SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 2ND

 6:45 - 8:15 AM

Platinum Breakfast - Invitation Only

Sun Dining Room

Reagan Room

 7:15 - 8:15 AM

Networking Breakfast & Exhibits - Door Prize: 42" Smart TV

Presidential Ballroom & Foyer

 8:30 - 9:30 AM

Steven M. Grunberg, MD Memorial Keynote: Breast Cancer in Older Women: Optimizing Treatment Decisions

PowerPoint Presentation

• Hyman B. Muss MD - Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professor of Geriatric Oncology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine;Director of the Geriatric Oncology Program, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Program

This session will investigate the demographics of aging and cancer, chronological vs. biological age, and breast cancer as a model for treatment selection. Participants will delve into estimating life expectancy and assessing risk and benefits of treatment, as well as defining treatment goals and shared decision making. 

9:35 - 10:30 AM

Tides, Storms, and Changing Shorelines: Reflecting on our Lives in Medicine

• Kathryn Kirkland, MD, FAAHPM - Dartmouth-Hitchcock

We will consider positive and negative, natural and unnatural, internal and external forces that shape professional identity formation and explore the idea of erosion as an inevitable part of growth. In considering how we respond to these forces, we will explore concepts such as moral agency, moral injury, burnout, compassion fatigue, and wholeness. The session will include audience engagement and personal reflection on our own professional journeys, and introduction of several strategies and tools to help prepare for and respond to forces that shape us.

 10:30 - 11:00 AM

Networking/Exhibits/Refreshments - Door Prize: Bose QuietComfort Bluetooth Headphones

Presidential Wing

Prostate Cancer Tumor Board: So Many Options, Where Do We Start?

• Richard Lee, MD - Massachusetts General Hospital
• Jens Rueter, MD - The Jackson Laboratory
• Christine Walko, PharmD - Moffitt Cancer Center
• Lawrence Dagrosa, MD - Dartmouth Health
• Nataniel Lester-Coll, MD - University of Vermont Health Network

Grand Ballroom

 Lunch, Awards, State of NNECOS

Passport to Prizes Drawing - Apple Ipad

Grand Ballroom

Clearing the Air: Cannabis in Patients with Cancer

• Lisa M. Holle, PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA, FISOPP - UConn School of Pharmacy

This session will include an overview of cannabis terms and products, history of medical use of cannabis and legal status of cannabis throughout US and New England. We'll delve into the pharmacology of cannabis as well as evidence supporting cannabis use in patients with cancer, and clinical considerations.

Door Prize Drawing - 2025 Annual Meeting Registration with Hotel!