Past Presenters

Julie Babayeva, Esq., Supervising Attorney, LegalHealth Cancer Advocacy Project

Topic: Charting Your Course: Navigating Advanced Planning

For presentation video click HERE.

 

 

 

 

 

August 17, 2023, Richard Wassersug PhD, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Author and long-term prostate cancer fighter on Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT)

Topic: My Life on ADT - With Asides on Other Relevant Topics

 

 

July 20, 2023, Christian J. Nelson PhD, Psychologist and Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Managing Anxiety and Prostate Cancer: Getting your life back in the front of your mind

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

June 15, 2023, Stacy Loeb, MD, Professor of Urology and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Topic: Fake News about Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

May 18, 2023, Jerry S.H. Lee, PhD, Chief Science and Innovation Officer, Ellison Institute; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, and Quantitative and Computational Biology, Keck School of Medicine, USC; Mitchell Gross, MD, Senior Director, Clinical Translation Program, Ellison Institute; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC

Topic: Genomics Revolution in Cancer Research and Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 20, 2023, David Michael Nanus, MD, Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine, Professor of Urology , Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Weill Cornell Medicine; Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Topic: Obesity and Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

March 16, 2023, Jedd Wolchok, MD, PhD, FASCO, Director, Meyer Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Why Aren't We Immune to Prostate Cancer?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

February 16, 2023, Neal Arvind Patel, MD, Urologic Oncologist, Assistant Professor of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Focal therapy for prostate cancer: "Challenges in appropriately selecting patients for partial gland ablation"

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

January 19, 2023, Neil H. Bander, MD, Professor of Urology, Josephine and Bernard Chaus Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director, Urological Oncology Research, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: From Bench to Bedside: Progress towards a Cure

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

December 15, 2022, Philip E.V. Van Kerrebroeck, MD, PhD, MMSc, Professor Emeritus of Urology, Maastricht University (the Netherlands) and urologist, Life Expert Center, Leuven (Belgium), Vice-chair European Association of Urology-European Union Office

Topic: What's Up with Urinary Incontinence Post Prostate Cancer Treatment?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

November 17, 2022, Donna Wilson, RN, MSN, RRT, Personal Trainer, Clinical Fitness Specialist, Integrative Medicine Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Founder and Head Coach, Empire Dragon Boat Team BCS & ACS

Topic: Take Control of Your Body - Keep Moving. Exercise Works!

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

October 20, 2022, Richard Wassersug PhD, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Topic: A Bit More about ADT (Androgen Deprivation Therapy) That You and Your Partner Might Want to Know

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

September 15, 2022, Alicia K. Morgans, MD, MPH, Genitourinary Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Topic: Living Well with Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer

 

 

August 18, 2022, Michael J. Zelefsky (reschedule of June), MD, Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Research; Chief, Brachytherapy Service; Steven A. Greenberg Chair in Prostate Cancer Research

Topic: The Effect of Diet on Prostate Cancer Management

 

 

 

July 21, 2022, Massimo Loda, MD, David D. Thompson Professor & Chairman, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: The Effect of Diet on Prostate Cancer Management

 

 

 

 

May 19, 2022, Marie Carlo, MD, Medical Oncologist; Lead, Inherited Genitourinary Cancer Genomics, Niehaus Center; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: ProstateAndMe: Using genetics to improve prostate cancer care

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

April 21, 2022, Massimo Loda, MD, David D. Thompson Professor & Chairman, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: The Fat Side of Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

March 17, 2022, Daniel J. A. Margolis, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology; Director, Prostate MRI; Chair, Weill Cornell Institutional Review Board (Cancer), Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Your Prostate in the Metaverse - the Future of Prostate MRI

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

February 17, 2022, Andrea Schaeffer, RD, CSOWM, CDN, NAS Clinical Dietitian, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Heidi Pinsky, MS, RD, CDN, Clinical Outpatient Dietitian, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: An Introduction to Plant Based Diets

