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Come Grow With Us: Cultivating Knowledge in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing
April 11 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm America/New York
Program Co-Chairs
| Joan O’Hanlon Curry, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON®, NEA-BC, FAPHON, FAAN Project Director, Office of the CNO The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Rosemary Mahan, RN, MS, CPNP, CPON® Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Stony Brook Children’s Hospital | The Valerie Fund Children’s Center |
Program Committee
| Gina Dovi, MSN, RN, CPN, CPHON® Clinical Coordinator Ramapo College of New Jersey | Anne Marie Sterk, MSN, RN, CPON® Unit-Based Educational Coordinator The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore |
| Debbie Giugliano, PhD, RN, CPNP, CPON® Director of Simulation Stony Brook School of Nursing | Renee Moos, MSN, MA, RN, CPNP Nurse Practitioner Division of Pediatric Hematology/ Oncology Stony Brook Children’s Hospital | The Valerie Fund Children’s Center |
Speakers
| Anne Casson, MS, RN, CPNP-PC Fertility Nurse Practitioner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Title: “Updates in Fertility Preservation” |
| Joan O’Hanlon Curry, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON®, NEA-BC, FAPHON, FAAN Project Director, Office of the CNO The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Mary Newman DNP, RN, CPON®, NE-BC Director of Nursing, Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer & Blood Disorders Nemours Children’s Health Title: “10 Essential Ingredients to Creating a Healthy Work Environment” |
| Devina Prakash, MD Title: “Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency: New Challenges in an Old Disease” Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Director Sickle Cell Program Stony Brook Children’s Hospital |
| Holly Kubaney, MSN, RN, PPCNP-BC, CPHON®, FAPHON Nurse Practitioner Dell Children’s Hospital Title: “Immunotherapy for the Win: Blinatumomab + Chemotherapy is the New Standard of Care for Pediatric B-ALL” |
| “If These Walls Could Talk: What Families and Patients Want Nurses to Know” A Panel Discussion moderated by Mary Newman, DNP, RN, CPON®, NE-BC Katia Conte, Sherlynn Canel Estrada, and Michelle McCooe |
| Kendall Corcoran, PsyD Licensed Psychologist Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology The Valerie Fund Children’s Center Stony Brook Children’s Hospital Title: “The Hidden Battle: The Psychological Impact of Pediatric Cancer” |
Conference Program
| 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM | Registration |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Welcome Remarks Joan O’Hanlon Curry, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON®, NEA-BC, FAPHON, FAAN Rosemary Mahan, MS, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON® |
| 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM | Breakfast Symposia: Sponsored by Servier |
| 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | “Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency: New Challenges in an Old Disease” Devina Prakash, MD Stony Brook Children’s Hospital |
| 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM | “The Hidden Battle: The Psychological Impact of Pediatric Cancer” Kendall Corcoran, PsyD Licensed Psychologist Stony Brook Children’s Hospital |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | “Updates in Fertility Preservation” Anne Casson, MS, RN, CPNP-PC Fertility Nurse Practitioner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Luncheon Symposia: Sponsored by Jazz |
| 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | “10 Essential Ingredients to Creating a Healthy Work Environment” Joan O’Hanlon Curry, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON®, NEA-BC, FAPHON, FAAN Project Director, Office of the CNO The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Mary Newman, DNP, RN, CPON®, NE-BC Director of Nursing, Lisa Dean Moseley Foundation Institute for Cancer & Blood Disorders Nemours Children’s Health |
| 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | “Immunotherapy for the Win: Blinatumomab + Chemotherapy is the New Standard of Care for Pediatric B-ALL.” Holly Kubaney, MSN, RN, PPCNP-BC, CPHON®, FAPHON Nurse Practitioner Dell Children’s Hospital |
| 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Break and Raffles |
| 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM | “If These Walls Could Talk: What Families and Patients Want Nurses to Know” A Panel Discussion moderated by Mary Newman, DNP, RN, CPON®, NE-BC |
| 4:15 PM | Closing/ Evaluations |
Registration Options:
Online: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/come-grow- with-us-cultivating-knowledge-in-pediatric- hematologyoncology-tickets- 1138743535569?aff=oddtdtcreator
Questions?
Please contact Joan O’Hanlon Curry @ jocurry@mdanderson.org
$140 Early Registration for APHON Members
$165 Early Registration for Non-APHON Members
$100 Early Registration for Nursing Students
After March 28th, 2025, or walk-in:
$165 Late Registration for APHON Members
$185 Late Registration for Non-APHON Members
$100 Late Registration for Nursing Students
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