Free food & Free conference June 23 in Anaheim

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Free food & Free conference June 23 in Anaheim

Postby cptmac » Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:09 pm

If you’re in or near Anaheim, CA or would like to be…. please come to this free conference.
At the very least, lunch is ggrreeeaatttt and it’s all free.

Register here.
http://www.snmmi.org/ped

I will talk about clinical trials and introduce Gastrointestinal Specialist, Head of Clinical Trials, Stanford Cancer Center. You can tour the exhibits and listen in on the same sessions doctors and scientists are at the conference.

So come one and come all!!!

June 23, 2019
Hilton Anaheim
777 West Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802
This free event offers patients and caregivers a unique opportunity to learn about the role of nuclear medicine in diagnosing and treating disease.
The morning sessions offer an overview of nuclear medicine, radiation safety, and clinical trials. This will be followed by lunch and breakout sessions specific to disease types. You'll also have an opportunity to tour the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging exhibit hall to learn about current and emerging technologies and pharmaceuticals.


Schedule
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
General Sessions
• What is Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging? John Sunderland, PhD, MBA, University of Iowa, Dept. of Radiology
• How to Understand and Evaluate Clinical Trials, George A. Fisher Jr., MD, Oncologist, Gastrointestinal Specialist, Head of Clinical Trials, Stanford Cancer Center
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Patient Empowerment Luncheon
• The Power of Patient Advocacy
• Jeri Francoeur, Susan G. Komen For the Cure
• Josh Mailman, NorCal CarciNET Community
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Tour 1 (for patients not attending afternoon breakouts)
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
• Prostate Cancer
• Frankis Almaguel, MD, PhD, Loma Linda University, San Bernardino, CA
• Duane Baldwin, MD, Urologist, Loma Linda University, San Bernardino, CA
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Richard P. Baum, MD, PhD, Zentralklinik Bad Berka THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Precision Oncology, Bad Berka, Germany
• George A. Fisher Jr., MD, Oncologist, Gastrointestinal Specialist, Head of Clinical Trials, Stanford Cancer Center

• Erik Mittra, MD, PhD, Associate Professor & Section Chief of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Oregon Health & Science University
• Linda (Lindy) Gardner, BSN, RN, Administrative Nurse-Nuclear Medicine, UCLA Health
• Josh Mailman, President, NorCal CarciNET Community, Ripon, CA
• Cardiac/Coronary Disease

• Hayan Jouni, MD, Nuclear Cardiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Jason R. Young, MD, Radiologist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Ellen Robin, WomenHeart District Leader (Patient Perspective)

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall Tour 2
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
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Re: Free food & Free conference June 23 in Anaheim

Postby Lee » Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:19 pm

Good luck, hope it is an awesome event.

All the best to you and a wonderful talk,

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
chemo - FOLFOX
NED - 16 years and counting!


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