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

January 20, 2022, Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Service; Associate Vice Chair, Academic Administration, Department of Medicine; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Exploring the inner complexity of prostate cancer through immunotherapy. Is immunotherapy a reasonable treatment option for prostate cancer?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

December 16, 2021, Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Dr. h.c., Chairman, Department of Radiology, Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Journey of Imaging in Prostate Cancer: Convergence of Life Science, Physical Science, Engineering & Beyond

 

 

 

November 18, 2019, Jim C. Hu,MD, MPH, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director of the LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery Professor of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine; Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian

Topic: Technical Innovation in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

 

 

 

 

October 21, 2021, Andrew Vickers, PhD, Attending Research Methodologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: MRI is incredibly good at finding prostate cancer. But is that actually a good thing?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

September 23, 2021, Christian J. Nelson, PhD, Psychologist and Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Sex after Prostate Cancer? Is it Possible?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

August 19, 2021, Michael J. Morris, MD, Medical Oncologist, Section Head, Prostate Cancer, GU Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Lu-177 PSMA617: A game changing therapy for prostate cancer treatment

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

 

July 15, 2021, William K. Oh, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Topic: Precision Oncology in Prostate Cancer: How new tests and treatments will change treatment

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

June 17, 2021, Richard K. Lee MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Urology and Health Care Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, Associate Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian

Topic: New Tips and Tricks for Managing Incontinence after Prostate Surgery

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

May 20, Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Urology, Medical Director, Genitourinary Oncology Research Program, Weill Cornell Medicine, Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Topic: So Now I have Metastatic Prostate Cancer: How Can I Optimize My Outcome; What Are My Options?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

April 15, 2021, Andrew J. Roth, MD, Attending Psychiatrist and Training Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Is There a Place for Psychiatric Medication When Dealing with Prostate Cancer?

 

 

 

March 18, 2021, Mark N. Stein, MD, Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center

Topic: Antibodies, BiTEs, and CARs: The ABCs of Emerging Prostate Cancer Immune Therapies (and more)

 

 

 

 

February 18, 2021, Cora N. Sternberg, MD, FACP, Clinical Director, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: How Precision Medicine and Novel Prostate Cancer Treatments Can Benefit You

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

January 21, 2019, Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director of the LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery Professor of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine; Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian

Topic: Current Controversies in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

For video of the presentation click HERE.

 

 

 

December 17, 2020, Philip Kantoff MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, George J. Bosl Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: New Insights into the Biology and Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

November 19, 2020, Daniel J. A. Margolis MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Director, Prostate MRI, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: With Prostate MRI, Less Is More - Sometimes

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

October 15, 2020, Rachel S. Rubin MD, IF, Board Certified Urologist and Sexual Medicine Specialist, IntimMedicine Specialists, Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Urology, Georgetown University

Topic: Sexual Medicine: Learn How Your Plumbing Works and How to Optimize It

For speaker slides click HERE.
Dr. Rubin's email: rrubin@intimMedicine.com; twitter: @rachelsrubin1; Instagram: @drrachelrubin; Facebook: DrRachelRubin

 

September 17, 2020, Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, Meyer Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, Professor of Cancer Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Better Preclinical Models for Testing Drugs and Diets for Prostate Cancer Therapy

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

August 20, 2020, Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Service; Associate Chair, Academic Administration, Department of Medicine; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Treating Beyond Progression: Why PSA Is Not Everything!

 

 

July 16, 2020, Loren Fishman, MD, Medical Director of the Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City

Topic: How a Daily Yoga Routine Can Help Minimize Bone Loss for Prostate Cancer Fighters

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

June 18, 2020, Joseph J. Loizzo, MD, PhD, Director, Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science; Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine Division of Epidemiology; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies

Topic: Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience in Prostate Cancer Care: Managing Stress and Isolation in Uncertain Times

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

May 21, 2020, Fran Conway, RN, RYT, Complementary Care Program Manager, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: The Importance of Movement and Breath for Your Health: Top 10 Exercises and All You Have to Do Is Sit or Stand

For presenter video click HERE.

