October 30-31, 2020

NNECOS 2020 Virtual ANNUAL MEETING &
PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUMS

CONCURRENT PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUMS

Genetic Testing Pre-Conference 
Friday, October 30th

 Time

Session 

 Presenter

8:00 - 8:30 am
Referral for cancer genetic risk assessment: who and why?

Susan Miesfeldt, MD

Maine Medical Center

8:40 - 9:25 am

Models of Genetic Counseling Panel

Not accredited for CME

Kathlene Gravelin MS, CGC, Informed DNA

Stephanie W. Sharp, MS, CGC - Maine Medical Center

Nicholas V. Jensen, MS, LGC - Norris Cotton Cancer Center

 9:25 - 9:50 am  Networking/Exhibits  

9:50 - 10:30 am

Update on Genetic Testing for Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer

Jens Rueter, MD, Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative at the Jackson Laboratory

Colette Hyatt, MS, CGC, UVM Medical Center

 10:40 - 11:30 am  Case Presentation Panel: Lynch & HBOC

Marc S. Greenblatt, MD, UVM Medical Center

Emily Edelman, MS, CGC, The Jackson Laboratory 

Jens Rueter, MD, Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative at the Jackson Laboratory

Colette Hyatt, MS, CGC, UVM Medical Center


 11:30am - 12:00 pm  Networking / Exhibits  

Palliative Care Symposium
Friday, October 30th

Time

Session

Presenter

9:00 - 10:00 am 

Caring for Complex Patients: an Interprofessional Case Discussion

Stephen H. Berns, MD, UVM Medical Center

Taylor Zak LICSW, ACHP-SW Porter Hospital

Myrna Koonce, MFA, Maine Medical Center

Ashley Johnson, PharmD DHMC

 10:15 - 11:00 am

Healthcare Disparities Unmasked: History and Hope

Cardinale Smith MD, PhD, Mount Sinai

11:00 am - 12:00 pm  Networking / Exhibits  
6:00 - 7:00 pm 

Grunberg Keynote: Communication, Compassion, and Well-being in the Age of COVID

Anthony L. Back, MD

UW Center for Excellence in Palliative Care, UW Medicine


Genetics & Prevention
Friday, October 30th


 Time  Session  Presenter
 12:00 - 12:40 pm

The Potential of Tertiary Prevention: Example of Colorectal Cancer

Jeff Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, FASCO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard Medical School

12:50 - 1:50 pm

Molecular Tumor Board with Cases

Jens Rueter, MD, Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative at the Jackson Laboratory

Nikoletta Sidiropoulos, MD, UVM Medical Center

Laura J. Tafe, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

1:50 - 2:20 PM Networking / Exhibits  

2:20 - 3:00 pm

Genetic Testing for All Cancer Patients

Bradley A. Arrick, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth

3:10 - 3:50 pm

 Concurrent Sessions  
 

Update on Genetics & Genomics: 

  • Genetic Basis of MDS
  • CNS Tumors

Johnson Liu, MD, Maine Medical Center

Alissa A. Thomas, MD, UVM Medical Center


Note: This session will begin at 3:05pm Psychological impact of genetic testing with patient panel discussion Wendy McKinnon, MS, CGC, UVM Medical Center
 4:00 - 4:40 pm Controversies in Breast Imaging  Maxine S. Jochelson, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
 4:45 - 6:00 pm Virtual Poster Session & Networking  
 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Steven M. Grunberg, MD, Memorial Keynote: Communication, Compassion, and Well-being in the Age of COVID

Anthony L. Back, MD

UW Center for Excellence in Palliative Care, UW Medicine


Genetics & Prevention
Saturday, October 31st


 Time  Session  Presenter
 8:00 - 8:30 am  Update on PARP Inhibitors  Mark E. Robson, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
 8:40 - 9:10 am

Harnessing the Immune System to Design Vaccines to Prevent Cancer …and more…

Barbara Dunn MD, PhD, National Cancer Institute

 9:15 - 9:45 am  Strategies for Addressing Smoking Cessation  Alexandra Fannin, MS, APRN, DHMC
 9:45 - 10:15 AM Networking / Exhibits 
 10:15 - 10:45 am  Lung Cancer Screening - Low Dose CT  Garth W. Garrison, MD, UVM Medical Center
 11:00 - 11:45 am

 Abstract Podium Presentations

  • Impact of Proton Pump Inhibitors on the efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Metastatic Malignant Melanoma
  • “Immune-Brain”: A case series of cognitive dysfunction/decline in cancer patients on immunotherapy
  • The Effect of Extended Panel Molecular Testing on Treatment Decisions for Patients with Lung, Breast and Colon Cancer.

 

Muhammad Zubair Afzal MD, MS, Norris Cotton Cancer Center


Sarah Gillett, MD, PhD, UVM Medical Center


Sara Topalovic, Research Intern, New England Cancer Specialists



 11:45 am - 12:15 pm Networking / Exhibits 
 12:15 - 12:45 pm Business Meeting & Member Awards  
12:45 - 1:30 pm  Diet & Exercise Nuts & Bolts

 Kim Dittus, MD, PhD, UVM Medical Center

Nicole Langstaff, MSPT, CLT, Saco Bay Physical Therapy

 1:30 - 2:00 pm Final Networking / Prize Drawing 


Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society
P.O. Box 643
Sandown, NH 03873-0643
Telephone (603) 887-1948
info@nnecos.org

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