Saturday, September 26, 2009

8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Research Studies Center
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263

To register on-line, go to: www.roswellpark.org/register

Description

This program will familiarize gynecologists, oncologists, internists, family medicine physicians and other health care providers with the most current methods of screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast and gynecologic malignancies, and offer guidelines on which conditions can be addressed by the primary care provider.

Educational Objectives

Following this program, participants should be able to: 

• Discuss the development of new HPV vaccines for treatment of cervical cancer
• Appropriately manage melanoma during pregnancy
• Discuss the implications and appropriate management of endometrial hyperplasia
• Explain the influence of a ruptured capsule during removal, and its impact on outcome for early stage ovarian cancer 
• Consider the reliability of using tumor markers for early detection of ovarian cancer
• Evaluate new methods in the early detection and treatment of breast cancer

Accreditation – AMA, AANP

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and The Buffalo OB/GYN Society. Roswell Park Cancer Institute is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.5 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This program is approved for 4.5 contact hour(s) of continuing education by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0908289

Program

Saturday, September 26, 2009

7:30 am	Registration and Breakfast
7:55	Welcome and Introduction - Shashikant Lele, MD
8:00	Management of Gynecologic Cancers in Pregnancy- Shashikant Lele, MD
8:45	Management of Melanoma in Pregnancy - John Kane III, MD
9:15	Implications & Appropriate Management of Endometrial Hyperplasia -  Joshua Kesterson, MD
9:45	Management of Intraoperative Cyst Rupture - Stacey Akers, MD
10:15	Break
10:30	Update on Early Detection and Treatment of Breast Cancer - Stephen Edge, MD
11:15	HPV Vaccines for Cervical Cancer: Quo Vadis?  - Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
12:00	Case presentations and discussion
12:45 pm	Adjourn

RPCI Faculty

Stacey Akers, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Gynecologic Oncology

Stephen Edge, MD, FACS
Chair, Breast & Soft Tissue Surgery
Professor of Surgery & Oncology

John Kane III, MD
Surgical Oncologist, Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Oncology

Joshua Kesterson, MD
Clinical Fellow
Department of Gynecologic Oncology

Shashikant Lele, MD
Chair and Professor of Oncology
Department of Gynecologic Oncology

Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
Professor & Research Program Director
Department of Gynecologic Oncology
Co-Leader, Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy Program 

Registration

Please make checks payable to Health Research, Inc.

Fee includes breakfast, break and parking in the RPCI ramp.

$49.00 for practicing physicians 
$10.00 for NPs, PAs and nurses

No charge for medical students, Residents and Fellows

To register on-line, go to: www.roswellpark.org/register

Directions

Enter the Research Studies Center from Carlton Street.
Parking is available in the hospital parking ramp.

For more information, please contact:

Karen Cooper
Educational Affairs Office
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm & Carlton Streets
Buffalo, NY 14263

(716) 845-3095

Email:

karen.cooper@roswellpark.org

Location

Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm & Carlton Streets
Research Studies Center
Hilleboe Auditorium