Join NNECOS for a fabulous weekend getaway!

We hope you’ll join us November 6-7th at the Omni Mt. Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, NH for education, networking, and relaxation with your northern New England colleagues.

*The registration link above is for medical professionals only. Corporate member registration information has been sent via email to each company’s primary contact as of August 10th.

“There’s a warmer feeling and a greater sense of common goal and community through [NNECOS] than any other meeting I go to.”

Alissa Thomas, MD
NNECOS President-Elect and Annual Meeting Planning Committee Chair

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Click the sections below for more details on every aspect of our NNECOS Annual Meeting.

Registration Fees:

Late Registration
(Oct 8 – Oct 24)

Active Associate Member

$160

Active Physician Member

$240

Affiliate Member

$175

Fellow/Trainee Member

$105

Non-Member Allied Health Professional

$210

Non-Member Physician

$420

Non-Member Fellow/Trainee

$125

Full-Time Student

$125

Not currently a member but interested in the benefits of joining? Discounted event registration is one of the many reasons to become a member. Learn more about NNECOS Membership & join today!

Add-Ons

Attendee

Guest

Thursday Medical Professional Welcome Reception

Included

$20

Friday Poster Reception Only

$10

$20

Friday Poster Reception & Dinner

$35

$80

Friday S’mores Reception

Complimentary

Complimentary

Thursday Welcome Reception is open to registered medical professionals and Network & Connect sponsors. Friday evening events are available as optional add-ons during registration. The S’mores Reception is complimentary for all Friday evening ticket holders.

We are looking forward to returning to the beautiful Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, NH, this November!

The NNECOS room block at the Omni Mount Washington Resort is currently full. New lodging requests will be placed on a waitlist and accommodated if rooms become available.

Additional Lodging Options

NNECOS has arranged courtesy room blocks at two nearby properties:

If you are on the Omni waitlist, we recommend booking a refundable room at another property and noting its cancellation deadline.

Omni Room Rates – For Existing Requests and Waitlist Reference

Nightly rates by occupancy, plus tax, a discounted $25 resort fee, and applicable parking charges.

Room Type

Single/Double

Triple

Quad

Main Hotel

$259

$279

$299

Presidential Wing

$359

$379

$399

Bretton Arms

$229

$249

$269

*Omni Waitlist Requests:

To join the Omni lodging waitlist, select “Yes” to the accommodations question during registration and complete your requested dates and room preferences. Joining the waitlist does not guarantee a reservation. NNECOS will contact you if a room becomes available.

**Complimentary parking is available in the Mt. Pleasant lot with shuttle transportation to the main entrance. Guests will be charged $20 per night for self-parking and $40 per night for valet parking.
 

A limited number of Educational Travel Grants are available to support attendance at the 2026 NNECOS Annual Meeting. Grants are awarded based on distance traveled and meeting participation level. Active Associate and Fellow/Trainee members in good standing are eligible to apply, as are Affiliate members who are first authors of an accepted abstract. Mentored students (sponsored by an active NNECOS member) who are first authors of an accepted abstract are also eligible. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through October 22, 2026, or until available funds are exhausted.

Thursday, November 5th – 7:00 – 9:00PM
Welcome Reception*

*The Thursday evening welcome reception is open to medical professional attendees and by invitation to a limited number of companies who were unable to participate as exhibitors this year due to space limitations. Please RSVP at the time of registration.

Palliative Care Symposium: Caring in Complexity: Navigating Communication, Suffering, and Pain in Serious Illness

Friday, November 6th – 8:30 AM – 12:00PM

Time

Session/Topic

Speaker(s)

8:30 – 9:30 AM

Serious Illness Communication: Goals of Care

Lindsay Dow, MD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jamyl N. Walker, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, ACHPN – Massachusetts General Hospital

9:30 – 10:05 AM

Existential Distress: How to Address in Practice

Rev. Kris Bowen, M.S., M.Div., BCC & Rev. Katie P. Rimer, Ed.D., BCC, ACPE-CE
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

10:05 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:15 AM

Interventional Pain

Elizabeth Rickerson, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Case Study – weaving communication, ethics & spirituality

Hilary McGuire + panel

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch

Annual Meeting

Friday, November 6th – 1:00 – 8:30 PM

Time

Session/Topic

Speaker(s)

1:00 PM

Welcome & First Speaker Introduction

1:05 – 1:50 PM

Financial Toxicity of Cancer Therapy: Supporting Rural Patients and Families

Emily Hallgren, PhD
University of Vermont

1:50 – 2:35 PM

Treatment & Management of Gynecologic Malignancies (Cervical, Ovarian, Endometrial – surgical/medical approach)