 

 

April 16, 2020, Andrew Vickers, Ph.D., Attending Research Methodologist, MSKCCr; Attending Research Methodologist, MSKCC;
Sigrid Carlsson, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Attending Epidemiologist, MSKCC

Topic: Making Decisions about Prostate Cancer: Do Decision Aids Actually Help Us?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

March 19, 2020, Guy Maytal MD, Chief of Integrated Care and Psychiatric Oncology, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Anxiety and Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

February 20, 2020, Massimo Loda, MD, David D. Thompson Professor, Chairman of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Pathologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Campus

Topic: The Pathologist and Prostate Cancer: Secrets and Insights from the "Doctors' Doctor"

 

 

 

January 16, 2020, Feighanne Hathaway, MS, CGC, Genetic Counselor, Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medicine

Topic: Hereditary Prostate Cancer: The Ins and Outs of Genetic Testing

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

 

December 19, 2019, James A. Kashanian MD, Assistant Professor of Urology and Reproductive Medicine, Assistant Attending Urologist, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Erectile Function after Prostate Cancer Treatment: Putting the Pieces Back Together

 

 

 

 

November 21, 2019, Behfar Ehdaie MD, MPH, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Measuring Outcomes in Prostate Cancer: Success Is in the Eye of the Beholder

 

 

 

 

October 17, Christian J. Nelson, PhD, Psychologist and Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: How to Keep It Up: Strategies to Use Erectile Function Treatments for Men with Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

September 19, 2019, Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director of the LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery Professor of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine; Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian

Topic: Current Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

 

August 15, 2019, Daniel J. Margolis, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Director, Prostate MRI and Abdominal Imaging, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: PET Projects and Magnetic Personalities: Advances in Prostate Cancer Imaging

 

 

 

 

July 18, 2019, Richard K. Lee MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Urology and Health Care Policy & Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, Associate Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian

Topic: Treatments for Incontinence following Treatment for Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

June 20, 2019, Kenneth Offit, MD, Chief, Clinical Genetics Service, Robert and Kate Niehaus Chair in Inherited Cancer Genomics; Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine, MSKCC; Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Genetic Risk for Prostate Cancer: New Insights and New Avenues for Prevention

 

 

May 16, 2019, Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Of Genes, Gender and Guidelines: Hormonal Therapy and Cardiovascular Risk

 

 

 

April 18, 2019, Lewis C. Cantley, PhD, Meyer Director, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, Professor of Cancer Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Reducing Cancer Deaths by Eating Less Sugar: Improving Therapeutic Responses in PIK3CA/PTEN Pathway Driven Cancers with Ketogenic Diets

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

March 21, 2019, Michael J. Morris, MD, Medical Oncologist, Clinical Director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology Service & Prostate Cancer Section Head, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Theranostics in Prostate Cancer: From Tracer to Treatment

A recording of the presentation is available by special request by sending an email to info@ustoonewyork.org

 

 

 

February 21, 2019, John P. Mulhall, MD, Director, Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine Program, MSKCC

Topic: Managing Prostate Cancer after Initial Treatment Fails: Are There Good Next Steps?

 

 

January 17, 2019, Michael J. Zelefsky, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Clinical Research; Chief, Brachytherapy Service, MSKCC

Topic: Managing Prostate Cancer after Initial Treatment Fails: Are There Good Next Steps?

