Friday, September 24, 2010
Hotel Kabuki
1625 Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

Print friendly option: Program brochure with registration form. (PDF)

Who Should Attend?  |  Course Objectives  |  Course Registration  |  Agenda  |  Course Accrediation  |  Location and Hotel Information

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for dermatology, internal medicine, family practice, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and general surgery physicians, residents, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and allied health professionals who participate in the care and management of patients with
breast cancer or melanoma.
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Course Objectives

At the completion of the program, participants should be able to:

1. Emphasize the multidisciplinary approach in the management of breast cancer and melanoma.


2. Highlight the controversies in the surgical, medical and radiation treatment of breast cancer and melanoma.


3. Discuss current treatment modalities of breast cancer and melanoma.

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Course Registration

Registrations must be received no later than Friday, September 16, 2010.
Registration form available in course brochure.

Please include the following information when you register:
First Name Last Name
MD DO NP RN Other
Employer (as you would like it to appear on your badge)
Home Address
City State Zip
Day Phone
Fax Number
E-mail (required for confirmation)

Registration Fees
Physicians: $125.00
Residents: $75.00
Nurses: $75.00
CPMC Nurses: Free (please include employee badge copy with registration)

Registration fee is non-refundable.

Please choose your payment method:
Check enclosed payable to CPMC
Credit Card: AMEX     VISA     Discover     Mastercard
Account number
Exp. date
Authorized signature

Mail it to:
Sophia Hall
CPMC Regional Referral Program
633 Folsom Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
OR
Fax to 415-600-2955.

If you have questions or would like additional information, call Sophia Hall at 415-600-7450.

Registration fee includes: Course syllabus, Continental breakfast on September 24, 2010, Buffet lunch on September 24, 2010
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Agenda

• 8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 Introduction and Welcome - Stanley Leong, M.D. & Peter Richards, M.D.

• 9:00 Current Status of Breast Cancer Screening - Jessica Leung, M.D.


• 9:30 Breast MRI from the Surgeon’s Perspective - Peter Richards, M.D.


• 10:15 Break


• 10:30 Preventing Breast Cancer - without Tamoxifen - William Goodson, M.D.


• 11:00 Is Six Weeks of Radiation Still the Standard for Treatment of Breast Cancer? - Mark Rounsaville, M.D.


• 11:30 Is Autologous Tissue Better than Implants? - Karen Horton, M.D.


• 12:00 Controversies in the Systemic Treatment of Breast Cancer - Wei Wang, M.D.


• 12:30 Lunch (provided)


• 1:30 Controversies in the Pathological Evaluation of Melanocytic lesions - John Moretto, M.D.


• 2:00 Controversies in Melanoma Diagnosis and Prognosis - Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, M.D.


• 2:30 Is Selective Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection a Prognostic or Therapeutic Procedure? - Stanley Leong, M.D.


• 2:55 Commentary on the Role of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer - Peter Richards, M.D.


• 3:00 Break


• 3:15 Should Radical Neck Dissection be done for Head and Neck Primary Melanoma? - Mark Singer, M.D.


• 3:45 Controversies in Stage III and IV Melanoma; Interferon, Ipilimumab and Biochemotherapy - David Minor, M.D.


• 4:15 Breast Cancer and Melanoma Program Wrap-up and Conclusion
  Stanley Leong, M.D. & Peter Richards, M.D.


• 4:40 Adjourn

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Course Accrediation

California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/California Medical Association (IMQ/CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. CPMC takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

CPMC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

CEU Credit 7.0. Contact Hours Available, RN/LVN Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 1956. Please Note: If you are more than 10 minutes late or leave more than 10 minutes early, we will be unable to award you with BRN hours for the course.

This program is supported by educational grants provided by Covidien, Ethicon Endo-Surgery and KCI.
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Location and Hotel Information

This educational event will be held at the Hotel Kabuki, located in San Francisco’s Japantown at the corner of Post and Laguna. Hotel Kabuki is
a premier Japanese-style hotel in San Francisco with a western touch. With its prime Japantown location and unique blend of Eastern and
Western influences, Hotel Kabuki offers calm and serene accommodations and ambiance. A block of guest rooms has been reserved at the special conference rate of $149. The cut-off date to receive this rate is August 22, 2010. Please call the hotel directly at 415-922-3200 to make your reservation, identify yourself as a member of this conference to receive the special rate.
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