Integrating Psychosocial Support Into Treatment: A Patient-Survivor Panel : 2024 UCLA Brain Tumor Conference

2024 UCLA Brain Tumor Conference : Integrating Psychosocial Support Into Treatment: A Patient-Survivor Panel

Integrating Psychosocial Support Into Treatment: A Patient-Survivor Panel

In-Person ONLY Session May 11, 2024 - 12:45 PM

Please join in this open discussion and Q&A with participants from the Brain Tumor Support Group at Cancer Support Community Los Angeles. Topics will include making treatment decisions, side effects of care, and the social and emotional impact on a person diagnosed with a brain tumor. Bring your questions and join the inspiring and educational workshop.

* Each session is pre-recorded and provides a broad overview suitable for all types of audiences. Health professionals will be available to provide additional information on Saturday, May 11th 2024 at the In-Person Session on UCLA Campus.

Ask a Question:

Submit your question to be answered during Friday's Live Brain Tumor Board session.

About the presenter

Tom Pier LCSW, OSW-C

Facilitator

Cancer Support Community Los Angeles

Learn more about Cancer Support Community Los Angeles

As the largest professionally led nonprofit network of cancer support worldwide, the Cancer Support Community is dedicated to ensuring that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community.

Our Belief That Community Is Stronger Than Cancer. We are a relentless ally for anyone who is striving to manage the realities of this disruptive disease and get back to normal.

No one can, or should, face cancer alone. While we have witnessed many significant advances in treating this devastating disease, nothing takes the place of the power, inspiration, companionship, and connection that comes from community.

We are here to provide relevant and highly personalized support when and where it is needed most because Community is Stronger than Cancer.

We are a global non-profit network of 175 locations, including CSC and Gilda's Club centers, hospital and clinic partnerships, and satellite locations that deliver more than $50 million in free support and navigation services to patients and families. Find a location near you.

In addition, we administer a toll-free helpline, 888-793-9355, and produce award-winning educational and digital resources that, together with the locations, reach more than one million people each year.

We also conduct cutting-edge research on the emotional, psychological, and financial journey of cancer patients and advocate at all levels of government for policies to help individuals whose lives have been disrupted by cancer.

Visit www.cancersupportcommunity.org for more information.

Ask a Question:

Submit your question to be answered during Friday's Live Brain Tumor Board session.

Related Sessions

26-Year Brain Tumor Survivor & Patient Advocate Highlights Attendance at this Conference

Jeannine Walston

As Jeannine has attended brain tumor conferences for many years, she knows the UCLA Brain Tumor Center provides excellence, innovation, and top-notch care. This video will briefly share her brain tumor story and essential topics that might be helpful from this conference and your journey.

Overview of Brain Tumors

Timothy Cloughesy MD

Attend this session to get an overview of brain tumors. Brain tumor incidence, how brain tumors form, brain tumor subtypes, and standard and novel treatments will be covered.

Neurosurgical Techniques

Richard Everson MD

Neurosurgery remains one of the most effective front line defenses available for patients. Come learn how the surgical process is aided with intraoperative neuro-imaging and advanced surgical techniques from the surgeons who perform these complex procedures.

Radiation Therapy

Tania Kaprealian MD

Radiation therapy can be an effective tool in the standard care of brain tumor patients. Gain a better understanding of the process and the latest technologies deployed to improve patient care.

Chemotherapies and Biologic Agents

Albert Lai MD, PhD

In this presentation, we will discuss various types of agents and treatment options available in standardized care, along with updates on currently enrolling clinical trials.

Updates in Experimental Therapies

Leia Nghiemphu MD

Learn about the rapidly changing environment of therapeutic agents along with the latest clinical trials available for brain tumor patients.

Understanding Neuropathology

Fausto Rodriguez MD

Gain a better understanding about the basics of Neuro-Pathology along with the latest updates in this rapidly evolving discipline.

Brain Tumor Imaging

Noriko Salamon MD

Come learn about the basics of Neuro-Imaging and how 1.5T/3T (MRI) Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) modalites play important roles in detecting tumor progression.

Surgical Management of NF2

Richard Everson MD

Event Speakers

Timothy Cloughesy MD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Clinical Professor and Director of the UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program, Co-Director of UCLA Brain Tumor Center

Richard Everson MD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Tania Kaprealian MD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Albert Lai MD, PhD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Professor In-Residence, Neurology

Leia Nghiemphu MD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Professor of Clinical Neurology

Noriko Salamon MD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences; Diagnostic Neuroradiology Section Chief

Fausto Rodriguez MD

UCLA Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Professor & Chief of Neuropathology

Richard Green MD

Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Director of Neuro-Oncology

Phil Chang DO

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Oncology Rehabilitation Physician

Robert Prins PhD

UCLA Department of Neurosurgery & Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

Professor

Patricia Walshaw PhD

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Assistant Professor

Robert Chong MD, PhD

UCLA Neuro-Oncology

Assistant Professor

Tracy Chang MD

UCLA Department of Neurology; Neuro-Rehabilitation

Katie Hu MD

UCLA Health Center for East West Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor

Lauren Michelson RN, MSN, NP

UCLA Neuro-Oncology

Nurse Practitioner

Kathleen Van Dyk PhD

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry

Clinical Instructor and Neuropsychologist

Cara L. Siegel MD

UCLA Dept of Neurology and Dept of Medicine, Palliative Care Program

HS Assistant Clinical Professor

Nanette Fong RN, MSN, NP

UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)

Nurse Practitioner

Marco Giovannini MD, PhD

UCLA Division of Head and Neck Surgery

Professor-in-Residence; Scientific Director, UCLA NF2 Multidisciplinary Clinic; Director, Neural Tumor Research Laboratory

Christine Goukasian MS, RDN

UCLA Division of Clinical Nutrition

Senior Dietitian

John Hegde MD

UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology

Assistant Professor