Transplant Nursing Conference 

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Oncology Nursing Society, an

accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on

Accreditation.  Attendance at the entire Transplant Nurses Conference entitles registered

nurse participants to 13.66 contact hours (based on a 60 minute contact hour). 

Participants may obtain contact hours for attendance at specific sessions.  All contact
hour certificates will be awarded at the conference and may be obtained at the

Transplant Nurses Registration Desk.  Certificates will not be mailed.

FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 15

8:30 am
Welcome
Margaret Bevans, RN, MS, PhD, AOCN
ONS BMSCT Special Interest Group Coordinator 

Opening Remarks 
Mary Burgunder, RN, BSN, MS, OCN; Rosemary Ford, RN, BSN, OCN;
and Kim Schmit-Pokorny, RN, MSN, OCN
Conference Co-Chairs

8:50 am
Historical Milestones in the Development of Stem Cell Transplantation
John Barrett, MD
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

9:45 am
BMT:  Blood, Cancer and much, much more!
Edwin M. Horwitz, MD, PhD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

11:00 am
Psychological Impact of Transplantation
Karen Syrjala, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington

Noon
Luncheon Presentation:
Story of an Adventure:  The Saga of Transplant Nursing 
Rosemary Ford, RN, BSN, OCN
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, Washington
            
1:30 pm
Oral Abstracts   
Angela Johns, RN, MPA, OCN, and D. Kathryn Tierney, RN, PhD
Coordinators  

3:30 pm
Adjourn

SATURDAY – FEBRUARY 16

8:30 am
Chronic GVHD
Laura Johnston, MD
Stephany Rodriquez, MSN, NP
Stanford University
Stanford, California

11:00 am
Nutrition Therapy in Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Kimberlee Taylor, MS, RD, LD, CNSD
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Noon
Networking Luncheon with BMSCT SIG Presentation
  
1:30 pm
Roundtable Discussions  
Linda Abramovitz, RN, MSN
Coordinator    

2:15 pm
Roundtable Discussions (Repeat)

3:00 pm
Adjourn

6:30 pm
Poster Session
Margaret Davitt Harris, CRNP, MSN, and Nonniekaye Shelburne, RN, MS, CRNP, AOCN
Coordinators

SUNDAY – FEBRUARY 17

8:30 am
Early Recognition of Acute BMT Toxicities
Brenda Shelton, MS, RN, CCRN, AOCN
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland
   
9:20 am
What's Hot in BMT Pharmacy:  Emphasis on Fungus and GVHD
Cindy Ippoliti, PharmD
Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York

10:25 am
Transplantation for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Philip Bierman, MD
Katherine Byar, MSN, APRN, BC
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Noon
Closing Remarks and Evaluations

12:10 pm
Adjourn