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Workshop

Cancer in the Workplace Health Insurance Finances and Returning to School
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Event Date

Friday, December 13, 2024

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET

Presented in Collaboration with:


This activity was made possible through an independent grant from Merck & Co., Inc. and Eisai Inc. CancerCare’s application for continuing education credits for this program is supported by the Diana Napoli Fund.
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Topics Covered
  • Overview of the Challenges Young Adults Living with Cancer Face
  • Talking with the Health Care Team About Survivorship Questions & Concerns
  • Choosing Who & What to Tell Others: Disclosure
  • School: Deciding How to Deal with Financing Education– Community College, Technical Training, College, Graduate School – Scholarships
  • Financial Concerns, Including Health Insurance, School, College & Career
  • Knowing Your Rights: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) & Additional Legal Protections
  • Working During Cancer Treatment: Suggestions from the Health Care Team
  • Dealing with Physical Changes Due to Cancer or Its Treatment
  • Short & Long-Term Follow-Up for Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Young Adult Follow-Up Clinic
  • Coping with Fear of Cancer Recurrence
  • Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions, Quality-of-Life Concerns & Discussion of OpenNotes
  • Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts

Facilitators
Facilitator
Viswatej Avutu, MD
Assistant Attending, Sarcoma Medical Oncology and Pediatric Sarcoma Service; Associate Director, Medical Oncology/Hematology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Instructor in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Facilitator
Kavitha Ramaswamy, MD
Assistant Attending, Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Facilitator
Melody Griffith, MSW, OSW-C
Outpatient Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Social Worker, Instructor in Social Work, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Section of Social Work, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Facilitator
Debra Wolf, Esq.
Senior Supervising Attorney, Legal Health, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
Facilitator
Matthew Marroquín
Program and Community Coordinator, Stupid Cancer®
Facilitator
Hayley Feuchs, MSW, LCSW
Young Adult Program Coordinator, CancerCare
Facilitator
Carolyn Messner, DSW, BCD, FAPOS, FAOSW
Senior 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 [email protected] after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.