Below is the tentative agenda for our 9th annual National Conference on Work & Cancer, to be held Friday, June 21, 2019.
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Time
Topic
8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:45 AM
Welcome:
Rebecca Nellis, MPP, Executive Director, Cancer and Careers
9:00 AM
The Doctor’s Perspective
Dr. Ruth Oratz, NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Alan Astrow,New York–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Dr. Victoria Blinder, MSKCC
Moderator: Jenny B. Fine, Executive Editor, Beauty, WWD
9:45 AM
Disclosure, Privacy & Online Brand
Joanna F. Morales, Esq.,Cancer Rights Attorney; CEO, Triage Cancer
Rebecca V. Nellis, MPP, Executive Director, Cancer and Careers
11:00 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Eating Well at Work
Katy Fung, MS, RD, CDN, CSO, Oncology Nutritionist, New York-Presbyterian/Queens
Suzanne Gerdes, MS, RD, CDN, Clinical Outpatient Dietitian-Nutritionist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Holly Mills, MS, RD, CSO, Oncology Dietitian, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
Moderator: Rachel Becker, LMSW, Senior Director of Programs, Cancer and Careers
12:15 PM
Lunch
Breakout Sessions (Choose one)
1:15 PM
Taking Time Off
Joanna F. Morales, Esq., Cancer Rights Attorney; CEO, Triage Cancer
(Concourse)
Career Change
Julie Jansen, Executive and Career Coach, Author
(Recital)
Enhancing Your Skills: Prepping for Success
Kathy Flora, MA, NCCC
(Segal)
2:15 PM
Coffee Break
Breakout Sessions (Choose one)
2:30 PM
Managing Long-Term Stress
Julie Larson, LCSW, Psychotherapist
(Concourse)
Job Search
Julie Jansen, Executive & Career Coach and Author,
(Recital)
Setting Boundaries
Ali Schaffer, LCSW
(Segal)
3:30 PM
Coffee Break
Breakout Sessions (Choose one)
3:45 PM
Now What? Processing Today & Taking Action
Rachel Becker, LMSW, Senior Director of Programs, Cancer and Careers
Julie Larson, LCSW, Psychotherapist
Ali Schaffer, LCSW
Moderator: Kathy Flora, MA, NCCC
(Concourse)
Working Through Treatment
Joanna L. Fawzy Morales, Esq., Cancer Rights Attorney; CEO, Triage Cancer
Rebecca V. Nellis, MPP, Executive Director, Cancer and Careers
(Recital)
5:00 PM
Conference Concludes