UNMC will host two cancer-related conferences for health professionals in February via Zoom: 2022 Hematology Highlights: A Post ASH Review and Contemporary Management of Cancer Risk and Prevention Symposium.
As an accredited continuing education provider, UNMC will provide continuing education credit.
The American Society of Hematology review conference will offer updates from the society’s 2021 annual meeting. It will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration deadline is Feb. 2. The conference directors are Lori Maness-Harris, MD, and R. Gregory Bociek, MD.
The conference is designed to provide updates on new treatments and management of acute and chronic leukemia, thrombosis/hemostasis, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative neoplasms. The speakers are experts in their field and will join us from other institutions around the country.
The target audience is physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, residents and fellows in the specialty areas of oncology, hematology, internal medicine, radiation oncology and pathology.
The cost is nominal for health professionals and free for residents and fellows. Residents and fellows are asked to complete this registration form and submit along with verification of your resident/fellow status.
For fees and more information, including the agenda and speakers, go to ASH review conference.
Contemporary Management of Cancer Risk and Prevention Symposium will be presented on Friday, Feb. 11, from 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration deadline is Feb. 8. The conference directors are Kelsey A. Klute, MD, Jessica Maxwell, MD, and Rachael Schmidt, DNP.
It will provide an update on cancer risk and prevention management with an emphasis on genetic testing, high-risk surveillance and risk-reducing treatment recommendations. Other topics will include pre-implantation genetic testing, bialletic implications and who to refer to hereditary cancer genetic care. The keynote speaker is Nigel Brockton, PhD, from the University of Calgary.
The intended audience is primary care/internal medicine providers, genetic counselors and nurses, advanced practice providers and other health care professionals who work with patients with a family history of cancer or genetic mutations.
The registration fees are low cost for health professionals. Though it is free for fellows, residents and students, a separate registration form needs to be completed along with verification of your status. Online registration for fellows, residents or students is not available.
For more information and the agenda, go to Contemporary Management of Cancer Risk and Prevention Symposium.
Questions about both conferences can be directed to Bailey Wrenn in the Center for Continuing Education via email or at 402-559-5929.