Christine Calafiore, MSW, LCSW
Lung Cancer Program Manager/Clinical Supervisor – New Jersey
Christine is the Lung Cancer Program Manager/Clinical Supervisor (New Jersey) at CancerCare, providing counseling to people coping with cancer and people who have experienced the loss of a loved one.
Additional training:
- Certificate: Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI), Ramapo College of Social Work (2022)
- “Enriching Communication Skills for Health Professionals in Oncofertility,” ECHO (2019)
- “Finding Words Certified - Forensic Interview Protocol for Physical/Sexual Abuse,” (2015)
Presentations and publications:
- “Contributing Factors to Delays in Diagnosis, Treatment Initiation of Cancers in Men,” Oncology Nurse Advisor (Nov. 2021)
- Interviewed for Real World Health Care with Healthwell Foundation on “Coping with Acute Myeloid Leukemia,” (Sept. 2021)
- Breast Cancer Awareness Panel Speaker at Bristol Myers Squibb (2019)
- Cancer Education Series for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (2020)
- “How to Support Cancer Patients with a Young Adult or Child Caregiver During COVID-19,” Oncology Nursing News (Aug. 2020)
Christine shares, “Since I started my work as an oncology social worker at CancerCare I have learned and gained so much from my clients, coworkers and learned a lot about myself. Cancer touches so many people’s lives and being present with people through the challenges and the triumphs to listen, support, guide and challenge them is awe inspiring. In the work we do as oncology social workers, it is of the utmost importance to me for us to provide help and hope while simultaneously normalizing and validating the human experience—this can be in a 10-minute phone call or in counseling groups or sessions.”