ROUND 2 -- Concurrent

 

Caregiver Challenges -- Adult Track (repeated)

Caregiver Challenges -- Pediatric Track
Susan Parsons MD, Tufts-New England Medical Center

Navigating the Insurance Maze
Joanna Morale, Esq., Cancer Legal Resource Center
Patricia Martin, RN BSN, Wellpoint Inc.

Female Sexuality Post-Transplant
Leslie Schover PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Chemobrain! Is it Real? – Adult Track (repeated)


10:30-11:30 A M

WORKSHOPS ROUND 3 -- Concurrent

 

Ask the Experts Panel – Adult Track
A panel of experts from several transplant programs

Ask the Experts Panel – Pediatric Track
A panel of experts from several transplant programs

Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Paul Shaughnessy MD, Texas Transplant Institute
Steven Pavletic MD, National Cancer Institute

Hormone Replacement Therapy after Transplant: Is it right for me?
Hillary Boswell MD, Women’s Specialists of Houston

The Unique Needs of Young Adult Survivors
Sage Bolte MSW, Life with Cancer, Inova Health System


11:45-12:45 P M

WORKSHOPS ROUND 4 -- Concurrent

 

Ask the Experts Panel – Adult Track (repeated)

Ask the Experts Panel – Pediatric Track (repeated)

Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease (repeated)

Fertility Options after Transplant
Hillary Boswell MD, Women’s Specialists of Houston

Navigating the Insurance Maze (repeated)


1:00-1:30 PM

Closing Ceremony


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