TRANSPLANT NURSING CONFERENCE
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 5-7

 
        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 15.7 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.

 

All scientific sessions will be held in Quandary Peak
in the Keystone Conference Center.

MONDAY – FEBRUARY 5

7:30 am
Buffet Breakfast 
   
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
Double Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation:  The University of Minnesota Experience
Michael R. Verneris, MD
University of Minnesota

9:45 am
Nursing Practice Variation in Stem Cell Transplantation:  National Survey
Margaret Bevans, RN, PhD, AOCN
National Institutes of Health

11:00 am
Advances in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
Steven Z. Pavletic, MD
National Institutes of Health

Noon
Networking Luncheon and BMSCT SIG Presentation 
            
1:30 pm
Oral Abstracts     
D. Kathryn Tierney, RN, PhD, Coordinator

5:00 pm
Reception

TUESDAY – FEBRUARY 6

7:30 am -- Breakfast Symposium
Update on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization and Collection Strategies
(Supported by AnorMed, Inc./Genzyme Transplant)

8:30 am
Critical Complications Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Katherine Mishaw, RN, MS, AOCN
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

9:20 am
Integrating Palliative Care and Aggressive Curative Treatment
Michelle Frost, RN
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle

10:25 am
Recent Advances in Pharmacotherpy for HSCT Patients 
Gary Yee, PharmD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

11:10 am
Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS)
(Hepatic Veno-Occlusive Disease)
Seth Eisenberg, RN, OCN
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Noon
Luncheon Session:  Total Family Health – a Patient Family Perspective 
Melanie Goldish
SuperSibs!
  
1:30 pm
Roundtable Discussions       
Marty Gibson-Steed, Coordinator
  
2:15 pm
Roundtable Discussions (Repeat)

WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 7

7:00 am
Breakfast Buffet

8:30 am
Diagnostic Testing in Acute Leukemia and Other Hematologic Malignancies:  What Do I Send This For?
William Blum, MD
Ohio State University
   
9:20 am
Neurocognitive Effects in the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Survivor
Yvonne Barnes, RN, MSN, CPNP
St. Louis Children's Hospital

10:25 am
Novel Uses of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Nelson Chao, MD
Duke University Medical Center 

11:10 am
Enhancing Graft-versus-Leukemia
Joseph Antin, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Noon
Lunch

1:45 pm
Breakout Sessions

      Management of Multiple Myeloma in the 21st Century
      Angela Dispenzieri, MD, and Teresa Miceli, RN, BSN
      Mayo Clinic

      Pediatric Special Interest Group
      Joint Session with the ASBMT Pediatric BMT Special Interest Group

3:45 pm
Closing Remarks and Evaluations

4:00 pm
Poster Session
Maggie Davitt-Harris, RN, MSN, Coordinator