This Saturday, May 13, is our annual Cancer Survivor Day, an event where employees, members, and their families are invited to join Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States as we salute the men and women living with, through, and beyond cancer, and the doctors who support them. Attendees will get to experience educational workshops led by our expert physicians and staff, as well as wellness activities including yoga, meditation, chair massage, art therapy, and more. Take a look at the event schedule below for more details:
Registration: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lunch and Opening Remarks: 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Clinical Onsite Services: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wellness Activities: 1-4 p.m.
Educational Workshops: 1-1:45 p.m.; 2-2:45 p.m.; and 3-3:45 p.m.
Educational Workshop Schedule:
Session 1, 1-1:45 p.m.:
Alternative Medicine: Dealing with Side Effects and Lifestyle Changes, Diljeet Singh, MD
Room E
Breast Cancer Panel and Reconstruction Discussion, Marilyn Nguyen, MD; Rahul Tevar, MD; Elizabeth Pfaffenroth, MD
Room G/F
Bladder Cancer, Timothy Kim, MD
Room H
Cancer Survivorship and Support, Yevgeniy (Gene) Gincherman, MD; Neeta Ahuja, MD; Pamela John, RN, MSN
Timberlawn
Exercise During and After Treatment/Surgery: Qi Gong, Timothy Kim, MD
White Oak A
Lung Cancer, Yun Oh, MD
Room B
Nutrition Planning, Paul Miella, MD
White Flint Amphitheater
Radiology 101, Omar Javery, MD
Room D
Session 2, 2-2:45 p.m.:
Cancer Survivorship and Support, Yevgeniy (Gene) Gincherman, MD; Neeta Ahuja, MD; Pamela John, RN, MSN
Timberlawn
Clinical Trials: The Future of Cancer Care, Leon Hwang, MD
Room E
Exercise and Cancer, Piyapong Vongkovit, MD
Room H
Exercise During and After Treatment/Surgery: Qi Gong, Brandie Armijo, LAC
White Oak A
Family Emotional Care: Helping Adult Caregivers, Opal Pettis, MD
Brookside
Genetics & Hereditary Cancer, Jasmin Roohi, MD, Ph.D.
Room D
Immunotherapy, Laura M. Yarbro, Pharm.D.; Renee Funches, MD; Andrew Marconescu, MD
White Flint Amphitheater
Women’s Cancer and Sexuality, Diljeet Singh, MD
Room G/F
Session 3, 3-3:45 p.m.:
Blood Cancer, Pamela Seam, MD; Bogdan Dumitriu, MD
Room D
Cancer Survivorship and Support, Yevgeniy (Gene) Gincherman, MD; Neeta Ahuja, MD; Pamela John, RN, MSN
Timberlawn
Exercise During and After Treatment/Surgery: Qi Gong, Brandie Armijo, LAC
White Oak A
Family Emotional Care: Helping Adult Caregivers, Opal Pettis, MD
Brookside
“My Doctor Told Me I Have a Growth on My Kidney, Now What?” Daoud Dajani, MD
Room E
Nutrition Planning, Paul Miella, MD
White Flint Amphitheater
Ovarian Cancer, Muhrukh Hussain, MD
Room G/F
Cancer Survivor Day is Saturday, May 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd., North Bethesda, MD 20852. Free bus transportation will be provided from our Largo, South Baltimore, and Tysons Corner Medical Centers. The event is offered at no cost to members and their guests, and complimentary parking is available at 6130 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (shuttle transportation will be provided to the hotel throughout the day).
For more details and to register, visit cancersurvivorday.org.
