Going to NET conference 9/18-22 in Charlotte

National NET Cancer Patient Conference info and survey!

Agenda THURSDAY 3:00 - 3:30         Affordable Healthcare Reform:  William Maples, MD 3:30 - 3:45   Q & A with Dr. William Maples. 3:45 - 4:15 Emotional implication of NETS treatment:          Ronda Ayala RN     4:15 - 4:45 Be your own advocate and how to be an advocate for NETS       Judy Goltz, RN 4:45- 5:00 Q & A                                                                                                                    6-9PM               Welcome Reception   FRIDAY AM                                              Moderator: Eugene A. Woltering, MD 7:00-7:45 Breakfast 7:45-8:00   Introduction :Bob and Maryann Wahmann from CCAN 8:00-8:40 NETS-Introduction to the basics:                     Richard Warner, MD 8:40-9:20 NETS pathology: What's important and what's not?:               Chanjuan Shi, MD 9:20-9:30Break 9:30-10:00 Midgut NETs surgery. The technical aspects:                               Yi-Zarn Wang. MD 10:00-10:30 Pancreatic NETs surgery. The technical aspects:                    Michael Choiti  MD 10:30-11:00 Does serial cytoreduction of midgut NETS increase survival?:  ugene A. Woltering MD 11:00-11:30 How NETS affects your heart: Current recommendations for on going scanning, prevention and current therapy of NETS-induced heart disease: HeidiConnollyMD 11:30-12:15 Q & A with panel and moderator 12:15-1:15 Lunch   FRIDAY PM                             Moderator: Thomas M. O'Dorisio, MD 1:15-2:00 Clinical trials for chemotherapy/biologic response modifier therapy of gut-based NETS:Edward Wolin,MD 2:00-2:45 Clinical trials for chemotherapy/biologic response modifier therapy of pancreatic NETS.:Emily Bergsland MD 2:45-3:00 Break 3:00-3:30 New approaches to the treatment of NETS induced diarrhea:                                 Sajeve Thomas MD 3:30-4:00   Somatostatin analogs control symptoms and slow tumor growth: Summary of recent trials:   Alexandria Phan MD 4:00-4:30 Update on NETs markers:What, how many and cross-laboratory validation studies: MiaTepper MBA 4:30-5:15 Q & A with panel and moderator      SATURDAY AM                                                                           Moderator: J.Phillip Boudreaux MD 7:00-8:00 Breakfast 8:00-8:45 The Benefit of Multidisciplinary Teams Treating NETs:           Eric Liu, MD 8:45-9:15 The role of the gastroenterologist in the diagnosis & treatment of NETS: David MetzMD 9:15-9:45Summary of therapy with 177 Lu vs. high dose LAR: The AAA trial:         Richard Campeau MD 9:45-10:00 Break 10:00-10:30   An update on Multi Visceral Organ Transplants (MVOT):                    Rodrigo Vianna M.D 10:30-11:00 My personal experience with MVOT:                                                  Paul Johnson MD 11:00-12:00 Q &A with panel and moderator 12:00-1:00   Lunch   SATURDAYPM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Moderator: Richard Warner MD 1:00-1:30 Investigator-initiated trials of 68 Gallium somatostatin analogs:Where are we going?:Thomas M. O'Dorisio MD 1:30-2:00 Update on studies in the risk of familial NETS:                        Steve Wank MD 2:00-2:30 How to scan for NETs: Primary's and their metastasis:                                            DavidBushnellMD 2:30-2:45 Break 2:45-3:15 Vitamin supplements & alternative therapies:How to assess safety & efficacy: Mary Hardy, MD 3:15-3:45 Spheres vs. Chemoembolization vs. Bland embolization- Which is best? :Charles Nutting MD 3:45-4:15 RFA, microwave,c ryotherapy, nanoknife and other invasive therapies for liver metastasis: David Iannitti MD 4:15-4:45 Q & A with panel and moderator 4:45-5:00 Announcement of next National Patient NET conferencein September2016:Eugene A. Woltering MD and CCAN