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2009 Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition Annual Conference™

Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Harrisburg Hilton


Application will be made for this conference to the ONS Approver Unit.  ONS is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Workshop Topics, Presenters and Schedule

Key: Session AM = 10:45 - 11:45 am
Session PM = 1:50 - 2:50 pm
If two sessions are listed, that workshop will be presented during both timeslots.
Schedule subject to change.

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"The Art of Caregiving"

Russ Hensel, PhD
Pastoral Counselor
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Eastern Regional Medical Center
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"Breast Cancer and Exercise for Strength and Courage"

Sharon Cowden, MD
Physician and Breast Cancer Survivor

Janette Poppenberg, ACSM
Health/Fitness Instructor
 
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"Customizing Breast Cancer Treatment -
Why We No Longer Treat All Breast
Cancer Patients the Same Way"

Nick C. Leasure, MD
Chair, Hematology/Oncology Department
The Reading Hospital Regional Cancer Center
 
 
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"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Volunteering But Were Afraid to Ask"

Karen Byers
PBCC Volunteer

Karen Dwyer-Jones
PBCC Volunteer

Jo Ann Lightman
PBCC Volunteer

Kristine Warner
PBCC Volunteer
 
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"Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Dispelling the Myths"

Maria J. Baker, PhD, FACMG
Genetic Counselor/Medical Geneticist
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
 
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"Journaling to Help Healing"

Howard M. Rice
Professor, School of Communications
Temple University
and
President
Howard Rice Company
 
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"Living Well after Breast Cancer: The Survivor's Care Plan"

Maggie Hampshire, BSN, RN
Managing Editor, Oncolink
University of Pennsylvania Health System

Carrie Tompkins Stricker, PhD, RN
Oncology Nurse Practitioner & Project Manager
Abramson Cancer Center
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"Put the FUN in Fundraising"

Kristyna Eagle
PBCC Fundraiser

Rob Ziemba
PBCC Fundraiser
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"Understanding Trends in Breast Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer: What We Know"

Rani Anne, MD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiation Oncology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Bodine Center for Cancer Treatment

 

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"What's in the Pipeline?  Emerging Treatments for Women with Breast Cancer"

Prisya Rastogi, MD
Associate Director, Medical Affairs
NSABP
and
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UPMC Cancer Institute, Magee-Women's Hospital
 
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"You Mean the World to a Child: Support for Children when Mom or Grandma has Cancer"

Anne Bobb, RN, BSN
Clinical Head Nurse/Office Manager
Penn State Hershey Breast Center

Michelle Farnan, RN, MSN, OCN
Breast Nurse Navigator
Penn State Hershey Breast Center
 
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