2017 Oncology Teaching Day

        2017 Oncology Teaching Day 
 

NOTE: Course Materials will be 
available online the week prior
to download and/or print
 at home.  No paper copies will be
provided by the CME office.

Wednesday,  May 24, 2017 |12:30PM-5:50PM 
 Marriott Pavilion | Ecolab Auditorium
 The Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, NY

Program Schedule

This is a working agenda, it may change drastically between now and May 24, 2017.
Please note that lunch is not provided; please eat before arriving.                           

12:30–1:00pm     Registration in Ecolab Auditorium

Session 1: Moderator:  - Cliff Connery, MD, FACS, FCCP, Education Director;
                          Medical Director,  Thoracic Surgery, Dyson Center for Cancer Care,Vassar Brothers Medical Center;
                          Cancer Liaison, Program State Chair, NYS Commission on Cancer

1:35pm –1:40pm       Questions & Answers

1:40pm – 2:10pm     Management of Central Airway Obstruction-Malignant and Benign
                        - Faiz Bhora, MD, FACS, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai
                         St. Luke’s Hospitals. Director of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Thoracic Surgery Research,
                         Robotic Thoracic Surgery, and Co-Director of the Airway Center at Mount Sinai Health Systems.

2:10pm – 2:30pm    Mediastinal Tumors: State of the Art from Minimally to Maximally Invasive Approaches
                        - Cliff Connery, MD, FACS, FCCP, Education Director;
                          Medical Director,  Thoracic Surgery, Dyson Center for Cancer Care,Vassar Brothers Medical Center;
                          Cancer Liaison, Program State Chair, NYS Commission on Cancer

2:30pm – 2:35pm    Questions & Answers

2:35pm – 2:45pm     Break & Light Refreshments

Session 2: Moderator: - James Nitzkorski, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist,Health Quest Medical Practice, P.C.;
                          Director, Gastrointestinal & Cutaneous Oncology, Dyson Center for Cancer Care, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

2:45pm –3:10pm    Melanoma Prevention, Treatment, Advanced therapy including limb perfusion
                        - James Nitzkorski, MD, FACS, Surgical Oncologist,Health Quest Medical Practice, P.C.;
                          Director, Gastrointestinal & Cutaneous Oncology, Dyson Center for Cancer Care, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

3:10pm – 3:35pm    Pancreatic Tumors/Cystic Neoplasms & Minimally Invasive Approaches
                                - Ryan Swan, MD, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon,
                                  Health Quest Medical Practice, P.C.

3:35pm – 4:00pm    Head & Neck: HPV Tumors
                                - Jason Cohen, MD, ENT and Allergy Associates

4:00pm – 4:10pm Questions & Answers

4:10pm – 4:20pm Break & Coffee

Session 3: Moderator:   - Pranat Kumar, MD, MPH, FACS,  General and Colorectal Surgery, Health Quest Medical Practice P. C

4:20pm  – 4:45 Colorectal Cancer in IBD Patients
                              - Pranat Kumar, MD, MPH, FACS,  General and Colorectal Surgery, Health Quest Medical Practice P. C

4:45pm – 5:15pm     Serious Illness Conversations: Broaching Goals of Care
                                 - Mary Dunne, MD, Medical Director, Supportive Care Medicine, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
                                 - John Keene, MD, FACEP, Supportive Care Medicine, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

5:50pm Closing Remarks

Dinner to follow at

Dinner registration is now closed

If you have any dietary restrictions, please inform the CME office
no later than April 28, 2017. 845-483-6013