Past Presentations
Explore presentations from our 2018 Ovarian Cancer National Conference. Video recordings are available for select presentations.
OCRA’s 2018 Ovarian Cancer National Conference Presentations
Saturday, July 14, 2018
- Mello Abrams Lecture: New Treatments for Ovarian Cancer (Ursula Matulonis, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute); Watch Video
- Newly Diagnosed: Ovarian Cancer 101 (Teresa P. Diaz-Montes, MD, MPH, FACOG, Lya Segall Ovarian Cancer Institute, Mercy Medical Center)
- Navigating the Health Insurance System (Tina Segura, Esq., Disability Rights Legal Center)
- Integrative Medicine for Ovarian Cancer (Shelly Latte-Naor, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
- All About PARP Inhibitors (Ursula Matulonis, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
- Ovarian Cancer Dream Team: Where are We? (Alan D. D’Andrea, MD, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute); Watch Video
- Advocacy at Home: Taking Action in Your State (Chad Ramsey, Vice President, Policy, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance; Vanessa Cramer, Associate Director, Policy, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance)
- Too Young for This! Facing Cancer Under 40 (Erin Price, MSW, LGSW, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts)
- Managing Recurrence (Sarah Adams, MD, University of New Mexico)
Sunday, July 15, 2018
- Ask the Experts – video only (Susan C. Modesitt, MD, Director of the Gynecologic Oncology Division and Director of the High Risk Breast/Ovarian Cancer Clinic, University of Virginia; Amanda Nickles Fader, Associate Professor and Director of the Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service in the Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Anil Sood, MD, Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
- Caring for the Caregiver (Mark Gibbons, Caregiver Action Network)
- Rare Ovarian Cancers (Amanda Nickles Fader, Johns Hopkins Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics)
- Policy Update: Drug Pricing (Chad Ramsey, Vice President, Policy, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance; Vanessa Cramer, Associate Director, Policy, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance)
- Genetics and Hereditary Ovarian Cancer (Susan C. Modesitt, MD, University of Virginia)
- Racial Health Disparities in Ovarian Cancer (Sarah Temkin, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know (Elise C. Kohn, MD, National Cancer Institute); Watch Video
- Doctor-Patient Communication (Gretchen Fisher, MD, & Carol Santalucia, MBA, Cleveland Clinic)
- Sexual Health after Cancer (for survivors only) (Saketh R. Guntupalli, MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine at Denver)
- Get Involved! Ways to Engage with Your Ovarian Cancer Community (Audra Moran, President & CEO, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance; Susan Leighton, Survivors Teaching Students, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance; Laura Forte, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance Advocate Leader)
OCRA’s 2017 Ovarian Cancer National Conference Presentations
Saturday, July 8, 2017
- Mello Abrams Lecture: New Treatments for Ovarian Cancer (John Moroney, MD, University of Chicago Medicine)
- Caring for the Caregiver (Mark Gibbons, Caregiver Action Network)
- Genetics 101 for the Ovarian Cancer Patient (Iris Romero, MD, University of Chicago Medicine)
- Managing Recurrence (Sarah Adams, MD, University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center)
- Newly Diagnosed (Nita Lee, MD, MPH, University of Chicago Medicine)
- Nutrition for the Ovarian Cancer Patient (Jill Bice, MS, RD, LDN, CNSC, CSO, University of Chicago Medicine)
- Clinical Trials: Where We Are and What You Need to Know (Carol L. Brown, MD, FACS, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
- Too Young for This! Facing Cancer Under 40 (Sarah Sciortino, MSW, LSW, University of Chicago Medicine)
Sunday, July 9, 2017
- The Ovarian Cancer Dream Team: An Update (Alan D’Andrea, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
- Rare Ovarian Cancers (David Gershenson, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
- Addressing the Cost of Treatment: Policy Solutions to “Financial Toxicity” (Carrie Tracy, JD, Community Service Society of New York)
- Coping with Cancer: Focusing on Mental Health (Fay Hlubocky, PhD, MA, University of Chicago Medicine)
- Get Involved! Ways to Engage with the Ovarian Cancer Community (Annie Ellis, Research Advocate, OCRFA; Susan Leighton, National Program Director, Survivors Teaching Students; Marcie Paul, Advocate Leader, OCRFA)
- Making Decisions About Palliative Care and Hospice (Monica Malec, MD, FAAHPM, University of Chicago Medicine)
- Sexual Health After Cancer (Amy Siston, PhD, University of Chicago Medicine)