Conference Slides

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Thursday, March 13, 2025

8:00–8:15 am		Welcome Ronald Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Iowa City, IA
8:15–9:30 am		General Session Partnering for Better Care Moderator: Ronald Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS Success Stories: Linking Small and Large Programs Neal Wilkinson, MD, FACS, Kalispell, MT Abstract – How CoC Collaboration Increases Rural Volumes and Helps Remove Geographic-Linked Disparity in Cancer Charles Shelton, MD, Nags Head, NC Collaborative Research Agenda: Improving Surgical Care in Rural Communities Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, Omaha, NE Improving Care in the Rural Setting Mary Charlton, PhD, Iowa City, IA Q&A
9:30–10:15 am		Rapid Fire Poster Session Moderator: Bruce Brenner, MD, FACS, Staten Island, NY Spatial Analysis of Melanoma Mortality in Relation to Provider Distribution across U.S. Health Service Areas Eli Kasheri, BS, Miami, FL (cancelled) Re-envisioning Cancer Survivorship – Introducing Comprehensive Cancer Care & Survivorship Medicine Regina Jacob, MSCE, MD, New Hyde Park, NY Excellence in Compliance with Standard 5.8 Lung Nodes - Implementing a QI Project to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes Isabel Emmerick, MPH, PhD, Worcester, MA Iterative Process for Improving Compliance with Synoptic Operative Reports in a Large Healthcare System Mary Brandt, MD, Milwaukee, WI The Lived Experiences of Family Cancer Caregivers: The Impact of Supportive Services Amy Halter, PhD, Indiana, PA Establishing Physician Partnerships to Improving Synoptic Reporting Compliance Joy Joseph, RN, MSN, OCN, Orlando, FL Q&A
10:15–10:35 am		Morning Break/Exhibits open
10:35–11:30 am		Track Session 1
	Accreditation Track	Marketing Your Accredited Program: Getting the Word Out Moderator: Erin Reuter, JD, MS, Chicago, IL New Opportunities for Cancer Accreditation Erin Reuter, JD, MS ACS Power of Quality Campaign: Practical Tips for Marketing Your Accreditation Brian Edwards, MBA, Chicago, IL Q&A
	Research Track	Inside the Black Box: FDA 101 *cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances
	Quality Track	Engaging Leaders in QI: From the Leaders Perspective (No slides were used for this session) Moderator: Anthony Dong Eun Yang, MD, MS, FACS, Indianapolis, IN How to get physicians and others to care about quality Anthony Dong Eun Yang, MD, MS, FACS Erica Fischer-Cartlidge, DNP, CNS, AOCNS, EBP (CH), Springfield, NJ Ronald Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS Lee Wilke, MD, FACS, Madison, WI Q&A
	Clinical Track	Hot Topics: Trends in Cancer Care Moderator: Kelsey Larson, MD, FACS. Kansas City, KS De-escalation in Breast Cancer Kelsey Larson, MD, FACS De-escalation in Melanoma Bruce Brenner, MD, FACS, Staten Island, NY Treatment Trends in Rectal Cancer David Dietz, MD, FACS, New York, NY Can AI Improve the Quality of Care? Taryne Imai, MD, FACS, Honolulu, HI Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer John T. Hamm, MD, FASCO, Louisville, KY Q&A
11:30 am–12:30 pm		Track Session 2
	Accreditation Track	Success at the Site Visit; Using the Corrective Action Plan to Address Challenges Moderator: Marcella Ramahi, Chicago, IL Edward Kruse, DO, FACS, Edinburg, TX Marcella Ramahi Q&A
	Research Track	Ethics in Research Moderator: Erica Carlisle, MD, FACS, Iowa City, IA Ethics in Cancer Research Erica Carlisle MD, FACS Research Integrity Puneet Singh MD, FACS, Houston, TX Increasing Access and Diversity in Clinical Trials Allison Martin, MD, MPH, Durham, NC Q&A
