2002 EDUCATIONAL FORUM

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IWMF Educational Forum AGENDA
April 12 — 14, 2002

Embassy Suites • Las Vegas, Nevada

FRIDAY, April 12

1:00—6:00 Registration

4:30—5:30 Early Bird Session: Dr. Guy Sherwood, "A Doctor Who is Also a Patient," - Introduction by Trustee Jim Berg

5:00 — 6:00 Hotel Reception in Lobby/Cash Bar

6:00-7:00 DINNER

7:00-7:15 Introductions and Agenda Highlights, Ben Rude, IWMF President

7:15-8:15 Key Note Speaker: Dr. Robert Kyle, Mayo Clinic,

"Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia, an Overview,"

Introduction by Jim Bunton, IWMF Treasurer

8:15—9:15 Dr. Steve Treon, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

"Defining the Diagnosis and Treatment of WM: A Prelude to the Athens 2002 Conference," - Introduction by Trustee Michael Luttrell

 

SUNDAY, April 14

7:00-8:30 BUFFET BREAKFAST

8:30—9:30 BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

    • Caregivers — Carol Gelber
    • Treatment Veterans — Jim Johannsen
    • Stem Cell Transplants — Davell Hays, Howard Donley
    • The Spiritual Side of Cancer — Rev. Ron Payne
    •     CAM — Monica Myklebust

9:30-9:45 COFFEE BREAK

9:45- 11:00 "Ask the Doctors" with Drs. Robert Kyle, Steve Treon, Morie Gertz and James Mason. Moderated by Trustee Jim Johannsen

11:00-12:00 IWMF Business Meeting

12:00 Adjourn

SATURDAY, April 13

6:30—8:00 BUFFET BREAKFAST

[Hotel Restaurant Dining Room, 1st Floor]

8:00-9:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

    • Newly Diagnosed — Neil Massoth
    • Caregivers — Carol Gelber
    • Treatment Veterans — Jim Johannsen
    • Stem Cell Transplants — Davell Hays, Howard Donley
    • The Spiritual Side of Cancer — Trustee Rev. Ron Payne
    • Support Group Leaders — Jack Gelber

9:00-9:30 COFFEE BREAK

9:30-9:45 Welcome and Announcements, Trustee Davell Hays

9:45 — 10:00 Dr. Todd Levine, "Prevalence of PN: A Study"

10:00—11:00 Carolyn Katzin, CSN, "Nutrition and Cancer"

Introduction by Trustee Tom Myers

11:00—12:00 Barbara Schwerin, Attorney, Cancer Legal Resource Center,

"Cancer and the Law: A Look at Employment and Insurance"

Introduction by Trustee Jenine Jensen

12:00—1:30 LUNCH

1:30-2:45 Dr. Morie Gertz, Mayo Clinic, "Introduction to Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia," - Introduction by Trustee Robert Bent

2:45-3:00 COFFEE BREAK

3:00-4:00 Dr. James Mason, Scripps Clinic, "Nonmyeloblative Allogenic Stem Cell Transplantation," Introduction by Trustee Lou Brienbaum

4:00-5:00 Monica Myklebust, U. of Arizona, "A Program of Integrative

Medicine," - Introduction by Trustee Dr. Tom Hoffman