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Cancer Education

2024 Â鶹´«Ã½Cancer Conference: Improving Cancer Care for All

Agenda

View the sessions and featured speakers below.

Thursday, February 22, 2024 | 1:00–4:45 pm

Improving Quality in Cancer Programs: Best Practice Examples

Moderator: Elizabeth Wick, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

Overview of Â鶹´«Ã½Quality Framework

  • Amalia Stefanou, MD, FACS, Tampa, FL

QI Case Studies

  • Charles Shelton, MD, Nags Head, NC
  • Raymond Liu, MD, San Francisco, CA
  • Christine Garcia, MD, MPH, New York, NY

Q and A

Quality Measures to Drive Quality Improvement

Moderator: Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT

Using Current Measures for QI Projects

  • Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS, New Haven, CT

Introducing New Measures

  • Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD

Q and A

National QI Projects: Past, Present, and Future QI Efforts

Moderator: Elizabeth Wick, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA

PROMPT

  • Katharine Yao, MD, FACS, Evanston, IL
  • Shelby Murphy, BSN, RN, Albuquerque, NM

Just ASK and Beyond ASK

  • Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, Lexington, KY
  • Edward Diaz, MD, MBA, Edinburg, TX

Breaking Barriers

  • Laurie Kirstein, MD, FACS, New York City, NY
  • Lauren Janczewski, MD, Chicago, IL

Future Projects – Standard 5.8

  • Linda W. Martin, MD, FACS, Charlottesville, VA

Q and A

Friday, February 23, 2024 | 8:00 am–4:45 pm

Keynote Address - Improving Cancer Care for All

James L. Gulley, MD, PhD
NCI clinical director
Co-director, Center for Immuno-Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD

AJCC: What You Need to Know

Moderator: Alexander Olawaiye, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA

New Releases: Version 9 Protocols

  • Eliot Asare, MD, FACS, Salt Lake City, UT

Molecular Markers: They are here to stay

  • Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD, FCAP, Scottsdale, AZ

Q and A

The Power of Quality Campaign

Speaker: Brian Edwards, MBA, Chief, External Communications, ACS, Chicago, IL

Operative Standards Implementation and Best Practices

Moderator: Mediget Teshome, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

Operative Standards Protocols: Why are they Important?

  • Tina Hieken, MD, FACS, Rochester, MN

Common Pitfalls and Opportunities for Improvement: Key Findings from the CSSP Surveys

  • Lyndsey Kilgore, MD, FACS, Overland Park, KS

Success at the Site Visit: Making the Most of Preparation

  • Aaron Bleznak, MD, MBA, FACS, FSSO, Virginia Beach, VA

Future Directions

  • Mediget Teshome, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, CA

Q and A

Evolution of the Cancer Research Program (CRP)

²Ñ´Ç»å±ð°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù:Ìý Judy C. Boughey, MBBChir, FACS, Rochester, MN

Further Developments on the Cancer Survival Calculator

  • Lauren Janczewski, MD, Chicago, IL

Survivorship Services: Lessons Learned from the Survey

  • Kimberly Miller, PhD, MPH, Los Angeles, CA

The Importance of Implementation Science

  • Lesly Dossett, MD, MPH, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI

Screening for Social Determinants of Health

  • Rebecca Snyder, MD, FACS, Houston, TX
Incorporating Health Equity into Caring for Cancer Patients

Moderator: Susan Hedlund, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW, Portland, OR

Overview of Health Equity and Cancer

  • Susan Hedlund

How to Increase Health Equity Through a QI project

  • Shayla Scarlett, MBA, MPA, Washington, DC

Toolbox Resources for Cancer Programs

  • Erin Reuter, MS, JD, Chicago, IL

Q and A

Advocacy Efforts to Improve Cancer Care: The Impact at the Federal and State Level

Moderator: ÌýJames Martin McLoughlin, MD, FACS, Knoxville, TN

Federal Advocacy 101

  • Emma Zimmerman, Washington, DC

Importance of the Surgeon’s Role in Advocacy

  • Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, Lexington, KY

Five Simple Ways to Get Involved

  • Dr. McLoughlin

Q and A

NCDB Real Time Reports: The Future is Now

Speaker: Ryan McCabe, PhD, ACS, Chicago IL

Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 8:00 am–3:00 pm 

Answering your FAQs: Education for Specific Standards

Moderator: Aaron Bleznak, MD, MBA, FACS, FSSO, Virginia Beach, VA

Expectations for the Standards

  • Dr. Bleznak

Where Programs Struggle

  • David Mullins, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, Princeton, WV

Best Practices for Self-Audits

  • David Odell, MD, FACS, Chicago, IL

Implementing a Rehab Program for Patients with Cancer

  • Chris Wilson, PT, DPT, DScPT, Rochester, MI

Q and A

What’s Ahead for NAPRC?

Moderator: Kimberly Yee, MD, FACS, White Plains, NY

Standards Revision Project: Important Changes

  • Ron Landmann, MD, FACS, FACRS Jacksonville Beach, FL
  • Mark Whiteford, MD, FACS, Portland, OR
  • Linda Farkas, MD, FACS, Augusta, GA

Results from the Public Comment Period and Next Steps

  • Paul Jeffers, Chicago, IL

Q and A

New Directions for Pediatric Cancer Programs

Moderator: Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, Lexington, KY

What are the Goals and Value of the New Standards

  • Richard Glick, MD, FACS, New Hyde Park, NY

Application Process and Timeline

  • Erin Reuter, MS, JD, Chicago, IL

Q and A

Best Foot Forward: Strategies for Successfully Documenting your Accreditation Program

Moderator: Marcella Ramahi, Chicago, IL

Best Practices: Preparing For and Maintaining Accreditation

  • Marci Ramahi

How We Do It: Real-Life Examples from a Program

  • Erin Collins-Buchanan, MSW, ODS-C, Georgetown, KY

Q and A

Success at the Site Visit

Moderator: David Mullins, MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, Princeton, WVÌý

Step by Step Review of the Agenda

  • Dr. Mullins

Site Visit Preparation from the Â鶹´«Ã½Perspective

  • Vicki Chiappetta, RHIA, CTR, Chicago, IL

The Site Reviewer Perspective: Dos and Don’ts

  • Dr. Mullins
  • Ronald Landmann, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Jacksonville Beach, FL

Q and A

Corrective Action Process: An Opportunity for Improvement

Moderator: Ronald Landmann, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Jacksonville Beach, FL

ÌýGuidelines from Accreditation Leaders

  • Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD, FACS, Houston, TX

Practical Experiences from the Programs

  • Carrie A. Antonelli, BA, ODS-C, Nashville, TN
  • Vanessa R. Hoffmann, BS, ODS-C, Nashville, TN

Q and A

Real Time Data: From Abstraction to Quality Improvement

Moderator: Ryan McCabe, PhD, ACS, Chicago, IL

Concurrent Abstracting and RCRS Submissions

    • Denise Lutkemeier, RN, ODS-C, Sioux Falls, SD

Converting Real Time Data to Cancer Quality

    • Theodoros Voloyiannis, MD, FACS, Houston, TXCC

Q and A

Conference Wrap Up

Speaker: Ronald Weigel, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Cancer Programs, Chicago, IL