Topics in Gastrointestinal Cancer
Saturday, January 10, 2009
8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
Boston, MA
Registration fee: $25.00
Offered by the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, and Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.
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Registration Information
Course Objectives
This half-day course will provide medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation therapists, nurses and other interested clinicians with an update regarding the management of gastrointestinal cancers. Specialists in gastrointestinal oncology will present the latest information for managing colorectal, pancreatic and liver cancer, including the use of laparoscopic procedures in gastrointestinal malignancies. Faculty will also discuss the genetic syndromes that characterize hereditary colorectal cancer.
In addition to learning from faculty presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to present their own challenging cases for discussion and input by the panel of specialists.
Agenda
8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:25 am
Welcome
Harvey J. Mamon, MD, PhD
8:30 am
Advances in the Management of Primary Liver Cancer
Andrew X. Zhu, MD, PhD
9:00 am
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma – Are We Making Progress?
Robert J. Mayer, MD
9:30 am
Use of Laparoscopic Procedures in Gastrointestinal Cancer
David W. Rattner, MD
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Hereditary Colorectal Cancer
Daniel C. Chung, MD
11:00 am
Innovative Approaches to the Local Management of Rectal Cancer
David P. Ryan, MD
11:30 am
Systemic Therapy for Colorectal Cancer
Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH
12:00 pm
Case Presentations from the Audience
Moderator: Harvey J. Mamon, MD, PhD
Panelists:
Daniel C. Chung, MD
Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH
Robert J. Mayer, MD
David W. Rattner, MD
David P. Ryan, MD
Andrew X. Zhu, MD, PhD
12:30 pm
Luncheon
Accreditation
Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for physicians.
Harvard Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.™ Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Faculty
Robert J. Mayer, MD, Course Director
Vice Chair for Academic Affairs
Department of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center;
Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harvey J. Mamon, MD, PhD, Moderator
Clinical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center;
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology
Harvard Medical School
Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Program
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center;
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH
Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Oncology
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center;
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
David W. Rattner, MD
Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
David P. Ryan, M.D.
Clinical Director, Tucker Gosnell Center for Gastrointestinal Cancers
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center;
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Andrew X. Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Liver Cancer Research
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center;
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Registration
Registration Fee: $25.00 (non-refundable)
If you have any food allergies, or if you require accommodations such as an ASL interpreter, materials in alternative format or wheelchair access, please email kwooten@partners.org or call 800-553-3787.
