Lung Cancer Research Summit

The Murtha Cancer Center recently hosted a Lung Cancer Research Summit on November 14, 2014 to bring together researchers and clinicians from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and our Federal Partners to include the Uniformed Services University and the National Cancer Institute. The Lung Cancer Research Summit provided clinicians and researchers with updates on the latest developments in the field of lung cancer including: early detection, advances in surgical techniques, molecular analysis, targeted therapies in development, treatment options to include advanced radiation, endobronchial techniques, and palliative therapy; and focused on the multidisciplinary components required for screening and diagnosis for both early stage and advanced lung cancer.
List of presentations:
WELCOMING ADDRESS
Arthur L. Kellermann, MD, MPH
Dean, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine - America's Medical School, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
THE CHANGING LOOK OF TOBACCO/NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Carolyn Mesnak, M.Ed., MCHES, CTTS
Public Health Educator
Integrated Health Services
General Internal Medicine Department
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
RISK FACTORS AND EARLY DETECTION OF LUNG CANCER
Joel Anthony Nations, MD, FCCP, CDR, MC, USN
Chief of Pulmonary Medicine
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
CT LUNG SCREENING IN NCCN GROUP 2
Andrea McKee, MD
Chair Radiation Oncology
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Burlington
LUNG CANCER IMAGING UPDATES
Binh Nguyen, MD, FCCP
Cardiothoracic Radiologist
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE
HISTOLOGY OF LUNG CANCER
Teri J. Franks, MD
Senior Pulmonary & Mediastinal Pathologist
The Joint Pathology Center
Defense Health Agency National Capital Region Medical Directorate
INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY IN LUNG CANCER
Robert F. Browning Jr. MD, FCCP, CAPT, MC, USN
Chief of Interventional Pulmonology
U.S. Navy Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialty Leader
Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
THE EVOLVING ROLE OF SURGERY FOR
EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER
David S. Schrump, MD, MBA, FACS
Senior Investigator and Surgical Chief
Thoracic and GI Oncology Branch, CCR/NCI
STEREOTATIC BODY RADIATION (SBRT) FOR
EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER
William K.J. Skinner, MD, Lt Col, USAF, MC, FS
Program Director, Radiation Oncology Residency, National Capital Consortium
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
TARGETED THERAPY IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
Christina E. Brzezniak, DO, MAJ, USA
Assistant Chief of Thoracic Oncology
John P. Murtha Cancer Center
TARGETING KINASES IN LUNG CANCER:
TOWARDS PROTEOME INFORMED CLINICAL MEDICINE
Eric Haura, MD
Director, Lung Cancer Center of Excellence Co-Program Leader
Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine Senior Member
Department of Thoracic Oncology Professor of Medicine & Oncologic Sciences
USF H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
IMMUNOTHERAPY IN LUNG CANCER,
HOPE IS ON THE HORIZON
Corey A. Carter, MD, LCDR, MC, USN
Chief of Thoracic Oncology
John P. Murtha Cancer Center
BECOMING A LUNG CANCER SURVIVOR,
A PATIENT’S PERSPECTIVE
LTG Jeffrey Talley
Chief of Army Reserve, Commanding General USARC
JOHN P. MURTHA CANCER CENTER: ITS ROLE IN THE WRB/USU UNITY OF EFFORT
Craig D. Shriver, MD, FACS, COL MC
Director, John P. Murtha Cancer Center
Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University