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

December 20, Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Associate Professor of Clinical Urology, Medical Director, Genitourinary Oncology Research Program, Assisting Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Targeted Therapy: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

 

 

 

 

November 15, 2018, Neil H. Bander, MD, Professor of Urology, Josephine and Bernard Chaus Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director, Urological Oncology Research, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: The Next Major Advance in Prostate Cancer Treatment Is "Just Around the Corner" (of 68th St)

 

 

 

October 18, 2018, Fran Conway, RN, RYT, Complementary Care Program Manager, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Affirmations and Mindfulness Meditation for Prostate Cancer Fighters

 

 

 

 

September 20, 2018, Andrew J. Roth, MD, Attending Psychiatrist and Training Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: When the Glass Half Full is Better: Maintaining Hope in the Midst of Prostate Cancer Uncertainty

 

 

 

August 16, 2018, Christopher E. Barbieri MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Assistant Attending Urologist, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Genomic Subtypes of Prostate Cancer: Moving Towards Clinical Impact

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

 

July 19, 2018, Rajveer S. Purohit MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Urology, Mount Sinai-Icahn School of Medicine

Topic: Treatment of Incontinence, Strictures, and ED after Prostatectomy and Radiation

 

 

 

 

June 21, 2018, Aaron E. Katz, MD, Chairman of Urology, Winthrop University Hospital, Professor of Urology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Topic: Quality of Life and Prostate Cancer Outcomes Following Focal Cryotherapy

 

 

 

May 17, 2018 , Philip Kantoff, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine, George J. Bosl Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Recurrence Risks and Decisions Post Treatment

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

April 19, 2018, David Michael Nanus, MD, Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine , Professor of Urology , Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Weill Cornell Medicine, Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Topic: Genetic Testing for Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

March 15, 2018, Allison J. Applebaum, PhD, Psychologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Managing Distress

 

 

 

February 15, 2018, John W Babich, PhD, Professor of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences; Chief, Radiopharmaceutical Sciences in Radiology; Chief of Radiochemistry, Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center; Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Targeted Radiotherapy: alpha, beta, cure?

 

 

 

January 18, 2018, Geovanni Espinosa, ND, Naturopathic Doctor, Integrative Urology Specialist, Director, Integrative Urology Center, NYU Langone Medical Center

Topic: An Update on Lifestyle & Natural Interventions for Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

December 21, 2017, Christian J. Nelson, PhD, Psychologist and Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Sexual Recovery After Prostate Cancer Treatment: What You Should Know!

 

 

 

 

November 16, 2017, Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Is Immune Therapy for Prostate Cancer a Riddle Wrapped Up in an Enigma?

For speaker slides click >HERE.

 

 

October 19, 2017, Timothy D. McClure MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Assistant Professor of Urology in Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Focal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Localized Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

 

September 18, 2017, Douglas S. Scherr, MD, Professor of Urology and the Clinical Director of Urologic Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Surgery for Localized Prostate Cancer

For video of speaker presentation click HERE.

 

 

August 17, 2017, Donna Wilson, RN, MSN, RRT/Personal Trainer, Fitness Coordinator, Integrative Medicine Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Captain, Empire Dragon Boat Team BCS & ACS

Topic: Exercise and Prostate Cancer: Improving Survival

 

 

July 20, 2017, Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director of the LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Urology

Topic: Controversies in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

 

 

 

 

June 15, 2017, Richard Sabel MA, MPH, OTR, GCFP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, SUNY Downstate, Education Director, East West Rehab Institute

Topic: Reengaging After Prostate Surgery: Physical, Behavioral, and Environmental Issues

 

 

 

May 18, 2017, Jackie Topol, MS, RD, CSO, CDN, CLT, Integrative Dietitian, Integrative Health and Wellbeing at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Nutrition Confusion: What Should Prostate Cancer Fighters Really Be Eating?

Speakers presentation Powerpoint: Nutrition Confusion

 

 

April 20, 2017, Susan Slovin, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: What to Know about Immune Therapies for Cancer Treatmentt

 

 

March 16, 2017, Rajveer S. Purohit MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology, New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Getting Your Life Back: Fixing the Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatment

 

 

 

 

February 16 2017, Fran Conway, RN, RYT, Manager Complementary Care Clinical Programs, New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine

Mary McQuaid (Reiki master) is on the left and Fran Conway is on the right.

