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Eighth International Symposium on Supportive Care in Oncology: Cancer Management in the Era of Targeted Agents
New York Marriott Downtown
New York, NY
February 20, 2010
Program Director
Jeffrey Crawford, MD
George Barth Geller Professor of Research in Cancer in the School of Medicine
Associate Director, Clinical Research
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chief, Medical Oncology and Transplantation Division
Department of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Richard J. Gralla, MD
Professor of Medicine
Hofstra University School of Medicine
Vice President, Cancer Services
Chief, Division of Medical Oncology & Hematology
Monter Cancer Center
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Lake Success, NY
Faculty
Regina S. Cunningham, RN, PhD, AOCN
Senior Director, Oncology
The Tisch Cancer Institute
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Michael S. Ewer, MD
Professor of Medicine
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Shari Goldfarb, MD
Medical Oncology/Hematology Fellow
Breast Cancer Medicine Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Mario E. Lacouture, MD
Associate Attending Physician
Dermatology Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
Vicki A. Morrison, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Staff Physician, Sections of Hematology/Oncology & Infectious Disease
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD
Co-Director, Breast Cancer Research
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center
Texas Oncology
US Oncology
Dallas, TX
Judith A. Paice, RN, PhD
Director, Cancer Pain Program
Division of Hematology-Oncology
School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Jeffrey Peppercorn, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Douglas E. Peterson, DMD, PhD
Professor of Oral Medicine
Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences
School of Dental Medicine
Chair, Head and Neck Cancer/Oral Oncology Program
Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Connecticut Health Center
Farmington, CT
Russell K. Portenoy, MD
Chairman, Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Gerald J. & Dorothy R. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Professor of Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP
Massey Endowed Professor for Palliative Care Research
Medical Director, Thomas Palliative Care Unit
Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
Richmond, VA
Victor F. Tapson, MD
Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
Jay Thomas, MD, PhD
Arthur M. Coppola Family Chair in Supportive Care Medicine
City of Hope National Medical Center
Duarte, CA
Charles G. Zaroulis
Director, Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Staten Island, NY
Educational Grants
An educational grant for this activity was provided by:
- Lilly USA, LLC
- Merck Oncology
- Eisai Inc.
- sanofi-aventis U.S.