2024 Achieving Health Equity in Cancer Care: Strategies to Enhance Care Delivery and Healthcare Workforce Diversity

Friday, November 15, 2024, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Zuckerman Research Center, New York, NY

Due to the overwhelming response to this program, we have reached full capacity and can no longer accept new registrations. Please be advised that an on-demand option for this conference will be offered in the coming months, providing full access to the entire program and the opportunity to claim credit. To be notified when the on-demand option is available, please click here to join our mailing list. If you're currently registered for this conference and are unable to attend live, we kindly ask that you cancel your registration by emailing [email protected], so we can offer the spot to another attendee.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and MediSys Health Network are pleased to present this dynamic one-day complimentary event. This conference is an opportunity to bring experts from various fields, institutions, and specialties to speak about ways we can improve health equity for communities that are underserved by limited access to healthcare.

Our speakers come from various institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, the New York City Department of Health, academic centers, and community hospitals. Through this diversity of perspectives and expertise, we will highlight the many different ways one can improve health equity in their own practice and institution.

Session topics include innovative ways to deliver healthcare to communities that are underserved, workforce diversification, clinical trial diversification, and innovation in tobacco cessation and lung cancer screening. These topics are relevant to any individual within the healthcare team and we welcome all to attend. Beyond the knowledge gained, this conference is also an opportunity to create community and collaborations with like-minded individuals also passionate about health equity.

The conference is intended for all providers with an interest in increasing health equity, including physicians, advanced practice providers, trainees, nurses, patient navigators, social workers, and case managers. This symposium will be held exclusively in person at Zuckerman Research Center. A virtual attendance option will not be available.

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.

1. Discuss current and ongoing work being done in various health equity initiatives
2. Strategize how to implement health equity programs in their own practice
3. Describe how various institutions are tackling the same health equity initiatives

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 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC/CC Recognition Statements

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.00 credits/points in the following certification programs:

• Lifelong Learning credits for the American Board of Anesthesiology’s (ABA) Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program; and
• Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification Assessment Recognition Program; and
• Self-Assessment credits for the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program; and
• Lifelong Learning (Part II) credits for the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
• Lifelong Learning & Self-Assessment MOC points for the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Maintenance of Certification program*; and
• Accredited CME and Self-Assessment credits for the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Continuous Certification program; and
• Accredited CME and Self-Assessment credits for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) Maintenance of Certification program.

MOC/CC points will be reported to your board within 45 days of course completion.

Continuing Education for Licensed Psychologists in New York State**

This event offers 7.00 NYS Psychology Contact Hours.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0166

Social Work Accreditation Statement**

This presentation is approved for a maximum of 7.00 Continuing Education Contact Hours of Live Training. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0228.

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.

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

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*To receive ABP MOC points for the 2024 calendar year, a course evaluation must be completed by Wednesday, November 27, 2024

**Not all states accept New York State Contact Hours/CEUs. We recommend consulting your state licensing board to confirm whether the credit types offered for this course are accepted.

***For nursing credit, you must attend the entire conference and submit an evaluation on Friday, November 15.

 

Conference Director

Rosa Nouvini, MD
Assistant Attending
Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Hematology/Oncology Site Director, Jamaica Hospital

 

Conference Planning Committee

Fiyinfolu Balogun, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service
Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Christopher M. Brooks, MS
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Acute Care Services
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Joshua A. Budhu, MD, MS, MPH
Assistant Attending, Brain Tumor Service
Department of Neurology
Nicholls-Biondi Diversity Clinical Scientist Faculty Scholar
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Debyani Chakravarty, PhD
Assistant Attending, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology Service
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Rosario Costas-Muñiz, PhD
Assistant Attending
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Meghan McDarby, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Catherine Oberg, MD
Assistant Attending, Pulmonary Service
Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

David G. Pfister, MD
Associate Deputy Physician-in-Chief, Strategic Partnerships
Attending, Head and Neck Oncology Service
Department of Medicine 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sabiha Raoof, MD, FACR, FCCP
Chief Medical Officer
Chair of Radiology
MediSys Health Network 

Moneeza Walji, MD
Assistant Attending, Bone Marrow Transplant Service
Department of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

Invited Faculty

Brenda Adjei, EdD, MPA
Associated Director, Office of Healthcare Delivery and Equity Research
Center for Cancer Research, Office of the Clinical Director
National Cancer Institute 
Bethesda, MD

Nikisha Alcindor, MBA
President and Founder
STEM Educational Institute 
New York, NY

Tamara Cadet, PhD, LICSW, MPH
Associate Director, Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I)
Director, Program in Community Engagement Innovation, PC3I
Philadelphia, PA

Curtiland Deville Jr., MD
Medical Director
Johns Hopkins Proton Therapy Center
Baltimore, MD

Bruce Flanz, MBA
President and CEO 
Medisys Health Network 
New York, NY

Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE, FACP
Ruth C. and Raymond G. Perelman Professor
Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Medicine 
Associate Director of Diversity and Outreach, Abramson Cancer Center 
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Heather Mattie, PhD, SM, MS
Lecturer on Biostatistics
Co-Director of the Health Data Science Master's Program
Director of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Programs 
Department of Biostatistics 
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 
Boston, MA

Joan Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA
Dean of Diversity and Community Partnership 
Professor, Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, MA

Alan Roth, DO, FAAFP, FAAHPM
Chairman, Department of Family Medicine
Chief, Department of Integrative Pain and Palliative Care Medicine 
MediSys Health Network
New York, NY

Achala Talati, DO, MS, MPH
Director of Tobacco Policy and Programs, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention
Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Luigi Tullo, MD, FAAFP
Vice Chair, Department of Ambulatory Care
Medical Director, Division of Population Health
Medisys Health Network
New York, NY

Robert A. Winn, MD
Director and Lipman Chair in Oncology
VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation 
Professor of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
VCU School of Medicine
Richmond, VA

 

MSK Faculty 

Gleneara Bates-Pappas, PhD, LMSW
Fellow, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Alexis Chidi, MD, PhD, MSPH
Assistant Attending, Thoracic Service 
Department of Surgery

Robert Daly, MD, MBA
Assistant Attending, Thoracic Oncology Service
Department of Medicine

Francesca Gany, MD, MS
Chief, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service
Nicholls-Biondi Chair for Community Health Equity

Michelle Johnson, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Health Equity, Department of Medicine

Jamie Ostroff, PhD
Chief, Behavioral Sciences Service
Joseph Gaumont Chair of Cancer Prevention

Selwyn Vickers, MD, FACS
President and CEO 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 
In accordance with the ACCME's Standards, identification, mitigation and/or disclosure of financial relationships is not needed for non-clinical accredited education. 

The content of this activity is non-clinical. 

Friday, November 15, 2024