INDIANAPOLIS
– From diagnosis to post-therapy care, a
patient with cancer faces a daunting obstacle course of challenges and options.
Orchestrating a comprehensive plan of treatment is paramount.
A
fully integrated approach – including research leading to new treatments – is what
experts at the Franciscan St.
Francis Cancer Center
have been forging with others in the medical community. And that is the impetus
behind the 3rd annual Oncology Symposium, Friday, April 26.
“It’s
vital to enhance the partnership between primary care and oncology practitioners,”
said program moderator Peter Garrett, MD, the Center’s medical director and
chair of the hospital’s Cancer Committee. “The symposium offers an opportunity
for primary care physicians, nurses, oncologists and allied health
professionals to discuss and explore integrated approaches to improving patient
outcomes.”
Among
the speakers and their topics that day:
·
Ben Tsai, MD, KendrickColon & Rectal Center – Advancements in colorectal surgery and research
·
Tim O’Donnell, MD, Franciscan
Physician Network Plainfield Sports and Family Medicine – Integrative/complementary
medicine and the effectiveness of treating cancer patients
·
Brian Sperl, MD, Indianapolis
Gastroenterology and Hepatology – Advanced treatment of Barrett’s Esophagus
·
Luke Akard, MD, Indiana Blood and
Marrow Transplantation – Treatment regimens for blood-related cancers
·
Eric Rubenstein, MD, and Sarah Ali, MD - Franciscan Physician
Network Oncology & Hematology Specialists – Unraveling the cancer genome
and how research can lead to new and effective therapies
·
Erika Rager, MD, Franciscan
Physician Network Breast Specialists, and David
Moore, MD, Franciscan Physician Network Gynecologic Oncology Specialists –
Maintaining wellness and well-being after the diagnoses of female cancers
·
Nadeem Ikhlaque, MD, Franciscan
Physician Network Oncology & Hematology Specialists, and Faisal Khan, MD, Center for Respiratory
and Sleep Medicine – Advances in lung cancer evaluation and treatment
·
Michael Murphy, MD, Indiana Skin Cancer
Center – The latest advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of all
types of skin cancer
Two
other non-clinical speakers also are on deck to make presentations. Bill Rancic, the original Donald Trump Apprentice and co-host of Style Network’s Guiliana and Bill, will explain how he and his wife (Giuliana)
coped with her experience with breast cancer.
Actor/comedian
Mack Dryden , former staff writer for ABC’s
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, will take a light-hearted approach in
discussing topics ranging from his survival of cancer to his “terrifying stay”
in an overseas prison.
To
learn more about services and programs at Franciscan St. Francis Cancer Center,
go to www.FranciscanStFrancis.org/cancer.
