Description
GIST Days of Learning are one-day programs that provide education and support for people who have GIST and their caregivers, and are free to all who attend.
Agenda subject to change
Agenda
| 8:15am – 9:15am | Registration |
| 9:15am – 9:30am | Introduction and Brief History of GIST Lawrence Baker – Medical Oncologist |
| 9:30am – 10:00am | The Role of the Cancer Surgeon in Diagnosis and Therapy Will Burns – Surgical Oncologist |
| 10:00am – 10:30am | The Role of the Medical Oncologist in Diagnosis and Therapy Rashmi Chugh – Medical Oncologist |
| 10:30am – 10:45am | Break |
| 10:45am – 11:45am | Drug Interactions and other FAQ and Side Effect Management
Rachelle McDivitt – Clinical Pharmacist Stephanie Taylor, RN, Oncology |
| 11:45am – 1:00pm | Lunch
Roundtables & Patient Stories led by Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners |
| 1pm – 1:30pm | New Therapies on the Horizon
Scott Schuetze – Medical Oncologist |
| 1:30pm – 2:00pm | GIST Patients as Cancer Survivors
Lawrence Baker |
| Q&A to follow |