Michael Pearl, MD
Dartmouth Health

2:35 – 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 – 3:50 PM

Concurrent Sessions

Session A: Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Noah Kolb, MD
UVM Health

Session B: When Conversations Get Hard: Navigating Challenging Patient & Family Interactions

Sivan Rotenberg, PhD, MA
Dartmouth Health

4:00 – 4:50 PM

Fertility Preservation & Family Planning: A Cancer Care Perspective

Lydia Chevalier, PhD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

5:00 – 6:30 PM

Poster Session

6:30 – 8:30 PM

Dinner Buffet & Social
Year in Review Presentation

Saturday, November 7th – 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Time

Session/Topic

Speaker(s)

7:30 – 8:15 AM

Networking Breakfasts

  • Platinum Roundtable Breakfast
  • APP Breakfast
  • Fellow / Trainee Breakfast
  • Networking Group Meet-Ups
    (No exhibits)

8:20 – 9:20 AM

Grunberg Memorial Keynote – Advances in Leukemia

Eric Winer, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

9:20 – 9:50 AM

Award-Winning Abstract Presentations
1. Real-World Study of Upfront Genomic Testing Utilization in Newly Diagnosed Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
2. COVID-19 Vaccination, Immune-Related Adverse Events, and Survival in ICI-Treated Cancer Patients: An Immortal Time Bias-Corrected Analysis
3. Predictors and Outcomes of Genomic Tumor Boards for a Rural Statewide Genomics Initiative

1. Kimberly Toomire, DO
MaineHealth Cancer Care
2. Zarina Brune, MD, PhD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
3. Lindsey Kelley, MPH, MS, CGC
Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative

9:50 – 9:55 AM

Travel to Concurrent Sessions

9:55 – 10:40 AM

Concurrent Sessions

Session A: Thrombosis and Cancer

Karlyn Martin, MD
UVM Medical Center

Session B: Federal Health Regulations Shape Patient Access to Care

Gina Hoxie, MPH
ASCO

10:40 – 11:10 AM

Break, Check-Out, Snacks & Exhibits

11:10 – 11:15 AM

Travel to General Session

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

Tumor Board: AML in the Rural Setting (Diagnosis, Treatment, and Emerging Approaches)

Facilitated by:
Diego Adrianzen, MD, UVM Medical Center &
Julian Sprague, MD, PhD, UVM Medical Center
Panelists:
Parth Shah, MD, Dartmouth Health
Christi Hayes, MD, Dartmouth Health

12:15 – 1:15 PM

From Futility to Awe: How Spiritual Wonder Can Sustain Us as Professionals (and Humans)

Katherine Daniels, MS, MBA, MDiv, BCC
Senior Interfaith Chaplain, UVM Health

1:15 – 2:00 PM

Lunch, Awards & State of NNECOS

Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, allied healthcare providers (psychologists, physical therapists, etc.), administrators, pharmacists, and post-graduate trainees (fellows, residents) who are members of NNECOS are eligible to submit abstracts for poster or podium presentation consideration.

Submissions open: July 1, 2026
Submission deadline: August 19, 2026

Providership Statement

Jointly Provided by i3 Health and NNECOS

Joint Accreditation and Credit Designation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by i3 Health and NNECOS. i3 Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

i3 Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants/Associates

American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Nurse Practitioners

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Individuals are responsible for checking with the AANPCP for further guidelines.

By providing this information, participants are agreeing to allow i3 Health to share this information with the ACCME.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development

A maximum of 11.25 ANCC contact hours may be earned by learners who successfully complete this nursing continuing professional development activity.

Continuing Pharmacy Education

i3 Health has approved this knowledge-based activity for 11.25 ACPE CE hours. The Universal Activity Number for this activity is JA0008128-0000-26-015-L01-P. Pharmacy CE credits can be submitted to the NABP upon successful completion of the activity and the evaluation by providing your NABP ID and DOB, which must be submitted within 60 days of completion.

Social Workers

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, i3 Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 11.25 general continuing education credits.


Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

No commercial support was received for this activity.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners and other APRNs, social workers, genetic counselors, and all members of the oncology care team across Northern New England.

Faculty

Listed alphabetically by last name.

