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5th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium

Vassar Brothers Medical Center's 5th Annual Breast Cancer Conference is a half-day course during which an expert faculty of clinicians at the forefront of the field will present a broad review of the management of women with Breast Cancer.

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5th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium
Thursday, October 1, 2015 | 11:30AM-5:00PM (followed by dinner)
​The Grandview, 176 Rinaldi Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

 

 

 

 

Program Schedule
This is a working agenda, it may change drastically between now and October 1, 2015.

11:30am – 12:00pm –       REGISTRATION & LIGHT LUNCH

12:00pm – 12:15pm –       Welcome & Introduction to New Breast Center
                                                   – Angela Keleher, MD, FACS

12:15pm – 1:15pm –         What is in my Food?
                                                   – Susan Piergeorge, MS, RDN
    
  

1:15pm – 1:35pm –           Obesity, Exercise and Breast Cancer
                                         
           – Angela Keleher, MD

1:35pm – 1:55pm –           Debunking Myths of Mammograms
                                         
       
 
  
– Russell Karp, MD

1:55pm – 2:00pm –           Questions & Answers                               

2:00pm – 2:15pm –           BREAK

2:15pm – 2:45pm –           Immunotherapy and Breast Cancer: Emerging Data
                                         
 
          – Julia
 Schaefer-Cutillo, MD 

2:45pm – 3:05pm –           Trials for Breast Cancer Patients
                                                   
– Nadia Elkarra, MD

3:05pm – 3:25pm –           Survivorship
                                                  
 
– Sara Winterleitner, NP 

3:25pm – 3:30pm –           Questions & Answers

3:30pm – 3:45pm –           BREAK

3:45pm – 4:05pm –           Treating Sexual Problems in Women
                                                with Breast Cancer: Biological, Psychological, &
                                                Relationship Perspectives​

                                                    – Kenneth Pollock, PhD

4:05pm – 4:35pm –           Nipple and Skin Sparing Surgery 
                                                   
 – Kevin Bethke,
MD

4:35pm – 4:55pm –           Plastic Surgery: Implants
                                                  
  
– Karoline Nowillo, MD

4:55pm – 5:00pm –           Questions & Answers

5:00pm –                              DINNER 

 

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