	Quality Track	Leveraging Data Sources to Conduct Local QI Projects Moderator: Elizabeth Wick, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS, New Haven, CT Andrea Iannucci, PharmD, BCOP, Sacramento, CA Ryan Merkow, MD, MS, FACS, Winnetka, IL Q&A
	Clinical Track	American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC): 2025 Update Moderator: Jeffrey Gershenwald, MD, FACS, Houston, TX AJCC: Who Are We and What Do We Do? Jeffrey Gershenwald, MD, FACS Version 9 Protocols: Current Releases and What’s in the Pipeline? Elliot Asare, MD, FACS, Salt Lake City, UT Defining the Landscape of Cancer Recurrence Data: Challenges and Opportunities Kelley Chan, MD, MS, Chicago, IL Q&A
12:30–1:30 pm		Lunch/Exhibits open
1:30–2:30 pm		General Session Demonstrating the Value of Accreditation: A Review of Academic Literature Moderator: Ryan McCabe, PhD, Chicago, IL Kelley Chan, MD, MS Raheem Bell, MD, Chicago, IL Q&A
2:30–3:30 pm		Rapid Fire Poster Session Moderator: Taryne Imai, MD, FACS, Honolulu, HI A Current Unmet Need for Staging in the Setting of Recurrent Breast Cancer Michael Lee, Hawthorn Woods, IL Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States (KPMAS) Physician Assistant (PA) Led Cancer Survivorship Program (CSP): Multispecialty Outpatient Ambulatory Health System Experience Aung Oakkar, MBA, MHA, Washington, DC Timing is Key- Expediting Radiation Therapy Following Definitive Surgery for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Beverly Garber, BA, BSN, MSN, Sacramento, CA Building a Path to Standardized Survivorship Care: Streamlining Oncology Practices with the A3 Methodology Gunita Kashyap, MS, MEd, ODS-C, Palo Alto, CA Post-Operative Optimization through Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation Services Dominic van Loggerenberg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA Can We Identify Disparities that may Impact Breast Cancer Screenings, Detection and Diagnosis in Women 60 and Older? Sharon Inzetta, MS, ONN-GC, CN-BN, CBCN, Akron, OH Impact of AI-Driven Sarcopenia Assessment on Costs and Outcomes in Geriatric Oncology Surgery Fayeza Ahmad, MSC, BSc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Enhancing Primary Care Utilization among Cancer Survivors Treated at a Large, Academic Cancer Center: A Quality Improvement Initiative Whittney Thoman, MS, Houston, TX Lymph Node Sampling by Lung Cancer Resection Type: Exploring Trends Preceding CoC Operative Standard 5.8 Alison Baskin, MD, San Francisco, CA Comparing Nephroblastoma Patient Outcomes with Standard Treatment of Chemotherapy followed by Surgery versus Direct Surgical Nephrectomy Zayan Musa, Riverside, CA (cancelled) Q&A
3:30–3:50 pm		Afternoon Break/Exhibits open
3:50–5:15 pm		General Session Next Steps to Improving Operative Quality Moderator: Timothy Vreeland, MD, FACS, San Antonio, TX Introduction Timothy Vreeland, MD, FACS Current and New Operative Standards Tina Hieken, MD, FACS, Rochester, MN Assessing the Effectiveness of the Operative Standards Program (AEOSP) Grant Lesly Dossett, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI Abstract - Optimizing Surgical Documentation: Evaluating the Impact of Synoptic Operative Notes (SON) of Efficiency and Compliance at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States Lisa Pizzo, CRS- A/D, Rockville, MD Abstract - CoC Operative Standards: Turning Old Norms into New Paradigms Lauren Prescott, MD, MPH, Nashville, TN Abstract - Site Reviewer Perspectives on the Implementation of the Commission on Cancer (CoC) Operative Standards 5.3-5.8 Alison Baskin, MD, San Francisco, CA Q&A
5:15–6:45 pm		Welcome Reception Featuring the Poster Showcase and Exhibit Kickoff

