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Defining Value in Cancer Care ruler
For Immediate Release
November 17, 2011

Media Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9037

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

"Defining Value in Cancer Care"

 

WHEN:

Friday, December 2, 2011, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center

Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

 

SCHEDULE:

1:00 - 1:10 p.m.

Introduction: Cancer Care 2011: The Cost of Care in the U.S. and Its Impact

M. Gregg Bloche, MD, JD

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Co-director, Georgetown/Johns Hopkins Joint Program in Law and Public Health

 

1:10 - 1:30 p.m.

Setting the Stage: $124 Billion Spent, to What Return?

Antonio Tito Fojo, MD, PhD

Head, Experimental Therapeutics Section

Senior Investigator, Medical Oncology Branch Affiliates, The Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health

 

1:30 - 1:50 p.m.

Bending the Cost Curve in Cancer

Thomas J. Smith, MD, FACP

Director of Palliative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Professor of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

1:50 - 2:00 p.m.

Question & Answer Session

Moderator: John Marshall, MD

Director, Ruesch Center for the Cure of GI Cancers

Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology

Associate Director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

 

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

The Gatekeepers: Safety and Efficacy vs. Value

Gregory H. Reaman, MD

Associate Director, Office of Oncology Drug Products, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

2:15- 2:30 p.m.

Jordan D. Berlin, MD

Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

 

2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Roundtable

Moderator: M. Gregg Bloche, JD, MD

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center; Co-director, Georgetown/Johns Hopkins Joint Program in Law and Public Health

Private Insurance: Why Paying for Cancer Care Makes "Business" Sense

Ira Klein, MD, MBA, FACP

Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Medical Officer

National Accounts Clinical Sales & Strategy, Aetna, Inc.

J. Russell Hoverman, MD, PhD

Vice President of Managed Care, Texas Oncology

Medical Director of Managed Care and Disease Management

The U.S. Oncology Network

Medicare/CMS: Unlimited Access vs. Governmental Controls

Louis Jacques, MD

Director, Coverage & Analysis Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

 

3:15 - 4:00 p.m.

Measuring Value in Cancer: U.S. & Global

Moderator: Arnold Potosky, PhD

Director of Health Sciences Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Comparative Effectiveness in the U.S.

Paul J. Wallace, MD

Senior Vice President, Director, Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research, The Lewin Group

Global Perspective

Mona Sabharwal, BscPhm, PharmD, RPh

Executive Director, Pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review

Value Decisions in Drug Development

Arthur "Art" Small, MD

Head, Oncology Outcomes Research, U.S. Medical Affairs, Biometrics, Health Outcomes & Payer Support, Genentech, Inc.

Defining Value: The Individual vs. the Group

Margaret "Mimi" Mahon, PhD, RN, FAAN

Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Associate Professor, School of Nursing, George Mason University, College of Health & Human Services

 

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Roundtable: The Stakeholders' Perspectives: What Do We Want in the Clinic?

Moderator: Ellen Sigal, PhD

Chairperson and Founder, Friends of Cancer Research

Featuring Ruesch Center Advocacy Board Members:

Carolyn R. "Bo" Aldigé

President and Founder, Prevent Cancer Foundation

Carlea Bauman

President, Fight Colorectal Cancer

Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD

Associate Dean, Community Health and Outreach, Associate Director, Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Julie Fleshman, JD, MBA

President and Chief Executive Officer, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Morton "Morty" Funger

Chairman, Community Realty Company

Gilad Gordon, MD, MBA

President, ORRA Group, LLC

Jasmine Greenamyer

Chief Operating Officer, Colon Cancer Alliance

Mace Rothenberg, MD

Senior Vice President, Clinical Development & Medical Affairs, Oncology Business Unit, Pfizer, Inc.

Michael Sapienza

Executive Director and Chairman of the Board, Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation

The Honorable Peter Teeley

Advisor, Blackstreet Capital Management, LLC

Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada

Daniel Von Hoff, MD, FACP

Physician in Chief and Distinguished Professor, Translational Genomics Institute

Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Chief Scientific Officer, VGPCC Clinical Trial Program, Scottsdale Healthcare

 

 

NOTE:

This is day two of a three-day symposium, "Fighting a Smarter War Against Cancer: Linking Policy to the Patient."  The participants will discuss cancer care in relation to public policy, value and personalized medicine.

This event is sponsored by the Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

More information about days one and three of the symposium is available here:

www.rueschcenter.org/symposium2011 .

Media interested in attending the December 2 portion of the program at Georgetown Law should e-mail: mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.