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NCCN Academy for Excellence and Leadership in Oncology™
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NCCN Academy for Excellence & Leadership in Oncology™
School of Pharmaceutical & Biotech Business


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March 14, 2012
The Westin Diplomat
Hollywood, FL

This NCCN Academy for Excellence & Leadership in Oncology™ program is being held on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in Hollywood, FL to coincide with the start of the NCCN 17th  Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care™. The NCCN 17th  Annual Conference and NCCN Academy are distinct events requiring separate registration.

Curriculum*  
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:05 AM Welcome
Clifford Goodman, PhD
The Lewin Group
9:10 – 10:40 AM Module I
Hot Topics: Issues Affecting Decision-Making: Academic and Community Perspectives
Al B. Benson III, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Tim Boozan
Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation

Kirby J. Eng, RPh
CVS Caremark

James N. Frame, MD
David Lee Cancer Center

Raymond J. Muller, MS, RPh
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
10:40 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Module II
Guidelines, Pathways, and Decision-Assist Tools
Laura Coughlin, RN, MBA
McKesson Health Solutions

Kirby J. Eng, RPh
CVS Caremark

C. Lyn Fitzgerald, MJ
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Daniel McCrone, MD
New Century Health

Mark S. Rubin, MD
Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute

12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 PM Module III
The Business Side of Oncology
Patricia J. Goldsmith
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
2:15 – 2:35 PM Break
2:35 – 3:50 PM Module IV
Ask the Experts

Ramaswamy Govindan, MD
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-
Jewish Hospital and Washington
University School of Medicine

Robert J. Morgan, Jr., MD
City of Hope Comprehensive
Cancer Center

John A. Thompson, MD
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

3:55 – 4:00 PM Closing Remarks
Clifford Goodman, PhD
The Lewin Group

*Subject to change

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