Webcasts
Beginner's Guide to Transplantation
Trasplantes de Médula Ósea y de Células Progenitoras en Sangre Periférica [view online]
Cuando su Hijo Necesita un Transplante [view online]
Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Donors
Related Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Donation: Risks and Benefits, presented by Michael Pulsipher MD, University of Utah Medical Center, February 2010 [view]
Psychosocial Issues for Related Donors, presented by Tammy Weitzman LICSW, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Caregivers
Put Your Oxygen Mask on First - The Challenges of Caregiving and the Importance of Self-Care, presented by Michelle Bishop PhD, Haile Market Therapy & Behavioral Medicine, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Caregiver Challenges - Pediatric - Parenting with Extra Duties, presented by Stacy Stickney Ferguson MSW LICSW, National Marrow Donor Program Patient Services, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
For Better For Worse: The Challenges and Triumphs of BMT Family Caregivers, presented by Michelle Bishop PhD, University of Florida, March 2010 [view]
Caring for the Caregiver: The Impact of Pediatric HSCT on Parents, presented by Susan Parsons MD MRP, Tufts Medical Center, March 2010 [view]
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Sustainable Wellness: An Integrative Approach, presented by Matthew Mumber MD, Harbin Clinic, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
From Complementary & Alternative Medicine to Integrative OncologyThe study of cancer., presented by David Rosenthal MD, Harvard Medical School, March 2010 [view]
Cord Blood Transplants
Update on the Advances in Umbilical Cord Transplantation, presented by Patrick Stiff MD, Loyola University Medical Center, September 2008 [view]
Emotional Challenges
Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster of Survival, presented by Dawn Speckhart PhD, BMT Program at Northside Hospital, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Completion of Treatment The Psyhosocial Impact: Learn how to help your children deal with emotional, school and friendship issues following a transplant, presented by Maura Savage MSW LCSW, Aflac Cancer Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Managing the Stress of ChronicPersisting for a long time. GVHDGraft-versus-Host-Disease. A disease caused when the donor's stem cells (the graft) attack the normal tissue of the transplant patient. Also called GVHD.: It's a Family Affair, Flora Hoodin PhD, Eastern Michigan University, October 2010 [view]
Stress, Caring and Cancer: Some Simple Techniques to Help Relieve Stress for Patients and Caregivers, William Collinge PhD, October 2010 [view]
Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster of Survival, presented by Karen Syrjala PhD, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, March 2010 [view]
The Emotional Adventures of Being a Young Adult Transplant Survivor, presented by Amy Gross LICSW, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Emotional Challenges of Pediatric Survivors and Siblings after Transplant, presented by Joanna Breyer PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Employment and Insurance
Navigating the Insurance Maze From a Patient's Perspective, presented by Edward Connette Esq, Essex Richards, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Employment Rights and Disability, presented by Edward Connette Esq, Essex Richards, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Employment Rights and Disability Insurance, presented by Joanna Morales, Cancer Legal Resource Center, March 2010 [view]
Navigating the Insurance Maze, presented by Joanna Morales, Cancer Legal Resource Center, March 2010 [view]
Managing Your Medical Insurance: Safeguarding and Maximizing Coverage Before and After Transplant, presented by Susan Loeb, Your Benefits Advocate, January 2010 [view]
Fatigue After Transplant
Coping with Fatigue - Creating Strength through Recovery, presented by Sandra Mitchell PhD, National Cancer Institute, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Give me a Break! Managing Fatigue After Transplant, presented by Lillian Nail PhD, Oregon Health Sciences University, September 2009 [view]
Fatigue, Give me a Break, presented by Kenneth Miller MD, Tufts Medical Center, March 2010 [view]
Managing Post-Transplant Fatigue in Children, presented by Christina Ullrich MD MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Fertility and Adoption Options
Reproduction Options for Transplant Survivors, presented by Dorothy Mitchell-Leef MD, Reproductive Biology Associates, Inc., September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Fertility After Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation, presented by Elizabeth Ginsburg MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, March 2010 [view]
Act of Love Adoption (audio only), presented by Patricia Brady MS LMFT, March 2010 [view]
International Adoption Options for Transplant Survivors, presented by Dale Eldredge LICSW, Adoption Options of JFS Metrowest [view]
Financial Issues
Financial Management for Young Adults, presented by George Padula CFA CFP, Back Bay Financial Group, March 2010 [view]
Young Adults: Finding Resources for Financial Support (or Show Me the Money!), presented by Samantha Watson, the SAMFund, March 2010 [view]
Future Applications of Stem Cell Therapy
The Promise of Regenerative Medicine, presented by Nelson Chao MD, Duke University Medical Center, March 2010 [view]
GraftHealthy blood forming stem cells used to replace a patient's diseased blood forming stem cells-versus-Host Disease
