8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker

Cancer Survivorship: Journey of Hope

Patricia O'Brien, MD
Fletcher Allen Health Care

Patricia O'Brien is a seven year breast cancer survivor. She is a wife, mother of two teens, a primary care physician, a teacher, a published researcher, volunteer, and a strong advocate on breast cancer issues.

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Helping Children Cope and Build Resiliency During a Family Illness
Greg Burns, RN
The Jason Program
Deb Donelson, LCSW
Maine Children's Cancer Program
Patricia Ellen, MA
Center for Grieving Children

The Couple's Journey Through Cancer
William Collinge, PhD
Collinge & Associates

Is Your Doctor Listening to You?
Meredith Strang Burgess, cancer survivor, activist, and president of
Burgess Advertising & Associates

A Sharper Image: The Latest in Breast Cancer Screening and Staging
Elizabeth Pietras, MD
Spectrum Medical Group
Maine Medical Center

Coping with the Effects of Radiation Therapy
Donna Green, RN, BSN, BA, OCN
Maine Medical Center

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Helping the Body Come Into Balance: The Role of a Macrobiotic Diet
Meg Wolff
Meg Wolff Macrobiotic Resources

How to Recognize the Difference Between Melanoma and Non-melanoma
K. Erik Kostelnik, MD
Maine Medical Center
Dermatoloty Associates

Mindfulness and Stress Management
Terry Fralich, LCPC
Mindfulness Center of Southern Maine

Preparing for Surgery: Maximize Healing, Minimize Anxiety
Jerome Stone, MA, RN
Touchstone Services

Ethics: How Do You Know What is Right When Everything is Wrong?
Frank Chessa, PhD
Maine Medical Center Bates College

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Women's Cancers
Laurie Small, MD
Maine Women's Surger and Cancer Center

Sex and the Man with Prostate Cancer
Mark K. Hirschhorn, MD
Southern Maine Medical Center

Why Exercise...I'm Too Tired
Syed Kazmi, MD
Annette Coulombe, OTR/L
Ashley Pitchforth, RPT New England Rehabilitation Hospital

"Chemo Brain: How to Handle Treatment-Induced Cognitive Impairments
Austin Errico, PhD
Lakeview Neurorehabilitation Center

Clinical Trials: What are they? Where are they? How can you become involved?
Barbara Wood, RN, OCN, CCRC
Maine Center for Cancer Medicine & Blood Disorders
Russell Leshne
National Cancer Institute