Symposium Held on April 24 -25 in Kitty Hawk, NC

Over 100 people attended a symposium titled “Coping with Cancer: Practical Strategies for Clinicians, Patients and Their Families” held on April 24-25 in Kitty Hawk, NC.

The symposium included a keynote address, lectures and small group and panel discussions. Topics included psychosocial issues in cancer patients; helping children when a parent has cancer; assisting couples through the cancer experience; palliative care; and financial aspects of cancer treatment.

Faculty and staff from UNC, Harvard, the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and the National Patient Advocate Foundation presented at different times throughout the symposium

Back Row, L - R: Tom Shea, MD, Associate Director of Clinical Outreach for UNC Lineberger; Don Baucom, PhD, professor of psychology at UNC and principal investigator of the Can Thrive project; Cindy Moore, PhD, Clinical Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital; John Shuster, MD, Medical Director, Balm of Gilead Palliative Care Center, Medical Director Chronic Pain Center, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital Birmingham, Alabama Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa

Front Row, L - R: Jean Sellers, RN, OCN, Administrative Director for UNC Lineberger Outreach; Don Rosenstein, MD, Director of the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program; Nancy Davenport-Ennis, CEO, President of the National Patient Advocate Foundation; Deb Mayer PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Associate Professor, UNC School of Nursing