Friday, March 14, 2024

8:00–9:15 am		General Session Keynote Panel Focusing on Value: National Organizations Work Together Moderator: Ronald Weigel, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Iowa City, IA Panel: Genevieve Boland, PhD, Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Bethesda, MD Ronald DeMatteo, MD, FACS, Society of Surgical Oncology, Philadelphia, PA Julie Gralow, MD, FACP, FASCO, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Alexandria, VA Vivek Kavadi, MD, MBA, FASRO , American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, Arlington, VA Laurie Kirstein, MD, FACS Commission on Cancer, Westfield, NJ Wui-Jin Koh, MD, National Comprehensive Center Network, Plymouth Meeting, PA Leticia Nogueira, PhD, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA Q&A
9:15–10:00 am		General Session Engagement Within Programs: Working Together to Improve Care Moderator: Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS, New Haven, CT Introduction (No slides were used for this presentation.) Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS Abstract - Advocate Health High-Risk Breast Program Abigail Tran, MHA, Milwaukee, WI Abstract - Growth and Alignment of a Large, Academic Survivorship Program with ACS CoC Standard 4.8 Whittney Thoman, MS, ACSM-CEP, ACSM-EIM-III, ACSM-CET, Houston, TX CoC, NAPBC, and NAPRC Accreditation: Making it Work Daniel Boffa, MD, MBA, FACS Q&A
10:00–10:30 am		Morning Break/Exhibits and Posters open
10:30–11:15 am		Track Session 3
	Accreditation Track	Documenting Program Performance Common Issues and How to Address Them Moderator: Karen Stachon, Chicago, IL Karen Stachon (The slides for the presentations by Karen Stachon and Kalea Whitmore were combined and posted here.) Kalea Whitmore, Chicago, IL Q&A
	Research Track	What’s New at NCDB Moderator: Courtney Day, PhD, Rochester, MN NCDB Annual Report Courtney Day, PhD Using Worldwide Data for the Next AJCC Version Qian Shi, PhD, Rochester, MN The Role of Interoperability in Improving Cancer Data Stephanie Hill, MPH, ODS-C, Springfield, IL Q&A
	Quality Track	Collaborating Through Quality Improvement: What We Have Accomplished Nationally A Review of National QI projects Moderator: Anthony Dong Eun Yang, MD, MS, FACS, GAP (Genetics Access Pilot) Lee Wilke, MD, FACS Lung NODES David Odell, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI Breaking Barriers Laurie Kirstein, MD, FACS Q&A
	Clinical Track	Integrating Genetics and Genomics into Multidisciplinary Care Moderator: Patricia Cronin, MBBCH, FACS, Phoenix, AZ Genetics and Genomics 101 Christie Jett, MS, LCGC, Cross Junction, VA Interpretation and Integrating into Multidisciplinary Care Patricia Cronin, MBBCH, FACS Disease Site Panel: Thyroid - Jennifer Rosen, MD, FACS, Washington, DC Lung - Timothy Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS, Lexington, KY Colon - Nell Maloney Patel, MD, FACS, FASCRS, New Brunswick, NJ Breast – Katharine Yao, MD, FACS, Evanston, IL Q&A
11:15 am–12:00 pm		Track Session 4
	Accreditation Track	Common Deficiencies and How to Mitigate Them Aaron Bleznak, MD, MBA, FACS, Virginia Beach, VA Q&A
	Research Track	Studies from the PUF files Moderator: Courtney Day, PhD, MPH Abstracts – Survival Outcomes of Adjuvant Treatment in Upstaged cT2N0 Rectal Cancer: Are We Underutilizing Therapy? Simran Kripalani, MD, Philadelphia, PA Analyzing The Missing Clinical Stage Data in NCDB: A Large Population-Based Cohort of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer from 2004 to 2021 Isabel Emmerick, MPH, PhD, Worcester, MA Impact of COVID-19 Diagnosis and Treatment for Lung Cancer in the US National Cancer Database (NCDB) from 2014 to 2021 Isabel Emmerick, MPH, PhD Impact of Age on Survival following Surgery for Non-Metastatic Melanoma Rainya Heath, MD, Hollywood, FL Disparities among Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer in Hispanic Patients Narjes Sweis, MD, Chicago, IL Q&A
