National Comprehensive Cancer Network

The NCCN Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care™ attracts more than 1,700 registrants from across the United States and the globe including oncologists (in both community and academic settings), oncology fellows, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals involved in the care of patients with cancer. Respected opinion leaders present the latest cancer therapies and provide updates on selected NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), the data upon which the NCCN Guidelines® are based, and quality initiatives in oncology. Topics change annually but focus on the major cancers and supportive care areas. The NCCN Annual Conference also includes case study discussion forums with experts from NCCN Member Institutions and roundtable discussions featuring the foremost professionals from the academic, patient advocacy, government, payor, industry, and business realms of cancer care.

NCCN Academy for Excellence & Leadership in Oncology™
School of Pharmaceutical & Biotech Business
Special one-day session coinciding with the first day of the
NCCN 17^th Annual Conference.
Please note: separate registration is required.

Agenda*

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
3:00 – 9:00 PM	Registration Desk Open (Great Hall Level)
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM	2012 NCCN Nursing Program: Advancing Oncology Nursing
1:00 – 6:00 PM	2012 NCCN Pharmacy Program: Best Practices in Oncology Pharmacy Management™
Thursday, March 15, 2012
7:00 AM – 5:15 PM	Registration Desk Open (Great Hall Level)
7:00 – 8:00 AM	Breakfast and Exhibits
8:00 – 8:05 AM	Conference Welcome Thomas A. D’Amico, MD Duke Cancer Institute Chairman, NCCN Board of Directors
8:05 – 9:30 AM	Roundtable Discussion – Cancer and Corporate America: Business as Usual? Moderator: Sam Donaldson ABC News veteran and anchor Invited or Confirmed Panelists: Robert W. Carlson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Stanford Cancer Institute; Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer, Apple, Inc.; Helen Darling, President, National Business Group on Health; John S. Greene, Director, Engineering, Salesforce.com, Cancer Survivor; Carole Klase, PhD, Cancer Survivor; J. Randall MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, IBM; Sheri S. McCoy, MSc, MBA, Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, Johnson & Johnson; Kavita Patel, MD, Managing Director for Clinical Transformation and Delivery, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution; J. Brent Pawlecki, MD, MMM, Chief Health Officer, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
9:30 – 9:55 AM	Break and Exhibits
9:55 – 11:10 AM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Richard T. Cheney, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Thomas A. D’Amico, MD Duke Cancer Institute Ramaswamy Govindan, MD Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Toni K. Choueiri, MD Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center
12:15 – 1:25 PM	Lunch and Exhibits
1:25 – 2:25 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Melanoma Daniel G. Coit, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center John A. Thompson, MD Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
2:25 – 2:45 PM	Break and Exhibits
2:45 – 3:45 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Prostate Cancer James L. Mohler, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Sandy Srinivas, MD Stanford Cancer Institute
3:50 – 4:50 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Ovarian Cancer Carolyn Johnston, MD University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Robert J. Morgan, MD City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Friday, March 16, 2012
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM	Registration Desk Open (Great Hall Level)
7:00 – 8:00 AM	Breakfast and Exhibits
8:05 – 9:20 AM	Roundtable Discussion - Optimal Care for Patients: Who Decides? Moderator: Clifford Goodman, PhD The Lewin Group Panelists: Karen Alban, RN, BSN, OCN, Oncology Nursing Society; Al B. Benson III, MD, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Nancy Davenport-Ennis, National Patient Advocate Foundation; Scott Gottlieb, MD, American Enterprise Institute; Shari M. Ling, MD, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Lee N. Newcomer, MD, MHA, UnitedHealthcare; David G. Pfister, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
9:20 – 9:45 AM	Break and Exhibits
9:45 AM – 11:15 AM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Breast Cancer Benjamin O. Anderson, MD University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Robert W. Carlson, MD Stanford Cancer Institute Richard Zellars, MD The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
11:20 – 11:55 AM	Guidelines Implementation and Adherence Al B. Benson III, MD Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
11:55 AM – 1:05 PM	Lunch and Exhibits
1:05 – 2:05 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Lung Cancer Screening Ella Kazerooni, MD University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Mary E. Reid, PhD Roswell Park Cancer Institute Douglas E. Wood, MD University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
2:10 – 3:10 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Hodgkin Lymphoma Leo I. Gordon, MD Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Richard T. Hoppe, MD Stanford Cancer Institute
3:10 – 3:30 PM	Break and Exhibits
3:30 – 5:00 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas Leo I. Gordon, MD Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Saturday, March 17, 2012
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM	Registration Desk Open (Great Hall Level)
7:00 – 8:00 AM	Breakfast
8:05 – 9:35 AM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Colorectal Cancers Al B. Benson III, MD Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University John M. Skibber, MD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Christopher Willett, MD Duke Cancer Institute
9:35 – 10:00 AM	Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Joseph C. Alvarnas, MD City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center Patrick A. Brown, MD The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
11:05 AM – 12:05 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Treating the Adolescent and Young Adult with Cancer Peter F. Coccia, MD UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center Bradley J. Zebrack, PhD, MSW, MPH University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
12:05 – 1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in CNS Metastases Louis Burt Nabors, MD University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center Frank D. Vrionis, MD, MPH, PhD H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
2:20 – 3:20 PM	Clinical Practice Decisions in Multiple Myeloma Kenneth C. Anderson, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute William Bensinger, MD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Sunday, March 18, 2012
8:30 – 10:00 AM	Sunday Brunch with the Experts: Issues in Cancer Survivorship Crystal S. Denlinger, MD Fox Chase Cancer Center Terry S. Langbaum, MAS The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Mary S. McCabe, RN, BS, MA Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

*Agenda subject to change

This conference has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s)™and is also accredited for nurses, pharmacists, case managers, and tumor registrars.

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