Lung Cancer: Update 2012
Screening, Diagnosis, Staging & Treatment
Date
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Time
7:00AM – 5:30PM
Location
Columbia University
Hammer Health Sciences Center
701 West 168th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10032
Program Co-Directors
Nasser Khaled Altorki, MD, FACS
K.S. Clifford Chao, MD
Balazs Halmos, MD
Bryan J. Schneider, MD
Joshua R. Sonett, MD, FACS
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Registration
$105 Clinicians claiming CME credits
$75 Clinicians not claiming CME credits
$50 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Faculty & Staff
$50 Fellows, Residents & Students
Payment Methods
ONLINE: Click here to register
BY MAIL: Complete the registration form and mail together with full
payment to:
Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Surgery, External Affairs
400 Kelby Street, 11th Floor
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Enclose a check or money order made payable to: Columbia University Department of Surgery/Lung CME. Checks must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for pulmonologists, radiologists, medical and radiation oncologists, internists, thoracic surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, respiratory therapists, and other medical professionals involved in the screening and evaluation of high-risk patients as well as the diagnosis, staging and/or management of patients with lung cancer.
Overall Goals
This one day CME accredited educational course will focus on lung cancer, its screening, diagnosis and staging, as well as bronchoscopic, surgical, radiation-based and oncologic treatment approaches. Lectures will be given by recognized experts who will address the current clinical practice and will provide updates on key recent findings in regards to paradigms in screening, early detection, diagnostics and treatment. Also, the most current surgical, interventional pulmonary and radiation technologies to stage, treat and palliate disease, including recent advances in chemotherapy and targeted therapeutics to manage advanced disease. This course will be organized into six didactic sessions, and attendee participation and interaction will be facilitated through Q&A, audience polling, interactive panel discussions and case presentations. Participants will learn and understand the screening of patients at risk for lung cancer, the work-up of patients with suspected lung cancer and the management plan of patients with an established diagnosis.
Learning Objectives
After the program, participants will be able to:- Identify populations of patients at high-risk of disease and learn proper algorithms for the appropriate screening steps for this population
- Discuss the strengths and limitations of different invasive and non-invasive staging techniques
- Understand recent developments in the histological and molecular classification of lung cancer
- Recognize innovative surgical, interventional radiological and radiation based strategies for the curative treatment of patients with poor lung function
- Select patients appropriately for various interventional and surgical approaches for palliation of intra-thoracic complications of lung cancer
- Recognize the benefit and indications of adjuvant modality therapies
- Demonstrate knowledge of multidisciplinary treatment modalities for patients with locally advanced disease
- Understand patient selection issues for systemic therapy
- Demonstrate insight into ongoing novel clinical studies for advanced disease
- Understand the impact of palliative interventions in the management of patients with advanced lung cancer
Accreditation Statement
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit
The College of Physicians and Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses and physician assistants are encouraged to check with their accrediting organization to ensure they accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Disclosure Statement
The College of Physicians and Surgeons must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in
its educational activities.
All faculty participating in this activity are required to disclose to the audience any significant financial interest and/or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in his/her presentation and/or the commercial contributor(s) of this activity.
When unlabeled uses are discussed, these will also be indicated.
Contact Information
Jessica Scully
Senior Events Coordinator
Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Surgery, External Affairs
Telephone: 201-346-7007
Fax: 201-346-7011
E-mail: jas2134@columbia.edu
Department of Surgery, Office of External Affairs
400 Kelby Street, Floor 11, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
Phone: 201.346.7001
Fax: 201.346.7010
Email: info@columbiasurgery.org
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