  • Diego Adrianzen-Herrera, MD — AML Tumor Board Faculty/Co-Chair
  • Rev. Kris Bowen, M.Div., BCC — Staff Chaplain, Department of Spiritual Health, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Existential Distress Faculty
  • Lydia Chevalier, PhD — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Fertility Preservation & Family Planning Faculty
  • Katherine Daniels, M.Div — Finding Awe Faculty
  • Lindsay Dow, MD — Serious Illness Communication / Goals of Care Faculty
  • Emily Hallgren, PhD — UVM — Financial Toxicity of Cancer Therapy Faculty
  • Christi Hayes, MD — Dartmouth (Transplant) — AML Tumor Board Faculty
  • Gina Hoxie, MPH — Medicare/Medicaid & Financial Considerations Faculty
  • Noah Kolb, MD — Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Faculty
  • Karlyn Martin, MD — Thrombosis and Cancer Faculty
  • Elizabeth McGrath, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, AOCNP, ACHPN — Palliative Care Symposium Chair
  • Michael Pearl, MD — Treatment & Management of Gynecologic Malignancies Faculty
  • Elizabeth Rickerson, MD — Interventional Pain Faculty
  • Rev. Katie P. Rimer, Ed.D, BCC — Existential Distress Faculty
  • Sivan Rotenberg, PhD, MA — Navigating Conversations with Challenging Patients & Families Faculty
  • Parth Shah, MD — Dartmouth — AML Tumor Board Faculty
  • Julian Sprague, MD, PhD — AML Tumor Board Faculty/Co-Chair
  • Jamyl Walker, NP — Serious Illness Communication / Goals of Care Faculty
  • Eric Winer, MD — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Grunberg Memorial Keynote, Advances in Leukemia

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Apply advances in scientific and translational research in the care of patients
  • Evaluate tools and strategies to improve the timely and effective delivery of palliative care to patients with cancer
  • Develop and implement strategies to address healthcare provider resilience
  • Implement new practices or review existing ones to improve the quality of care delivered for patients with complicated care needs
  • Describe strategies to address financial toxicity and improve care delivery for rural cancer patients and families
  • Apply current evidence-based approaches to the treatment and management of gynecologic malignancies and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Faculty Disclosure Declaration

i3 Health endorses the standards of the ACCME, ANCC, and ACPE that require everyone in a position to control the content of a CME/NCPD/CPE activity to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that are related to the content of the CME/NCPD/CPE activity. CME/NCPD/CPE activities must be balanced, independent of commercial bias, and promote improvements or quality in health care. All recommendations involving clinical medicine must be based on evidence accepted within the medical profession.

A conflict of interest is created when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME/NCPD/CPE content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship, which therefore may bias their opinions and teaching. This may include receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, stocks, or other financial benefits.

i3 Health will identify, review, and mitigate all relevant financial relationships that speakers, authors, or planners disclose prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation. i3 Health does not endorse any products or services.

Relevant financial relationships exist between the following individuals and ineligible companies:

The i3 Health planners and managers have nothing to disclose. The NNECOS planners and managers have nothing to disclose.

Faculty disclosures coming soon.

Requirements for Credit

To claim credit, you must sign in and out each day, and complete the Annual Meeting Evaluation within 2 weeks of the conclusion of the event (by Saturday, November 21 at latest).

Disclaimer

The information provided at this CME/NCPD activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical/clinical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

Unapproved Use Disclosure

i3 Health requires CME/NCPD/CPE faculty (speakers) to disclose to attendees when products or procedures being discussed are off-label, unlabeled, experimental, and/or investigational (not FDA approved), as well as any limitations on the information that is presented, such as data that are preliminary or that represent ongoing research, interim analyses, and/or unsupported opinion. Faculty may discuss information about pharmaceutical agents that is outside of U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved labeling. This information is intended solely for continuing medical education and is not intended to promote off-label use of these medications.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Event staff will be glad to assist you with any special needs (i.e., physical, dietary, etc). Please contact NNECOS at info@nnecos.org or (603) 887-1948 prior to the live event.

Technical/Credit Queries

Technical queries about this activity should be directed to info@nnecos.org. Questions regarding activity credit should be directed to support@i3Health.com.


NNECOS intends to pursue continuing education credit for Radiation Therapists (RTT). This credit has not yet been applied for; details will be added once available.

NNECOS is also offering up to $50 reimbursement for CAT 2 Genetic Counseling Credit submission

*The registration link above is for medical professionals only. Corporate member registration information has been sent via email to each company’s primary contact as of August 10th.

Questions? If you have further questions that are not answered on this page, please send us a message at info@nnecos.org and we’ll be happy to assist!