24th Annual UCLA Brain Tumor Conference, hosted by the UCLA Brain Tumor Center - May 10th & 11th, 2024
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2024 UCLA Brain Tumor Conference :
26-Year Brain Tumor Survivor & Patient Advocate Highlights Attendance at this Conference
26-Year Brain Tumor Survivor & Patient Advocate Highlights Attendance at this Conference
Virtual Session - Online Only
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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.
* 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
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Jeannine Walston
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Event Speakers
Leia Nghiemphu MD
UCLA Medical Center (Ronald Reagan)
Professor of Clinical Neurology
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
Noriko Salamon MD, PhD
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
Quinton Gopen MD
UCLA Department of Neurosurgery
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
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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
Tom Pier LCSW, OSW-C
Cancer Support Community Los Angeles
Facilitator
John Hegde MD
UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
Assistant Professor
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