Update on Pancreatic Cancer Multidisciplinary Treatment Symposium

Oak Lawn, IL US
September 27, 2024

This conference provides a comprehensive update on the multidisciplinary management of pancreatic cancer, focusing on the critical roles of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and gastroenterology. Emphasizing the importance of a collaborative approach, it also explores the expanding utility of molecular testing in guiding treatment decisions for improved patient outcomes.

 

This conference is being held in-person (Christ Medical Center) and virtual.

Target Audience

This course is intended for physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  • Demonstrate proficiency in leveraging a multidisciplinary team approach for optimizing pancreatic cancer care.
  • Describe the essential roles of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation in the comprehensive treatment of pancreatic cancer.
  • Evaluate the expanding role and benefits of molecular testing in informing prognosis and therapeutic strategies for pancreatic cancer.
  • Evaluate the roles of genetics, navigation and supportive care in the overall care of our patients.

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.50 ABPath MOC
  • 3.50 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 3.50 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 3.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 3.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 3.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 3.50 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Course opens: 
07/19/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/27/2024 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
09/27/2024 - 1:30pm CDT
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Agenda

Program Director/Moderator: Marc G. Mesleh, MD
Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Medical Director Cancer Institute
Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

8:00-8:30 (30 min)
Registration/Vendor visit/Breakfast

8:30-8:55 (25 min)
Speaker#1 - Imad M. Elkhatib MD; Advanced/Therapeutic Gastroenterology; Advocate Medical Group
Topic/Title: GI In Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis, Staging and Palliation 

8:55-9:20 (25 min)
Speaker# 2 - Ari Benjamin Seifter, MD; Hematology/Oncology Advocate Medical Group
Topic/Title: Pancreatic Cancer: The role of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Chemotherapy

9:20-9:45 (25 min)
Speaker #3 - Abdullah Malas. MD; Hematology/Oncology; Affiliated Oncologists
Topic/Title: Role of Immunotherapy and Novel Therapeutics on the Research Horizon

9:45-10:10 (25 min)
Speaker #4 – Steven J. Engel, MD; Radiation Onvology Affiliated Oncologists
Topic/Title: Radiation oncology: Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant therapy. Palliation in Unresectable Cases.

10:10-10:35 (25 min)
Speaker #5- Purvi Y. Parikh MD, FACS; Surgical Oncology, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Advocate Health – Illinois
Topic/Title: Current Surgical Management of Pancreatic Cancer

10:35-10:45 (10 min)
PANEL #1- (Imad M. Elkhatib MD, Steven J. Engel, MD;, Purvi Y. Parikh MD FACS, Ari Benjamin Seifter MD, Abdullah Malas, MD)

10:45-11:00 (15 min)
Vendor visit/Break

11:00-11:20 (20 min)
Speaker #6 – H. Aimee Kwak, MD; Anatomic Pathology; Midwest Diagnostic Pathology, SC
Topic/Title: Pathologic Diagnosis, Staging and Molecular Markers

11:20-11:40 (20 min)
Speaker #7 – Deborah Oleskowicz, MS, LGC ; Licensed Genetic Counselor; Cancer Risk Assessment Program; Advocate Christ Medical Center
Topic/Title: Decoding Pancreas Cancer through Genetic Counseling and Genetic Testing

11:40-12:00 (20 min)
Speaker #8 - Nicole Houlihan, RN, BSN, OCN; GI Oncology Nurse Navigator Advocate Christ Medical Center
Topic/Title: Oncology Nurse Navigator Role Throughout the Cancer Trajectory

12:00-12:15 (15 min)
PANEL #2– (Nicole M. Hannigan APRN Nurse Practitioner Hematology/Oncology Advocate Medical Group, Nicole Houlihan RN BSN OCN Advocate Christ Medical Center, Katija McCarthy MSN, APRN-FPA, FNP-C, ACHPN Palliative Care Advocate Christ Medical Center, Deborah Oleskowicz MS LGC, Mary Beth Sheehy DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC Palliative Care APN Advocate Christ Medical Center)

12:15-1:30 (75 min)
Vendor visit/Lunch

 

 

Advocate Christ Medical Center
4440 West 95th St
Stein Auditorium
Oak Lawn, IL 60453 ·
United States

Faculty

Marc G. Mesleh, MD Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Medical Director Cancer Institute, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Kelly Baker MSN, RN, OCN Advocate Christ Medical Center Cancer Institute Coordinator Quality/Accreditation South Chicagoland Region
Imad M. Elkhatib MD Advanced/Therapeutic Gastroenterology   Advocate Medical Group
Susan Latocha, MS, BSN, RN, CCRN, Regional Community Outreach/Relations for Cancer Institute, Heart Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Orthopedic and Spine Institute Advocate Christ Medical Center, South Suburban Hospital & Trinity Hospital
Ari Benjamin Seifter, MD, Hematology/Oncology Advocate Medical Group
Steven J. Engel, MD Radiation Oncology Affiliated Oncologists
Nikolaos A Dallas, MD, MBA, FACS, FSSO Chair, Department of Surgery, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Medical Director, Surgical Oncology, Advocate Health – Illinois
H. Aimee Kwak, MD, Anatomic Pathology Midwest Diagnostic Pathology, SC
Deborah Oleskowicz, MS, LGC Licensed Genetic Counselor Cancer Risk Assessment Program Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Nicole Houlihan, RN, BSN, OCN, GI Oncology Nurse Navigator Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Mary Beth Sheehy DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, Palliative Care APN, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Katija McCarthy MSN, APRN-FPA, FNP-C, ACHPN, Palliative Care, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Nicole M. Hannigan APRN Nurse Practitioner Hematology/Oncology Advocate Medical Group, Oak Lawn, IL
Abdullah Malas. MD; Hematology/Oncology; Affiliated Oncologists; Oak Lawn, IL

Disclosure

Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

 

 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Board Recognition Statement(s)

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Board of Pathology (ABPath)
This activity has been registered to offer 3.50 Lifelong Learning (CME) credit in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABPath CME credit.

Available Credit

  • 3.50 ABPath MOC
  • 3.50 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
    • 3.50 ABS Self-Assessment
  • 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 3.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 3.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 3.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 3.50 ABIM MOC Part II
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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This conference is being held in-person at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Virtually.  A link to the meeting will be provided prior to the event.

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