Thriving Together: 2022 Virtual Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer
When the metastatic breast cancer community comes together, we thrive together.
Event details
Thriving Together: 2022 Virtual Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer brought together medical experts and individuals living with MBC to share the latest research updates, practical tips for dealing with side effects, enhancing wellness, and advocating for yourself and the metastatic community.
Our Conference on Metastatic Breast Cancer has been providing people living with metastatic breast cancer and their families a dedicated space to gather trusted information and a community of support for 16 years.
Conference Resources
Keynote presentations
From bench to bedside: Understanding the role of clinical trials in your care
Speakers: Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc; Sheila Marie Johnson, and Julia Maués
Shared voices: Learning from each other
Speakers: Shanta Burns, Ann Camden, Roxana Guerra, and Savanah Reynoso
Living with metastatic breast cancer: Managing symptoms and side effects
Speakers: Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO and Evelyn Robles-Rodríguez, DNP, APN, AOCN
Supporting the whole you: From wellness to wellbeing
Speakers: Micheline Touissaint, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, RYT, SEP; Lesley Kailani Glenn, BS; and Rosylin Weston
Breakout sessions & bonus library content
Medical updates
- HER2-Positive and triple-positive metastatic breast cancer with Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, FACP
- Hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer with Tiffany Avery, MD, MPH
- Metastatic triple-negative breast cancer with Priyanka Sharma, MD
- Personalized medicine: The role of testing in metastatic breast cancer with Nikhil Wagle, MD
- Brain mets with Priscilla Brastianos, MD
- Bone mets with Kristen D. Whitaker, MD, MS
- Oligometastatic breast cancer with Elpida Argenziano, Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD; Debu Tripathy, MD
Support & Community
- Supporting someone you love with MBC with Celeste Vaughan-Briggs, LCSW; Thasheena Cutno; John Flak
- Ask the expert: Diet & nutrition with Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN
- Exercise class with Sami Mansfield
- Ask the expert: Fitness & exercise with Sami Mansfield
- Making a difference: Hot topics in metastatic breast cancer advocacy with Joanna L. Fawzy Morales, Esq.
- Anticipatory grief with Michelle Bronzo, MA, LPC, LCPC, LMHC, CT
- Talking about end of life with Kelly Grosklags, LICSW, BCD, FAAGC
- Newly diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer with Tufia C. Haddad, MD
- Parenting with MBC with Cynthia (Cindy) Moore, PhD
Speakers
Tiffany Avery, MD MPH
Chief Medical Officer, NantHealth
Priscilla Brastianos, MD
Michelle Bronzo, MA, LPC, LCPC, LMHC, CT
Psychotherapist, Michelle Bronzo Counseling, LLC
Steven J. Chmura, MD, PhD
Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO
Director, The Pelvic Malignancies Program, Lifespan Cancer Institute
Kelly Grosklags, LICSW, BCD, FAAGC, FT
Clinical social worker
Tufia Haddad, MD
Sara Hurvitz, MD
Division Head, Hematology/Oncology & Professor of Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc
Medical Oncologist, Mays Cancer Center
Julie Lanford, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN
Sami Mansfield, ACSM-CET, PN1
Founder, Cancer Wellness for Life
Cynthia Moore, PhD
Joanna L. Fawzy Morales, Esq
Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez, DNP, APN, AOCN
Director of Outreach, Prevention, and Survivorship, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
Sarah Saulsberry, PT
Priyanka Sharma, MD
Micheline Toussaint, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, RYT, SEP
Debu Tripathy, MD
Professor of Medicine & Chair, Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Celeste Vaughan-Briggs, LCSW
Program Manager, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program; Oncology Social Worker at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson
Nikhil Wagle, MD
Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Kristen Whitaker, MD, MS
Thank you to our event sponsors
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Lynda Gross Guardian Angel Fund
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