Saturday, February 27, 2010

Come hear the latest research updates and treatment options from 
leading hematology/oncology specialists.

Speaker Bios  |  Program Agenda  |  Who Should Attend?  |  Registration

Time/Place

Saturday, February 27, 2010
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390

Complimentary Parking
Visitor Lot 7 or Garage I

Complimentary parking will be available in Visitor Lot 7, entered from the Butler Street/Harry Hines Boulevard intersection, or in Garage I, entrance located immediately prior to the Visitor Lot entrance. After parking, proceed across the plaza and down the stairway to the right of the Visitor Information Center. Follow the directional signs to the Zale Lecture Hall. For persons who have difficulty walking, please contact us to make special arrangements for parking.

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Speaker Bios

Click here for detailed information on each of the speakers who will be presenting at this year's conference.

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Program Agenda

8:30 a.m.         Registration, breakfast and vendors

9:00 a.m.         Welcome

9:15 a.m.        A Caregiver's Story: The Art of Keeping Other People Alive Without Killing Yourself

Jim O'Doherty, Award-winning Television Comedy Writer

10:00 a.m.       Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Update

10:30 a.m.       BREAK - snack and vendors

11:00 a.m.       Morning Breakout

A.     Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - American Society of Hematology (ASH) Update

Robert Berryman, M.D. - Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas

B.      Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia  - ASH Update

Farhad Ravandi-Kashani, M.D. - MD Anderson Medical
      Center, Houston

C.     Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma  - ASH Update

Robert H. Collins, Jr., M.D. - UT Southwestern Medical Center - Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas

D.     Hodgkin Lymphoma - ASH Update

Houston Holmes, M.D. - Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas

E.      Waldenstrom Update

Larry Anderson, MD - UT Southwestern Medical Center - Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas

F.     Complications of Treatment of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma           

Tamra Slone, M.D. - Children's Medical Center Dallas & UT Southwestern Medical Center

G.    Food: Nature's Weapon Against Cancer

Kristin Ringo, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas

H.     Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster: Managing Emotions During and After Treatment

Phyllis Yount, LCSW - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas                       

12:00 p.m.       Pick up lunches (find your appropriate panel room)

12:20 p.m.       Lunch panels

A.     Patient panel

B.     Caregiver panel

C.     Pediatric panel (0 to 14 years)

D.     Adolescent/Young Adult Patient Panel (ages 15 to 39 years)

1:45 p.m.         Break

2:00 p.m.         Afternoon Breakout

A.     Myelodysplastic Syndromes - ASH Update

Vikas Bhushan, M.D. - Texas Oncology at Medical City  
      Hospital, Dallas

B.      Multiple Myeloma - ASH Update

Robert Z. Orlowski, PhD, M.D. - MD Anderson Medical
            Center, Houston

C.     Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia  - ASH Update [adult]

Sue Beruti, M.D., M.H.A. - Genoptix Medical Laboratory - Carlsbad, CA

D.     Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - ASH Update

Jenny Li, M.D. - UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

E.     Leukemias and Lymphomas in the Adolescent/Young Adult Population (age 15-39 years)

Karen Albritton, M.D. - Cook Children's Medical Center & University of North Texas, Fort Worth

F.     Food: Nature's Weapon Against Cancer

Kristin Ringo, RD, CSO, LD, CNSC - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas

G.     Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster: Managing Emotions During and After Treatment

Phyllis Yount, LCSW - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer     
           Center, Dallas

3:00 p.m.         Break - snack

3:20 p.m.        A Physician Survivor's Story

                        Luis Pineiro, M.D. - Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A.
                        Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas

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Who Should Attend?

Patients, caregivers, nurses, social workers and other health care professionals who are interested in learning the latest news in treatment therapies and topics on living with blood cancers.  

CE's are approved for nurses and social workers.

Approval for nurses has been obtained by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's national office under provider number CEP 5832 to award 5.0 continuing education contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nurses; for social workers under provider number 1105 to award 5.0 contact hours through the Association of Social Work Boards.

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Registration

Register Online or contact Jane Beeson for more information.  (972) 996-5906, toll-free (800) 800-6702.

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