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Maryland ACS CAN Health Policy Forum on Palliative Care

Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
401 N Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Baltimore, MD 21231

To register go to www.fightcancer.org/mdpolicyforum

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will hold our Annual Forum on Health Policy at Johns Hopkins University Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center on October 13, 2016. This premiere event brings together key leaders and decision makers in business, education, medical research, cancer care, government, and health policy.  This event not only helps unite those in Maryland who are fighting to end cancer, but serves to empower ACS CAN, and its’ work to ensure that elected officials across the country make fighting cancer a top priority. 

This years’ forum is dedicated to educating patients, providers and the public about palliative care -- what is palliative care and how does it work, why is such care important to patients, providers and insurers, and what policy changes are needed to help expand the use and benefits of palliative care in Maryland.

Keynote Speakers:

  • Dr. William Nelson, Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins
  • Dr. Kevin Cullen, Director, Greenebaum Cancer Center University of Maryland

Panel members:                                                                 

  • Dr. Bruce Waldholtz, South Atlantic Division Board Member and Past Chair
  • Dr. Tom Smith, Director of Palliative Medicine, Sydney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins
  • Dr. Nancy Hutton, Medical Director, Harriet Lane Compassionate Care, Sidney Kimmel  Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins
  • Keysha Brooks, Director of Federal Relations, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
  • Dr. Christopher Kearney, Medical Director of Palliative Medicine, MedStar Health. 

 

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Gold

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Silver

Amgen

Lilly

Bronze

Carroll Hospital Center

Gally Public Affairs

Novartis

Sanofi

 

Registration is free. Please register by October 3rd at www.fightcancer.org/mdpolicyforum

For questions contact Sherry McCammon at [email protected] or 410-933-5146

For sponsorship opportunities contact Bonita Pennino at [email protected] or 301-758-1255

Contributions or gifts made to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc. are not tax deductible