Part 1: Clinical Care Workforce

Date: September 12, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. EDT
Meeting Link: https://nci.rev.vbrick.com/#/webcasts/presidentscancerpanel-meet1


Agenda

11:00–11:45

WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS

11:45–11:55

INNOVATIONS IN DIVERSIFYING THE WORKFORCE
Springboard Presenter: Laura Long, Kaiser Permanente VP of Operations, Performance, and Compliance with National Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity

11:55–12:45

INVESTING & SUPPORTING HEALTH-SECTOR CAREERS (FOCUS: PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS)
Springboard Presenter: Larissa Nekhlyudov, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital

12:45–1:10

BREAK

1:10–2:00

INVESTING & SUPPORTING HEALTH-SECTOR CAREERS (FOCUS: ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, LAB TECHS, MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, NAVIGATORS, AND OTHERS)
Springboard Presenter: Kevin Sowers, Johns Hopkins Health System

2:00–2:50

STRENGTHENING HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS TO PROMOTE WORKFORCE RETENTION & WELL-BEING
Springboard Presenter: Ishawaria Subbiah, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Executive Director for Cancer Care Equity and Professional Wellness

2:50–3:15

BREAK

3:15–4:05

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CARE DELIVERY
Springboard Presenter: Othman Laraki, CEO of Color Health

4:05–4:15

PUBLIC COMMENTS

4:15–4:30

MEETING CLOSE


Participants

Chair

Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD, FAACR, FACP, FAAAS, FAIO
President’s Cancer Panel Chair
Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Members

Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FACS, FAANS
President’s Cancer Panel Member
Director, Brain Tumor Research Center
School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Carol L. Brown, MD, FACS
President’s Cancer Panel Member
Senior Vice President
Chief Health Equity Officer
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Executive Secretary

Samantha L. Finstad, PhD
Program Director
Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD

Participants

Elisa Arespacochaga, MBA
Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Workforce
American Hospital Association
Washington, DC

Alexandra Brown, MD
Chief Officer of Medical Quality
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Chicago, IL

Colleen A. Campbell, PhD, MS, LGC
President, National Society of Genetic Counselors
Licensed, Certified Genetic Counselor
Assistant Director, Iowa Institute of Human Genetics
UIHC Director of Genetic Counseling Operations
Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, IA

Candice Chen, MD, MPH
Acting Associate Administrator for Health Workforce
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

James Fitzgibbon, DPT, MBA
President, Regional School Administrator
Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences
Richmond, CA

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, FACP, FCCP
Inaugural Executive Director
Research and Action Institute
Washington, DC

Clifford Hudis, MD, FASCP, FASCO
Chief Executive Officer
American Society of Clinical Oncology and
Association for Clinical Oncology
Executive Vice Chair
Conquer Cancer, The ASCO Foundation

Kim Jay
Training Manager and Senior Community Health Worker
Sinai Urban Health Institute
Chicago, IL

Michele L. Johnson, MPA, MA
Senior Manager
Corning Community Impact and Investment
Corning, NY

Othman Laraki
Chief Executive Officer
Color Health
Burlingame, CA

Jessica MacIntyre, DNP, MBA, APRN, AOCNP
President
Oncology Nursing Society
Executive Director, Clinical Operations
Nurse Practitioner
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, FL

William McDade, MD, PhD
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology
Rush Medical College
Chicago, IL

Larissa Nekhlyudov, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director, Internal Medicine for Cancer Survivors
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA

Christine Schuyler, BSN, RN, MHA
Program Director, Health Care Initiatives,
Workforce Development
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown, NY

Jolynn Sessions, PharmD, BCOP, CCP, FHOPA
President, Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association
EXCLAIM Pharmacogenomics Oncology
Pharmacy Manager
Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Western North Carolina Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Charles George Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center
Asheville, NC

Lawrence N. Shulman, MD, MACP, FASCO
Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Director, Center for Global Cancer Medicine
Associate Director, Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Kevin Sowers, MSN, RN, FAAN
President, Johns Hopkins Health System
Executive Vice President
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore City, MD

Ishwaria Subbiah, MD, MS, FASCO
Executive Director
Cancer Care Equity and Professional Wellness
Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Medical Director, Supportive Care Oncology, Health Equity & Professional Well-being
US Oncology Network
Nashville, TN

Caroline Sutter, RN DNP-BC
Co-Director
Center for Health Workforce at Mason
Professor of Nursing
George Mason University
College of Public Health
School of Nursing
Fairfax, VA

Arti Patel Varanasi, PhD, MPH, CPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
Advancing Synergy
Baltimore, MD

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

GET INVOLVED

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