Greater Los Angeles Chapter

www.lls.org/los

Blood Cancer Conference 2013 

Master of Ceremonies

Dr. Janet Franklin, Trustee, Greater Los Angeles Board of Trustees
Clinical Research Medical Director, Global Development Lead, Hematology-Oncology
Amgen, Inc.

Keynote Speakers

Advocacy & Public Policy
Scott Riccio, Vice President of Advocacy & External Affairs, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Office of Public Policy

Legal & Practical Issues of Survivorship
Rebecca V. Nellis, Vice President, Programs and Strategy for Cancer and Careers
Joanna Morales, cancer rights attorney, author, speaker, and Chief Executive Officer of Navigating Cancer Survivorship

Take Charge of Your Health
Dr. Bruce Hensel, NBC Health Reporter

Stories of Hope

Cassie Reed Brushwyler (Survivor)

Brittany Lanham (Survivor)

Lori Loo (Mother) & Quinten Lepak (Son/Survivor)


 

Morning Breakout Sessions

Acute Leukemias (Adult) 
sponsored by HemaCare
Dr. David Snyder, City of Hope


Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (High Grade)
sponsored by Metzger Law Group
Dr. Lauren Pinter-Brown, UCLA

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Low Grade)
Dr. Ann Mohrbacher, USC

Hodgkin Lymphoma (Pediatric)
Dr. Saro Armenian, City of Hope

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Pediatric) sponsored by Metzger Law Group
Speaker to be announced.

Caring for the Caregiver (Adult)
Thomas Pier, LCSW, UCLA & Aakash Kishore, UCLA

Caring for the Caregiver (Pediatric)
Barbara Britt, R.N., Children?s Hospital Los Angeles

Clinical Trials
sponsored by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech & Celgene Corporation
Dr. Sikander Ailawadhi, USC

Nutrition
Sarah Washburn, M.S., R.D., C.S.O., C.D., Cancer Center of Santa Barbara

Fertility
Dr. Snunit Ben-Ozer, founder of the Tree of Life Center of Fertility (TLC) & Amy Jacobson, RN, NP-BC, UCLA


Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Pediatric)
Dr. Cecilia Fu, Children?s Hospital Los Angeles

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Dr. Herbert Eradat, UCLA


Hodgkin Lymphoma (Adult)
Dr. Sven de Vos, UCLA

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Dr. Ronald Paquette, UCLA

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (Pediatric)
Dr. Amanda Termuhlen, Jonathan Jacques Cancer Center

Myelodysplastic Syndromes
sponsored by Sysmex Corporation
Dr. Casey O?Connell, USC

Multiple Myeloma
sponsored by Celgene Corporation
Dr. Robert Vescio, Cedars Sinai

Caring for the Caregiver (Adult)
Dr. Stephen Lottenberg

Caring for the Caregiver (Pediatric)
Dr. Randi McAllister, City of Hope

Clinical Trials 
sponsored by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech & Celgene Corporation
Dr. Sikander Ailawadhi, USC

Nutrition
Sarah Washburn, M.S., R.D., C.S.O., C.D.,
Cancer Center of Santa Barbara

Fertility
Dr. Snunit Ben-Ozer, founder of the Tree of Life Center of Fertility (TLC) &  Amy Jacobson, RN, NP-BC, UCLA

last updated on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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