An Introduction to Chronic Graft-versus-Host-DiseaseA disease caused when the donor's stem cells (the graft) attack the normal tissue of the transplant patient. Also called GVHD. (cGVHD), presented by Madan Jagasia MBBS MS, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Take a Breath! Managing Lung Difficulties after BMT, presented by Kenneth Cooke MD, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Chronic GVHD of the Skin, presented by Maria Turner MD, Dermatology Branch, National Institutes of Health Fiona Zwald, Dermatology & Transplantation, Emory University, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Oral Chronic GVHD, presented by Nathaniel Treister DMD DMSc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women's Hospital, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Chronic GVHD and the Eyes, presented by Deborah Jacobs MD, Boston Foundation for Sight, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
GastrointestinalRefers to the stomach and intestines. Chronic GVHD, presented by Daniela Casbourne FNP-C AOCP and Charise Gleason MSN NP AOCNP, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Infections Associated with Chronic GVHD, Kate Mullane MD, University of Chicago Medical Center, October 2010 [view]
Improving Daily Living with Chronic GVHD: Managing Fatigue, Muscle, Bone, and Joint Issues, Leslie Rydberg MD, Chicago Rehabilitation Institute and Lynn Gerber MD, George Mason University, Program for the Study of Chronic Disability and Illness, October 2010 [view]
Managing the Stress of Chronic GVHD: It's a Family Affair, Flora Hoodin PhD, Eastern Michigan University, October 2008 [view]
Learning and Memory Challenges After Transplant
Learning & Memory Problems in Children Post-Transplant, presented by Ann Mertens PhD and Jordan Gilleland PhD, Aflac Cancer Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Coping with Cognitive Changes Following BMT: ChemoChemotherapy.-brain, presented by Margaret Booth-Jones PhD, Moffitt Cancer Center, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
ChemobrainA slang term referring to memory and learning problems some patients experience following chemotherapy! Is it Real? presented by Christina Meyers PhD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, September 2009 [view]
Learning and Memory Challenges in Children after Transplant, presented by Daniel Armstrong PhD, University of Miami, March 2010 [view]
Long-Term Side Effects: How to Protect Your Health
How to Protect Your Health Long-Term (AllogeneicTaken from different individuals of the same species. Transplant Survivors), presented by Edmund Waller MD PhD, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
How to Protect Your Health Long-Term (AutologousTaken from an individual's own tissues, cells, or DNA. Transplant Survivors), presented by William Vaughan MD MBA CPE, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Planning for Your Child's Survivorship, presented by Lillian Meacham MD, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (discusses transitioning from pediatric to adult care, tools for identifying potential long-term side effects, and a web resources of pediatric survivors called SurvivorLink), September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Women's Health Issues After Stem Cell Transplant, presented by Donna Salzman MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Navigating Long Term Issues Following a Hematopoietic Cell Transplant, (discusses complications and side effects of transplant and how to seek the best medical help after transplant), presented by David Avigan MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Richard Boyajian, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Young Adults: Taking Charge of Your Healthcare - the "T.E.A.M" Approach, presented by Lisa Kenney MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Protecting Your Child's Health after Transplant, presented by Howard Weinstein MD, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, March 2010 [view]
Lung/PulmonaryPertaining to the lungs. Problems
Take a Breath! Managing Lung Difficulties After Transplant, presented Kenneth Cooke MD, Case Western University Hospital, September 2011 [view]
Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma 101, presented by Laura Michaelis MD, Loyola University Medical Center, May, 2009 [view]
Transplants for Multiple Myeloma: Strategies for Before and After, presented by Philip McCarthy MD, Roswell Park Cancer Center [view]
Pain Management
Common Pain Syndromes in Stem Cell Transplant Survivors, presented by Paul DeSandre DO, Emory University Medical Center, and Mary Hall MSN RN BC, BMT Program at Northside Hospital, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Pediatric Resources
When Your Child Needs a Transplant (Spanish) [view online]
Cuando su Hijo Necesita un Transplante [view online]
Sexuality & Intimacy After Transplant
Female Sexuality After Transplant, presented by Jane F. Brown MA LPC, AASECT-certified sex therapist and Donna Salzman MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Male Sexuality After Transplant, presented by Jane F. Brown MA LPC, AASECT-certified sex therapist and Michael Witt MD, Reproductive Biology Associates, Inc, September 2011 [view online] [download to MP3] [download to computer]
Female Sexuality after Transplant, presented by Sharon Bober PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Male Sexuality after Transplant, presented by Sharon Bober PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, March 2010 [view]
Identity & Intimacy: The Impact of Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation on Young Adult Development, presented by Christopher Recklitis PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Yan Katz, March 2010 [view]
You can learn a lot more about bone marrow, stem cell and cord blood transplantation by viewing these BMT InfoNet webcasts:
