Event Materials for 17th Annual Focus on Melanoma Conference

• Date: Friday, May 17, 2019
• Time: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm
• Location: Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue
  4200 City Avenue
  Philadelphia, PA 19131

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Agenda

• 8:00 am — Check-In
  Continental Breakfast, Visit Exhibits and Experts
  
  Ask the Experts-Survivorship and Integrative Therapies
  
  • Clinical Trials
    Mary L. Carberry, CCRP
  • Coping with Emotions & Integrative Therapies
    Megan A. Melick, MSW, LSW
  • Giving Back
    Mary Kathryn Menck, Karleigh Rose Pettit, Brian Schwabenland
  • Good Shepherd Penn Partners
    Melinda Gross, DPT, Sheree Minor, Debra Rasansky, PT
  • Home Care
    Joseph Fitzpatrick
  • Managing Physical Symptoms
    Hayley Cassidy, CRNP, Molly Cassidy, BSN, RN, Suzanne McGettigan, MSN, CRNP, AOCN
  • Nutrition
    Carly M. Roop, MA, RD, CSO
  • OncoLink.org
    Karen Arnold-Korzeniowski, BSN, RN, Marisa Healy, BSN, RN, Carolyn Vachani, MSN, RN, AOCN
    
    
• 8:45 am — Welcome and Opening Remarks
  Lynn M. Schuchter, MD Conference Chair
  
  News and Events
  
  • Melanoma Research Foundation-Beth Allgaier
    Director Corporate Relations, MRF
  • Joe Fazio
    Secretary, Board of Directors, MRF
  • Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center-Karleigh Rose Pettit
    Senior Associate Director of Development

General Session: Latest Advances in Melanoma

SCIENTIFIC KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• 9:00 am — Harnessing the Power of the Immune System to Treat Cancer
  Saar I. Gill, MD, PhD - Hematology Oncology
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• 9:30 am — Radiation Immune Revolution
  
  John N. Lukens, MD  - Radiation Oncology
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• 9:45 am — Update on Melanoma Treatment
  Tara C. Mitchell, MD  - Medical Oncology
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• 10:00 am — Updates in Surgery for Skin Cancer
  Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD - Surgical Oncology
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• 10:15 am — Break
• 10:25 am — Strategies for Managing Side Effects and How to Cope When Treatment Ends
  Suzanne McGettigan, MSN, CRNP, AOCN - Hematology Oncology
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• 10:45 am — Q & A Panel of Experts
  Moderators: Lynn M. Schuchter, MD
  Panel: 
  • Saar I. Gill, MD, PhD - Hematology Oncology
  • Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD - Surgical Oncology
  • John N. Lukens, MD  - Radiation Oncology
  • Suzanne McGettigan, MSN, CRNP, AOCN - Hematology Oncology
  • Tara C. Mitchell, MD  - Medical Oncology
• 11:50 am — INSPIRATIONAL KEYNOTE
  Life Lessons Cancer Taught Me
  
  • Michael McGrady - Theater, film and television actor; Melanoma Advocate

• 12:20 pm — Lunch

General Session: Canprevent Skin Cancer

• 1:10 pm — Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers: What you need to know to protect yourself
  Christopher J. Miller, MD - Dermatology
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• 1:30 pm — Guide to Skin Cancer Prevention: Update on sun protection and early detection of skin cancer    
  Emily Y. Chu, MD, PhD - Dermatology
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• 1:50 pm —  Q&A Panel about CANPREVENT SKIN CANCER  
  Moderator: Christopher J. Miller, MD, Emily Y. Chu, MD, PhD 

General Session:Looking Ahead

• 2:00 pm — Precision Medicine-Decoding Your Cancer
  Lynn M. Schuchter, MD
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• 2:30 pm — Closing Ceremony
  Lynn M. Schuchter, MD