	Quality Track	Quality Measures: Past, Present, and Future Moderator: Ko Un Clara Park, MD, FACS, Boston, MA Breast SNBx/ALND Measure Katharine Yao, MD, FACS, Evanston, IL Head/Neck p16 Measure Sara Pai, MD, FACS, New Haven, CT HBP Measures (Pancreas, Biliary, and HCC) and 2024 Measures Ko Un Clara Park, MD, FACS Q&A
	Clinical Track	The Current Role of Immunotherapy in Cancer Treatment Moderator: Marybeth Hughes, MD, FACS, Norfolk, VA Breast Cancer Jessica Crystal, MD, FACS, Miami, FL Rectal and other GI Cancer Jeffrey Farma, MD, FACS, Philadelphia, PA Melanoma and Cutaneous Cancer Marybeth Hughes, MD, FACS, Norfolk, VA Surgical Resection for TIL Marybeth Hughes, MD, FACS Q&A
12:00–1:00 pm		Lunch/Exhibits and Posters open
1:00–2:00 pm		Track Session 5
	Accreditation Track	Focusing on Future Needs: Better Data, Faster Data Ryan McCabe, PhD, Chicago, IL Q&A
	Research Track	How to Establish and Grow a Research Program Moderator: Matthew Katz, MD, FACS, Houston, TX Why Participate in Cooperative Group Clinical Trials through NCTN Jamie Wagner, DO, MBA, FACS, FACOS, Kansas City, KS (The slides for the presentations by Jamie Wagner and Alyssa Throckmorton were combined and posted here.) How to Develop Successful Accrual to Clinical Trials in a Community Center Alyssa Throckmorton, MD, FACS, Germantown, TN Ensuring Quality Data Capture and Entry Matthew Katz, MD, FACS Q&A Panel - Establishing a Research Program
	Quality Track	Meet the Quality Experts: Answers to Your Questions (No slides were used for this session.) Anthony Dong Eun Yang, MD, MS, FACS Elizabeth Wick, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA Muneera Kapadia, MD, FACS, Chapel Hill, NC
	Clinical Track	Exercise Oncology: Improving Pre-treatment and Post-treatment Care Moderator: Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, FACSM, FTOS, FNAK, Pittsburgh, PA Exercise Oncology Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, FACSM, FTOS, FNAK Nutrition Oncology Renee Stubbins, PhD, RD, LD, CSO, Houston, TX Maximizing Patient Outcomes in Cancer: The Intersection of Prehab, Rehab, and Survivorship Exercise Chris Wilson, PT, DPT, DScPT, Rochester, MI Q&A
2:00–2:20 pm		Afternoon Break/Exhibits and Posters open
2:20–3:20 pm		General Session Leveraging Inclusion to Support Care Excellence Moderator: Anthony Froix, MD, MBA, FACS, Dallas TX Abstract - Reducing Access Disparity Through Lodging Partnerships to Cancer Patients Cared for in a Comprehensive Cancer Center Karline Peal, RTT, MBA, Nashville, TN Abstract - Identifying and Addressing Access Barriers to Screening Mammography in Asian American Populations Minh Nguyen, BS, MD Candidate, Portland, OR Abstract - A Multifaced Approach to Address Transportation Challenges for Cancer Patients in a Community Hospital Setting Jill Schulmann, MS, White Plains, NY Abstract - Addressing Financial Toxicity and Health Inequities: A Collaborative Approach to Enhancing Patient Care Andrea Kliss, MA, Danbury, CT Inclusive Excellence - Integrating Equity into Surgical Quality Anthony Froix, MD, MBA, FACS Q&A
3:20–3:30 pm		Wrap up Ronald Weigel, MD, MBA, Chicago, IL
3:30 pm		Adjourn

ACS Cancer Conference: Harnessing the Power of Collaboration

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