Topic: Complementary Care for Prostate Cancer Fighters

Here's a handout describing one of Fran's exercises Mountain Pose

 

January 19, 2017, Christopher E. Barbieri MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, Member, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine

Topic: Defining and Targeting Distinct Molecular Classes of Prostate Cancer

For video of speaker presentation click HERE.

 

 

December 15, 2016, Bernice Todres, Psychologist and Teacher of Meditation

Topic: Mindfulness Meditation and Prostate Cancer

To contact Bernice Todres email: bernicetodres@hotmail.com

 

 

November 17, 2016, Charles L. Sawyers, MD, Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP), Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Named to Vice President Biden's National Cancer Moonshot Initiative Blue Ribbon Panel. Member of President Obama’s National Cancer Advisory Board, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator

Topic: Cancer Moonshot Update

 

 

October 20, 2016, Neil H. Bander, MD, Bernard & Josephine Chaus Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director, Urological Oncology Research, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: PSMA: Prostate Cancer's Molecular Bullseye

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

September 15, 2016, Michael J. Morris, MD, Medical Oncologist, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: New Imaging Techniques in Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

August 18, 2016, Michael J. Zelefsky, MD, Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology , Clinical Research; Chief, Brachytherapy Service, MSKCC

Topic: Optimal Treatment Approaches for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

 

July 21, 2016, Philip Kantoff, MD, Chairman of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, George J. Bosl Chair in Medicine

Topic: The Cutting Edge Science of Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer and the Discovery of New Biomarkers As Potential Prognostic and Therapeutic Targets.

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

June 16, 2016, David Michael Nanus, MD, Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine , Professor of Urology , Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Weill Cornell Medical College, Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Topic: Patients Living Longer: The Promise of Newer Therapies

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

May 19, 2016, Peter Scardino, MD, Chair, Department of Surgery; David H. Koch Chair, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: How Serious is My Cancer: The Role of Genomic Testing

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

April 21, 2016, Donna Wilson, RN, MSN, RRT/Personal Trainer, Fitness Coordinator, Integrative Medicine Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Captain, Empire Dragon Boat Team BCS & ACS

Topic: GET PHYSICAL When You Need It the Most

 

March 17, 2016, Rajveer S. Purohit MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Topic: Getting Your Life Back: Fixing the Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatment

 

 

 

 

February 18, 2016, Andrew J. Roth, MD, Attending Psychiatrist and Training Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: Managing Prostate Cancer: A Guide for Living Better

For speaker slides click HERE.

His book "Managing Prostate Cancer" is available at Oxford Univ. Press (use promo code ASFLYQ6 for a discount) and at Amazon

 

 

January 21, 2016, Jim C. Hu, MD, Ronald Lynch Professor of Urologic Oncology, Professor of Urology, Director, Lefrak Center for Robotic Surgery, Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center

Topic: Current Controversies in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

 

 

 

December 17, 2015, Ash K. Tewari, MD, MCh, Chairman, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Topic: Technical refinements in robotic prostatectomy: How to minimize urinary leakage, sexual dysfunction, and residual cancer.

 

 

 

November 19, 2015, Peter N. Schlegel, MD FACS, James J. Colt Professor of Urology, Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Program Director, Urology Residency Training Program, Urologist-in-Chief, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Topic: Detection of Prostate Cancer

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

Oct. 15, 2015, Andrew Vickers, Ph.D., Attending Research Methodologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: How Information Technology Is Transforming Prostate Cancer Care: Dragging Clinical Medicine, Kicking and Screaming, into the 21st Century.

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

 

Sept. 17, 2015, Christopher E. Barbieri MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Urology, Member, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: Genomics: Next Generation Testing for Prostate Cancer Screening, Prognosis, and Management

For speaker slides click HERE.

