Focus on Melanoma Agenda

Friday, May 6, 2022

7:30 am – 2:00 pm EST

Conference Agenda

CHECK-IN: Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall to Download Information and Chat (text or video) with Experts

7:30 am

ASK THE EXPERTS: SURVIVORSHIP AND INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES

Clinical Trials Lydia Giles, RN
Coping with Emotions Megan Melick, MSW, LSW
Giving Back Karleigh Rose Pettit
Good Shepherd Penn Partners Eileen Britton
Home Care Missy Cunicelli
Lazarex IMPACT Program Vivian Nguyen
Nutrition Audrey Caspar Clark, MA, RDN, CSO, LDN
Nurse Navigator Molly Cassidy, BSN, RN
OncoLink.org Marisa Healy, BSN, RN
Reiki  Sharon Edelman
8:30 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Lynn M. Schuchter, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Chair & Director of the Tara Miller Melanoma Center
Tara C. Mitchell, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Co-Chair

Melanoma Research Foundation

News and Events from Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center

Karleigh Rose Pettit | Senior Associate Director of Development

Distinguished Partners in Hope Award

presented to Linda Verba Hofman

KEYNOTE: SPEAKING OF WELLNESS

followed by a brief Q&A

8:45 am

How Do I Make the Most of My Treatment? Managing the Side Effects of Cancer and its Treatment

Nathan R. Handley, MD | Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson

SESSION 1: INITIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR MELANOMA

MODERATOR: Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD | Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery | Conference Co-Chair

9:05 am

Surgical Management of Melanoma

John T. Miura, MD | Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery

9:25 am

​​​​​​​Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Melanoma

Tara C. Mitchell, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Co-Chair

9:45 am

Test Results – Navigating Radiology Reports – Dismantling the Jargon/Demystifying the Terminology/Imaging Advances & PET Scans

Q & A Discussion

Panel Moderator: Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD | Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery | Conference Co-Chair

10:05 am

Panel:

Sharyn I. Katz, MD, MTR | Radiology
Kristin Kreider, PA-C | Hematology Oncology
Megan Mulligan, CRNP | Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery
Tara C. Mitchell, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Co-Chair
Lynn M. Schuchter, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Chair & 
Director of the Tara Miller Melanoma Center

10:25 am

Break / Visit Exhibits / Chat with Experts

SESSION 2: TREATMENT OF METASTATIC MELANOMA

MODERATOR:  Lynn M. Schuchter, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Chair & Director of the Tara Miller Melanoma Center

10:45 am

What’s New in Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy?

Justine V. Cohen, DO | Hematology Oncology

SCIENTIFIC KEYNOTE

11:05 am

Visualizing the Immune Response to Cancer Immunotherapy with PET Imaging

Q & A Discussion

Panel Moderator: Lynn M. Schuchter, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Chair & Director of the Tara Miller Melanoma Center

11:25 am

Panel:

Justine V. Cohen, DO | Hematology Oncology
Et-tsu Chen, MD | Radiation Oncology
Michael D. Farwell, MD | Radiology
Giorgos C. Karakousis, MD | Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery | Conference Co-Chair
Suzanne McGettigan, MSN, CRNP AOCN | Hematology Oncology
Megan Mulligan, CRNP | Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery

11:45 am

​​​​​​​Lunch / Visit Exhibits / Chat with Experts

12:15 pm

​​​​​​​Patient Panel: TELL YOUR STORY, IT’S IMPORTANT

Moderator: Lynn M. Schuchter, MD | Hematology Oncology | Conference Chair & Director of the Tara Miller Melanoma Center

Providing hope and inspiration-a panel of melanoma patients and their loved ones share their stories.

SESSION 3: CANPREVENT SKIN CANCER

MODERATOR: Joanna Walker, MD | Dermatology

12:45 pm

What Do You Need to Know About Different Types of Skin Cancer?

Joanna Walker, MD | Dermatology

1:00 pm

What Are the Latest Advances to Prevent Skin Cancer?

1:15 pm

Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer

Christopher J. Miller, MD | Dermatology | Conference Co-Chair

Q & A Discussion

MODERATOR: Joanna Walker, MD | Dermatology

1:30 pm

Panel:

Stacy McMurray, MD | Dermatology
Junqian Zhang, MD | Dermatology
Christina Anne Del Guzzo, MD | Dermatology

2:00 pm

Adjourn