2025 Translating Evidence into Practice: Elevating Clinical Outcomes

Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Online

This innovative annual forum, tailored for healthcare professionals across all disciplines, showcases the translation of evidence into practice. This year's program features over 20 innovative quality improvement projects and practice initiatives. You'll hear directly from project leads as they share their strategies for successfully driving meaningful change at their institutions. Each presentation will highlight successful examples of utilizing high-quality evidence to achieve impactful improvements in practice and outcomes.

We're honored to welcome Deborah Baker from Johns Hopkins Health Systems as this year’s keynote speaker, who will deliver an exciting presentation on Developing Nurse Clinician Scientists: Translating Evidence to Improve Practice and Nurse Autonomy.

Podium Presentations will cover five key topic areas, including:

Technology and Innovation
Example Presentation: Staff Dash - A Data-Driven Dashboard to Inform Staffing Decisions

Symptom Management through Supportive and Integrative Therapies
Example Presentation: Implementing a Standardized Writing Form to Monitor Dysgraphia for the Immune Effector Cell-Associated Encephalopathy (ICE) Score

Leadership and Professional Development
Example Presentation: Improving Scheduling Efficiency in the Setting of Staff Turnover and Increased Surgical Volume in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Using Census Data Trends

Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Example Presentation: Criteria Utilization to Optimize Physical Therapy Services in Acute Care Oncology Postoperative Thoracic Populations

Risk Mitigation Strategies in Oncologic Population
Example Presentation: Use of Antiseptic Barrier Caps to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Patients

Finally, a Rapid-Fire Poster Session will cover a range of topics such as:

— Standardizing the Process for Checking Investigational Oral Medications to Improve Patient Safety in Clinical Trials
— Transdisciplinary Post-CAR-T Therapy Coordination and Education in Non-Oncology Areas

Registered attendees will receive access to an online syllabus after the conference, which will include select PDFs of the faculty presentations (slides) and recorded videos.

This conference is designed for healthcare professionals of all disciplines including nurses, advanced practice providers, physicians, pharmacists, dieticians, social work, physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists or any other licensed clinical practitioner interested in learning more about evidence-based healthcare and how to integrate it into their practice.

1. Identify methods used to gather high-quality evidence in order to make a practice change
2. Recognize successful implementation strategies for change management
3. Illustrate the importance of demonstrating the return on investment for evidence-based change
4. Discuss strategies used to translate research into daily practice

Registration Fee: $199

Discounted registration is available for specific groups. If eligible, you will receive further instructions and a promotion code to use during registration. View our Policy on Registration Discounts for more information.

MSK Employees can register for any CME program at MSK free of charge. Sign in to the MSK CME Portal using your SSO credentials and register for the desired program.

View our Registration Policy for Industry Professionals for more information. An “industry professional” is defined as any individual, regardless of their profession type (such as MDs, PhDs, APPs, RNs, etc.) that is employed by an ineligible company.

For details on our cancellation terms, please review our Cancellation Policy.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ANCC CNE Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center–Nursing Professional Development / Continuing Education is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

6.50 contact hours will be awarded to participants who attend the program in its entirety and complete a program evaluation. Partial credit not awarded.

Advanced Practice Providers

— American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
— American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
— National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME.

MSK Conference Director

Ashley Hole, DNP, FNP-BC, CPON®, EBP-C

MSK Conference Co-Directors

Kelly Preti, MSN, AGACNP-BC

Nicole Zakak, MS, RN, CPNP, CPHON®

MSK Nurse Planner

Debby Italiano, MSN, RN, OCN®

 

MSK Physician Faculty Sponsors

Deborah J. Goldfrank, MD, FACOG

Steven C. Martin, MD

 

Keynote Presenter 

Deborah Baker, DNP, FAAN, AG-ACNP, NEA-BC 
Johns Hopkins Health System

 

Invited Faculty 

Alana Clark, MSN, RN
University of California, San Francisco

Vivian Huang, MS, RN, CNS, AGCNS-BC, BMTCN®, OCN®
University of California, San Francisco 

Sarah Knowles, DNP, APRN, ACCNS-AG, GERO-BC, WCC® (DNP, MSN, BSN)
University Hospitals

Elizabeth McNulty, DNP, RN, NE-BC
Catholic Health Services of Long Island

Kevin Moore, BA, BSN, MSN, DNP
NYU Langone Health

Sarah Rutledge, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, OCN®
Atrium Health

Brigitte M. Williams, MSN, RN
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Fuyang Zhang, CMSRN, BSN, RN
CUNY Hunter College

 

MSK Faculty 

Victoria Bihler, DNP 
Jacquelyn Burns, DNP
Sandy Chiriboga, MSN, RN, AMB-BC 
Hannah Creighton-Kirk, RN, BSN
Lucia Cuttone, DNP, MBA, AGPCNP-BC, OCN® 
Jeanine Gordon, DNP, MSN, BSN
Faye Ari Inumerables, MSN, RN, ACNS, BC, OCN® 
Emoke Karonis, MSN
Karen Kinsley, MSN, RN, OCN®
Dara Liebeskind, PT, DPT 
Emily Mansell, BSN, BA 
Wayne Quashie, Ed.D., CNS, ACNS-BC, AOCNS, EBP-C
Stephanie Rivera-Gamma, MSN, RN, ACCNS-AG 
Caroll Tipian, DNP, RN, AGACNP-BC 
Nhani Tran, DNP, AGACNP-BC, BMTCN® 
Keri Wagner DNP, RN, FNP-C, OCN®, EBP (CH)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025