Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

EF5
Education Forum V: Global Challenges in Gynecologic Oncology Care

Monday, March 24, 2014: 3:35 PM-4:45 PM
Room 13-16 (Tampa Convention Center)
Description: This educational forum is intended to advice clinical gynecologic oncologists about the disparities in the application of care, the absence of health equity in outcomes among non-Hispanic, Caucasians, the elderly, the very obese and women who live in developing countries. Recommendations will be provided to improve health equity.
Faculty:  Adriana Bermudez, MD, PhD, Buenos Aires University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Linus T. Chuang, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Adnan R. Munkarah, MD, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI and Edward L. Trimble, MD, MPH, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, MD
Course Directors:  Wendy R. Brewster, MD, PhD, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC
3:35 PM
Welcome & Introduction
W. R. Brewster
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
 
3:40 PM
Gynecologic Oncology - Different Countries, Different Challenges
A. R. Munkarah
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
 
3:55 PM
Prevention & Treatment, Thinking Outside the Western Box
A. Bermudez
Buenos Aires University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
4:10 PM
Sustainable strategies to support gynecologic oncology clinicians in underserved nations
L. T. Chuang
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
 
4:25 PM
Perspectives from the US NCI on the global burden of women's cancer
E. L. Trimble
National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, MD
 
4:35 PM
Questions & Floor Discussion
 
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