BOSTON ONS
ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
What does survivorship look like to you?
We hope to see you at this year's event!
Our event this year includes the following:
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Continental breakfast
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Lunch Buffet
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FREE Parking
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Continuing education ~ This event will be submitted for 4.75 NPCDs.
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Complementary BONS gift
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Member only ~ After party celebration, invitation to follow registration
Social Hour ~ Members ONLY
BONS is excited to offer a member social following this year's Fall Conference. For those of you able to stick around and socialize with your nurse peers and colleagues, please join us for a festive fall beverage and snacks!
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Agenda
7:30 - 8:00
Opening & Registration
8:00 - 8:20
Welcome & Announcements
Presidential Address: Daunielle Ricardi, Chapter President 2025-2027
8:25 - 9:25
Writing in the care of Adolescents & Young Adults (AYAs) facing cancer
Vinayak Venkataraman MD Adult Medical Oncology Director, Adolescent & Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program Physician, Sarcoma Oncology Program Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
9:25 - 10:00
Break & Vendor Networking
10:00 - 11:00
Promoting Health and Wellbeing of Oncology Patients
Elizabeth J. Abraham, RN, BSN, MS Candidate,
Oncology Research Nurse, Massachusetts General Brigham Cancer Institute
M.S. in Nursing Leadership and Education, expected May 2027
11:00 - 12:00
Advances in Oncology Survivorship: Pediatric & Adult Perspectives Panel Discussion
Moderator - Abigail Ciampa, MSN, APRN-BC
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Dr. Wendy Garvin Mayo, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, Founder, Collaborative Cancer Care & The Stress Blueprint
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Jessica Vecchia RN, BSN, Breast/GYN Oncology Nurse Navigator, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
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Elona Stroni, MSN, RN, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
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Jill Brace O'Neill, CNP, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
12:00 - 12:45
Networking
12:45 - 1:30
AYVAKIT (avapritinib tablets): The Only Approved Treatment for Indolent (ISM) and
Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (AdvSM)
Salman Fazal, MD
UPMC
WEXFORD, PA
- Sponsored by Blueprint Medicines
1:30 - 2:30
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
The patient experience in the era of novel cellular therapies
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- Camille Edwards, MD
Instructor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician | Bing Center for Waldenström Macroglobulinemia
Division of Hematological Malignancies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Ethan Hawes, Cancer Survivor
2:30 - 3:15
The Impacts of Immunotherapy & Longterm Survival
Riley Fadden, CNP, Massachusetts General Hospital
3:15 - 3:30
Closing Remarks & RAFFLES
