Agenda

8:00 am            Log-in to Virtual Conference - Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
Topic Expert(s)
Financial Counseling Lyndsay James
Genetic Counseling Anna Raper, LCGC
Giving Back Henri Danjolli
Managing GI Symptoms Megan L. Doherty, MPH
Managing Symptoms of Pheo-Para Maria L. Bonanni, MSN, CRNP
Managing Physical Symptoms Chemotherapy   Katie Green, MSN, CRNP
Managing Physical Symptoms Liver Directed Therapy   Diana Van Houten, MSN, CRNP
Managing Physical Symptoms Surgery   Caitlin Perch, MSN, CRNP
Managing your Medications Anna Jung, PharmD, BCPS
Nurse Navigator Diann E. Boyd, BSN, RN, OCN
Nutrition  Doris Piccinin, MS, RD, CSO, CDE, LDN
OncoLink Marisa L. Healy, BSN, RN
Palliative Care Symptom & Pain Management Strategies Alyssa Wolf, MSN, CRNP
Social Work and Coping  Megan Melick, MSW, LSW

8:40 am            Welcome and Opening Remarks
                           Debbie Cohen, MD | Conference Co-Chair; Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
                           Joseph R. Carver, MD | Chief of Staff, Abramson Cancer Center
                           News and Events from Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
                           Aiyana Pellegrino, MA, | Assistant Director of Development, Penn Medicine      
                           Distinguished Partners in Hope Award
                           Presented to:
                           The Cooperative Human Tissue Network, Eastern Division
                            Principal Investigator:  Virginia L. LiVolsi, MD
                                                                    Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
                                                                    Surgical Pathology in Surgery
                                                                    Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
                                                                    Perelman School of Medicine// UPENN
                           Distinguished Partners in Hope Award
                           Presented to:  The Cooperative Human Tissue Network, Eastern Division
                           Division Coordinator: Dee McGarvey

MORNING SESSION                              

9:00 am            Patient Power – It Takes Guts
                           Moderators:
                           Neal Niznan, MSW, LCSW | Social Work, Radiation Oncology
                           Bonnie J. Bennett, BSN, RN | Clinical Nurse, Neuroendocrine Tumor Center 
9:45  am           Management of NETs – Overview
                          Pheo-Para - Debbie Cohen, MD | Conference Co-Chair; Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
                          GEP-NETs - David C. Metz, MD | Conference Co-Chair; Gastroenterology
10:15  am          Penn NET Center – Overview of Clinical & Basic Science Research
                          GEP-NETs -Bryson W. Katona, MD, PhD | Gastroenterology
                          Pheo-Para -Heather Wachtel, MD | Surgery
10:40 am           Update on CAR T Immunotherapy for NETs
                           Xianxin Hua, MD, PhD | Cancer Biology

11:10 am         Break- Visit Exhibits, Experts and Networking Lounge

11:30 am           Clinical Trials for NETs
                           Jennifer Eads, MD | Hematology Oncology
11:50 am           KEYNOTE- Patient-Centered Science: How patient samples are driving
                          translational NET research at Penn
                          Terrance Gade, MD, PhD | Radiology

AFTERNOON SESSION

12:30 pm         Break/Network - Visit Exhibits and Experts
                          Special SESSION - Meet with the Dietitian
                          Doris Piccinin, MS, RD, CSO, CDE, LDN | Registered Dietitian
1:00 pm          Multidisciplinary Team Approach for Managing NETs
                          Moderators:
                          Debbie Cohen, MD | Renal Electrolyte & Hypertension
                          Jennifer Eads, MD | Hematology Oncology
                          David C. Metz, MD | Conference Co-Chair; Gastroenterology

                          PANEL
                          Anastassia Amaro, MD | Metabolic Medicine
                          Maria L. Bonanni, NP | Genetics
                          Diann E. Boyd, BSN, RN, OCN | Oncology Nurse Navigator
                          Jason Brant, MD | Otorhinolaryngology
                          Joseph R. Carver, MD | Cardiology
                          Keith A. Cengel, MD, PhD | Radiation Oncology
                          Nevena Damjanov, MD | Medical Oncology
                          Douglas L. Fraker, MD | Endocrine & Oncologic Surgery
                          Terrance Peter Gade, MD, PhD | Radiology
                          Anna Jung, PharmD | Pharmacy 
                          Bryson W. Katona, MD, PhD | Gastroenterology & GI Genetics
                          Julia N. Kharlip, MD | Endocrinology
                          Theodore W. Laetsch, MD | Pediatric Oncology
                          Daniel A. Pryma, MD | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine
                          Robert E. Roses, MD | Endocrine & Oncologic Surgery
                          Michael C. Soulen, MD | Interventional Radiology
                          Ursina R. Teitelbaum, MD | Medical Oncology/Palliative Care
                          Heather Wachtel, MD | Endocrine & Oncologic Surgery|
                          Alyssa Wolf, MSN, CRNP, MSN, CNL, ACHPN | Palliative Care
                          Zhaohai Yang, MD | Pathology
3:00 pm           Closing 

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