Confirmed Speakers
The name of each faculty member is hyperlinked to their more extensive biosketch.
.Week 1
Welcome & overview of cancer survivorship
Christine Duffy, MD, MPH. Director, Adult Cancer Survivorship Program, Brown University Health Cancer Institute. Medical Director, The Miriam Hospital Primary Care Clinic at Brown University.
Intersection between infectious disease and cancer: A preventative perspective
Philip Chan, MD, MS. Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Brown University; Medical Director, Rhode Island Department of Health; Chief Medical Officer, Open Door Health.
.Week 2
Onco-fertility
May-Tal Sauerbrun-Cutler, MD. Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Director of Fertility Preservation in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.
Humanism in medicine and palliative care: why now?
Fred Schiffman, MD. Associate Physician-in-Chief, The Miriam Hospital; Medical Director, Brown University Health Cancer Institute.
Breast cancer
Mary-Anne Fenton, MD. Clinical associate professor at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Clinical Director, Breast Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital.
Economic burden of cancer in the United States
Robin Yabroff, PhD MBA, Scientific Vice President, Health Services Research, American Cancer Society.
Chronic pain after cancer treatment
Dana Guyer, MD. Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Director of Supportive Care at Brown University Health Cancer Institute.
.Week 3
Pediatric malignancies and survivorship
Roma Bhuta, DO, MPH. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Clinical cancer prevention: future challenges and opportunities
Earnest Hawk, MD MPH. Vice president and head of the division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair for Early Prevention of Cancer.
Fatigue
Ellen Manzullo, MD, FACP. Professor in the Department of General Internal Medicine. Deputy Division Head (Clinical) of Internal Medicine and Deputy Department Chair (Clinical) of General Internal Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Chemotoxicities and its long term effects.
Justin Liauw, PharmD, BCOP. Clinical Pharmacist Specialist of Hematology/Oncology.
.Week 4
Head & neck cancers
Ariel Birnbaum, MD. Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator. Director, Head and Neck Cancer Program, Brown University Health Cancer Institute
Basit Jawad, MD. Otolaryngology at Brown University Health Cancer Institute.
OncoRehabilitation
Scott Capozza, MS PT. Physical therapist at Smilow Cancer Hospital Survivorship Clinic, Yale University.
Radiation induced cardiotoxicity
Manu Mysore, MD. Assistant Professor of Cardiology at the University of Maryland. Co-Medical Director of the Cardio-Oncology Program.
Role of chaplains in survivorship
Jane Maglio, MA. Staff Chaplain, Lead. Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital.
Prostate cancer
Tony Wu, MD. Brown University/ Brown University Health Hospitals.
.Week 5
An overview of the late effect of cancer and its treatments
Maryam Lustberg, MD MPH. Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Medical Oncology); Director, Center for Breast Cancer; Chief, Breast Medical Oncology.