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17th International Myeloma Workshop
Fri, Sep 13
|Boston
The educational symposia will include didactic, interactive, evidence-based, and fair-balanced content targeted to the supportive care of the patient with multiple myeloma. A significant focus will be places on the role of immunotherapies, as well as unique considerations with the delivery.
Time & Location
Sep 13, 2019, 9:45 AM – 8:00 PM
Boston, Boston, MA, USA
Guests
About The Event
Nursing Symposium Overview
The 4th nursing symposium will be held in conjunction with the 17th International Myeloma Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, September 13th, 2019. The audience for the live conference includes nurse practitioners, physician assistants, clinical nurse specialists, advanced degree nurses, hematology/oncology nurses, pharmacists, and physicians. In particular, the educational symposia will include didactic, interactive, evidence-based, and fair-balanced content targeted to the supportive care of the patient with multiple myeloma. A significant focus will be places on the role of immunotherapies, as well as unique considerations with the delivery of new drugs and management of side effects. There will be a variety of educational formats conducive to interaction which will include live oral presentations with Q&A sessions. Nurses will be able to disseminate the latest nursing research in the field of myeloma with the best-selected abstracts presented live in a plenary session and also in poster format within the main program.
Link to Nursing Symposium: http://imw2019boston.org/index.php/nurse-s-symposium/symposium
Nurse Registration Special Rates
$200 Access to entire IMW Program including Nursing Symposium
Abstract Submission to the Nursing Symposium
Any licensed healthcare professional can submit an abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation in the nursing symposium to be held on Friday, September 13, 2019. Six oral abstracts will be selected. Abstracts selected (oral and poster) will be included in official conference proceedings.
Abstracts are being considered in areas relating broadly, to supportive care in myeloma. This may include symptom management; toxicities; health related quality of life (HRQOL); late and long-term effects; models of care; advanced practice nursing and care delivery.
Submission Types
Oral Abstract – Six high-ranking abstracts will be selected for oral presentation.
Poster Abstract – Presenters will make physical or electronic posters to present during dedicated poster sessions. Presenters are required to be with their posters during the evening poster reception times.
Guidelines for submission are included on the website: http://imw2019boston.org/index.php/nurse-s-symposium/symposium
The Nursing Scientific Program Committee invites you to submit an abstract for the 17th International Myeloma Workshop, taking place September 12-15, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Notifications will be made by Friday, June 28, 2019.
Questions? Contact us: IMW Abstract Management Imw2019@spargoinc.com c/o SPARGO, Inc.
11208 Waples Mill Road Suite 112
Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
888-788-1522 (US Toll free); 001 571-207-7398 (International)
Nursing Symposium Proposed Agenda
09:45 – 10:00
Open & welcome ~ Dr. Kenneth Anderson, Kathleen Colson and Beth Faiman
10:00 – 10:30
Harnessing the Power of the Patients’ Immune System:
Harnessing the Beast – Immunotherapy 101 in Multiple Myeloma
Dr Joseph Mikhael MD, Med, FRCPC, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, International Myeloma Foundation
10:30 – 11:00 The Use of CAR-T in Multiple Myeloma: The Present and the Future
Patricia Mangan RN, MSN, APRN-BC, Abramson Cancer Center, Philadelphia
11:00 – 11:30
Nursing Considerations in the Changing Landscape of Multiple Myeloma Treatments
Charise Gleason MSN, NP-BC, AOCNP
Nurse Practitioner Myeloma, The Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta
11:30 – 12:30 Oral Abstract Session
12:30 – 13.30 Expositions and Lunch
13:30 – 15:15 Oral Abstract Session
15:15 – 15:45
Optimizing Patient Outcomes:
Huff, Puff and other Stuff: Cardiopulmonary Toxicities
Kimberly Noonan DNP, ANP-BC, AOCN
15:45 – 16:15
Management of Myeloma in the Older Population
Dr Elizabeth O’Donnell MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
16:15 – 16:45
Improving Outcomes in the Real World: The Role of MM Registries Prof
Andrew Spencer MBBS FRACP FRCPA DM
The Alfred, Melbourne, AU
16:45 – 17:00 Nursing close
Tracy King, Beth Faiman and Kathleen Colson
18.30 – 20.00 Nurses Poster Session and Reception Hynes Convention Centre
*Agenda is subject to change.
Please see website for the most up-to-date agenda.