Melanoma Action Coalition Third Fall Conference:
Duke University Hospital
Durham , NC
Durham , NC
TENTATIVE AGENDA
Friday, October 11 - news from the labs and clinics
Saturday, October 12 - living well with melanoma
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Registration and light buffet breakfast
- 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Welcome: Neil Spiegler, President, Melanoma Action Coalition & Dr. Paul Mosca, Chair Department of Melanoma Surgery
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: From the court to fighting Melanoma: Joanne P. McCallie (Coach P) head coach of Duke's women's basketball team and a melanoma survivor
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Keynote Address: Advances in Melanoma Surgery and Treatment: Where we’ve been and where we are going: Dr. Georgia Beasley, Surgical Oncologist at the Duke Cancer Institute
- 11:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m. Break
- 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.: Treatment Options and Advances in Immunotherapy for Stage 3 and 4 Melanomas: Dr. April Salama, Director of Duke Cancer Institute’s Melanoma disease group
- 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:30 p.m. – 215 p.m.: Understanding Pathology Reports/New Staging Guidelines: Dr. Rami Al-Rohl
- 2:15 pm – 3:15 p.m.: Rare Melanomas: What You Need to Know
- Nail: Dr. Chris Adigun
- Ocular: Melody Burchett, A Cure in Sight
- 3:15 –3:30 p.m.: Break
- 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.: Research Talk: Dr. Nellie Farrow (Research funded by PDMMF)
- 4:00 –4:30 p.m.:Research Talk: Dr. Warren/David group
- 4:45 p.m.: Wrap up
- 5:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m.: Reception and dinner
Saturday, October 12 - living well with melanoma
- 9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
- 9:30 a.m. - noon:
- “Living” with Melanoma: Dr Ben Weast, melanoma survivor and family counselor
- Managing Stress with Yoga and Mindfulness: Christine Garrison, E-RYT5o0, The White Aisle Foundation
- The importance of gratitude
- ......and more
- noon - 1 p.m.: Lunch and networking
- 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Closed meeting: MAC Executive Board, members, and partners
Registration opens soon!