Workshop Date and Time

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time Register Now

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Ovarian Cancer, including Staging
• How Precision Medicine & Testing Inform Your Treatment Decisions
• The Role of the Pathologist
• Current Standard of Care, New Treatment Approaches & Follow-Up Care
• The Role of the Genetic Counselor
• Treatment Options for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
• Clinical Trial Updates
• Managing Side Effects, Symptoms, Discomfort & Pain
• Talking with Your Treatment Team about Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Carolyn D. Runowicz, MD

Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University

Andrea E. Wahner Hendrickson, MD

Medical Oncologist, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Assistant Professor of Oncology and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Kristin Zorn, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Division of Genetics, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Director, Hereditary Gynecologic Cancer Clinic, Acting Director, Adult Cancer Genetics, Associate Director for Clinical Research, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Sarah E. Kerr, MD

Consultant, Divisions of Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Director, Molecular Anatomic Pathology Laboratory and Co-Director, Genomics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic

Sarah Ewing, MS, CGC

Certified Genetic Counselor, Department of Clinical Genomics, Mayo Clinic

Carolyn Messner, DSW, OSW-C, FAPOS, FAOSW

Director of Education and Training, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

Live Only

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

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