Thursday | Friday | Saturday | sunday

(Schedule is subject to change)

Thursday, August 24, 2023

7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. 

Non-CME Product Theater Breakfast

8:45 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. 

Welcome Announcements and ASCO DirectTM Highlights Breast
CME: 0.75

9:40 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. 

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Gastrointestinal
Speaker: Eric Chen, MD, Staff Physician, Princess Margaret Cancer Center 
CME: 0.75 

Review latest results in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 

Refreshment Break With Exhibitors

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. 

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Genitourinary
Speaker: Laura Graham, MD, Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado
CME: 0.75

Review of practice changing abstracts from ASCO and GU ASCO with focus on emerging therapeutic strategies for GU malignancies. 

11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Lung
CME: 0.75

12:40 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.

Non-CME Product Theater Lunch supported by

1:40 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Head and Neck
CME: 0.75

2:35 p.m.  3:25 p.m. 

Fertility Preservation
CME: 0.75

3:25 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.

Refreshment Break With Exhibitors

3:55 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Panel Discussion - Professional Development
CME: 0.75

4:45 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.

Closing Announcements

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.

Wine and Cheese Reception and Poster Presentations
CME: 1.00

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Friday, August 25, 2023

7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Non-CME Product Theater Breakfast

8:45 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.

Welcome Announcements and Keynote Speaker: Finding A Way: Taking the Impossible and Making It Possible
Speaker: Siri Lindley, High Performance Coach, Sirius Athletes Inc
CME: 1.00

Siri will share her story of resilience. How she found a way through harrowing challenges and achieved what seemed impossible. Siri will share the tools on how you too, can find a way, and thrive through challenges through sharing her story.

10:00 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. 

Membership/State of APAO
Speaker: Tiffany Statler, PA-C, APAO President
CME: 0.50

10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Refreshment Break With Exhibitors

11:10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Practical Tips in Building an Oncology Survivorship Program
Speaker: Keri Halsema, NP, Nurse Practitioner, University of Colorado, Blood Disorders Center
CME: 1.25

Review of key operational and clinical building blocks in the creation of a robust oncology survivorship program.

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Non-CME Product Theater Lunch supported by

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

Networking Roundtable Discussions (Non-CME)

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Leukemia
Speaker: Christine McMahon, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
CME: 0.75

This session will review practice-changing and other top abstracts from ASCO 2023 in Leukemia and MDS.

2:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. 

Refreshment Break With Exhibitors

3:25 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. 

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Lymphoma
Speaker: Steven Bair, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
CME: 0.75

This talk will briefly review the most recent updates in the management of indolent and aggressive lymphomas.

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 

ASCO DirectTM Highlights Myeloma
CME: 0.75

5:05 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. 

Closing Announcements

6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 

Welcome Reception

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Saturday, August 26, 2023

7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.

Non-CME Product Theater Breakfast 

8:45 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.

Welcome Announcements

CONCURRENT SESSION
8:55 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 

The Hill We Must Climb: Addressing Disparities in Academic Medicine
Speaker: Danielle Rodin, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Radiation Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
CME: 0.75

Delivering excellent and equitable cancer care requires the identification, acknowledgement, and proactive mitigation of biases in academic medical centers. This session will explore the impact of these biases on clinical outcomes and on provider wellbeing, and how organizations can take a proactive stance to promote workforce equity, organizational culture, and better care for our patients.

CONCURRENT SESSION
8:55 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.  

Anticoagulation
CME: 0.75

CONCURRENT SESSION
9:50 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. 

Interventional GI: Cryoablation in Esophageal Cancer
Speaker: Youssef Soliman, MD, Gastroenterologist, City of Hope Phoenix
CME: 0.75

Cancer treatment is multifaceted. A recurring focus involves optimizing treatment with quality of life. Dysphagia from esophageal cancer can be debilitating. In cases that are not good candidates for surgical resection, palliative endoscopic options exist. One of these options is tumor debulking by cryotherapy. Increasingly, reports show positive results that are promising to improve patient quality of life.

CONCURRENT SESSION
9:50 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. 

Personalized Approach to Patients With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)
Speaker: Lindsey Lyle, MS, PA-C, Physician Assistant, Denver, Colorado
CME: 0.75

This session will provide a generalized overview of the various subtypes of myeloproliferative neoplasms, review diagnostic and prognostic criteria, and encourage PAs to personalize approach to treatment.

10:40 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. 

Refreshment Break

CONCURRENT SESSION
11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. 

Brain Metastases
CME: 0.75

CONCURRENT SESSION
11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. 

Genetic Testing: Increased Role of APP and Importance of Team-Based Care
CME: 0.75

12:10 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. 

Non-CME Product Theater Lunch supported by

Speaker: Lindsey Lyle, MS, PA-C | Rocky Mountain Cancer Center 
Therapeutic Area of Focus: Myelofibrosis
Product of Focus: Jakafi

CONCURRENT SESSION
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. 

New Drugs - Solid
CME: 0.75

CONCURRENT SESSION
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. 

New Drugs - Heme
CME: 0.75

2:25 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Motivational/Burnout Session
CME: 0.75

3:15 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. 

Closing Remarks

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP
3:20 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. 

Bone Marrow and Lumbar Puncture Workshop
CME: 2
.00

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP
3:20 p.m. – 5:20 p.m. 

Elevating Your Voice! From the Elevator to the Board Room
Panelist: Risa Zimmerman, MBA,MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, Director, Office of Advanced Practice, Nebraska Medicine
CME: 2.00

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Sunday, August 27, 2023

 7:45 a.m. – 8:10 p.m. 

Breakfast

8:10 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. 

Welcome Announcements and Pearls for Opioid Management from a Palliative Care Physician
Speaker: Carl Grey, MD, Enterprise Director of Hospice and Palliative Care, Atrium Health Wake Forest
CME: 0.75

1. Review opioid management strategies for cancer patients including starting doses and titration schedule of short acting agents.
2. Discuss opioid modifications based on liver or renal impairment.
3. Review how to initiate long acting opioid management and titration.
4. Discuss incomplete cross tolerance when switching to a new opioid.

9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 

Medical Aid in Dying: Ethical and Practical Issues
Speaker: Jonathan Treem, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
CME: 0.75 

An overview of the current legal, ethical, and clinical framework for medical-aid-in-dying in the US.

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. 

Stretch Break

10:10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

CAR-T Cell
CME: 0.75

11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Cardiac Complications/Implications For the Oncology Patient
CME: 0.75

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Closing Announcements