LECTURE: Women and Breast Cancer: Long Term Survivorship Issues

Presenter(s): Carol Boyer, RN, MSN, APN, CBPN-C; John D. Cunningham, MD; Lisa A. Mills, MD; Elizabeth Nikol, LCSW, ACT Kate Keenan, NP

Sponsored by: Summit Medical Group, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and the Young Survival Coalition

Date & Time: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7:00 PM

Description:

After breast cancer patients are diagnosed and treated, they become "survivors". What does this mean in the long term? Join us for presentations and a discussion of what survivorship is, and learn how to better cope and strategically plan for your life as a survivor. Please join us at 6:30pm for casual networking and refreshments.

Networking event begins at 6:30pm.

 

Presenters:

• Elizabeth Nikol, LCSW - Certified Cognitive Therapist and 6 year breast cancer survivor, Leadership Council of the Young Survival Coalition Northern NJ.
• Carol Boyer, APN-C - Breast Health Navigator and Certified Advanced Practice Oncology Nurse
• Kate Keenan, NP - Clinical Nurse Practicioner in the Cancer Survivorship Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
• Dr. Lisa Mills - board certified in Oncology, Hematology and Internal Medicine
• Dr. John Cunningham - Board Certified surgeon at SMG and Overlook Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.