On Monday, June 30 from 4:30-5:30PM Eastern Time, CancerCare is hosting a free mesothelioma teleconference workshop. The teleconference, titled Update on Mesothelioma, will feature a panel of experts to discuss numerous topics related to the disease. Registrants will be able to listen in on the phone or through a live stream online.
The Update on Mesothelioma teleconference will cover topics including mesothelioma treatment choices; the role of clinical trials; managing side effects, discomfort and pain; communicating with your health care team; quality of life and life style concerns; and physical activity and nutrition issues and tips. Questions for the panel of experts will also be accepted.
The panel of experts consists of four individuals: Richard J. Gralla, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Lee M. Krug, MD, Director of the Mesothelioma Program, Associate Attending Physician, Division of Thoracic Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN-BC, Nurse Practitioner, Executive Director, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation; and Winfield Boerckel, MSW, MBA, Director of Social Service – Long Island, Lung Cancer Program Coordinator, CancerCare.
Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN-BC, is an expert nurse practitioner with over 16 years of experience in mesothelioma treatment and dozens of published articles in a variety of scientific journals. She is the executive director of the Meso Foundation and the first line of help for patients and caregivers faced with a mesothelioma diagnosis.
Lee M. Krug, MD, is an Associate Attending Physician in the Division of Thoracic Oncology, Department of Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York, where he completed a fellowship and chief fellowship in medical oncology. Dr. Krug is the Director of the Mesothelioma Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is also the chair of the board of directors of the Meso Foundation.
To register for the free Update on Mesothelioma teleconference workshop, visit CancerCare.org.