 

 

August 20, 2015, Philippa J. Cheetham, MBChB (Hons) MRCS (Eng) MD FRCS (Urol), Attending Urologist, with a specialty interest in prostate cancer,
website: drcheetham.com,
(Dr. Cheetham is host of the tv cancer series "Cure Connections")

Topic: Boasters, Business, and Breakthroughs in the Prostate Cancer World - A Look at the Prostate Gland Through the Eyes of the Media

 

July 16, 2015, Hebert Alberto Vargas, MD, Director of Genitourinary Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Chairman, Department of Radiology, Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair, MSKCC

Topic: Imaging Prostate Cancer: An Update

For speaker slides click HERE

 

June, 18, 2015, Ursula Ofman, Psy.D., Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry , NYU School of Medicine

Topic: Let’s Talk about Sex Post Prostate Cancer Treatment

 

 

 

 

May 21, 2015, Geovanni Espinosa, ND, Naturopathic Doctor, Integrative Urology Specialist, Director, Integrative Urology Center, NYU Langone Medical Center

Topic:How to Thrive and Not Just Survive after Prostate Cancer: A Science-based Natural Approach?

For speaker slides click HERE

 

 

April 16, 2015, Scott T. Tagawa, MD, MS, Richard A. Stratton Associate Professor in Hematology & Oncology, Medical Director, Genitourinary Oncology Research Program, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic:Rising PSA after treatment:How much does it matter, what can I do about it, and who should I ask?

For speaker slides click HERE

 

 

March 19, 2015, Richard Sabel MA, MPH, OTR, GCFP, Assistant Clinical Professor, Downstate Occupational Therapy Program, Education Director, East West Rehab

Topic:Incontinence & ED: Making the Elusive Obvious for Improved Function

For speaker slides click HERE

 

 

 

 

February 19, 2015, William S. Breitbart, MD, Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, MSKCC

Topic:The Future, Prayers and Lies

 

 

January 15, 2015, Rajveer S. Purohit MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Topic: : Latest on Treating Urinary Dysfunction after Prostate Cancer Treatment

 

 

 

December 18, 2014, Charles L. Sawyers, MD, Chair, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program (HOPP), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: From Cancer Genomics to Cancer Drugs

 

 

 

 

November 20, 2014, Neil H. Bander, MD, Bernard & Josephine Chaus Professor of Urologic Oncology, Director, Urological Oncology Research, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: Novel and Exciting New Developments in Imaging Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

October 16, 2014, Michael P. Herman, MD, Instructor in Urology/Assistant Attending in Urology, New York-Presbyterian, Weill Cornell Medical Center

Topic: Evolving Trends in Prostate Cancer: Can We Eliminate Unnecessary Biopsies?

 

 

 

September 18, 2014, Boback Berookhim, MD, M.B.A., Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine, Lenox Hill Urology

Topic: Getting Back into the Groove after Prostate Cancer: Recovery of Sexual Function after Prostate Cancer Therapy

 

 

 

 

August 21, 2014, Donna Wilson RN, MSN, RRT/Personal Trainer, Fitness Coordinator. Integrative Medicine Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Captain, Empire Dragon Boat Team BCS & ACS

Topic: PEX: Prostate Cancer Exercises for Healthy Muscles and Strong Bones

 

 

 

July 17, 2014,David B. Samadi, MD, Chairman of Urology and Chief of Robotic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital

Topic: Differences in Robotic Prostatectomy Techniques Can Affect Outcome

 

 

 

June 19, 2014,Susan Slovin, MD, PhD, Genitourinary Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Novel and Standard Prostate Cancer Treatments from a Sea of Plenty

 

 

May 15, 2014,Fran Conway, RN, RYT, Registered Nurse, Registered Yoga Teacher, Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center

Topic: Prepare for Surgery, Chemo, and Radiation Therapies Using Step by Step Guidelines of Dr. Peggy Huddleston’s Mind Body Relaxation Techniques

 

 

April 17, 2014, Ash K. Tewari, MD, MCh, Chairman, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Topic: Role of Imaginative Thinking and Precision of Surgeons Hands in Enhancing Capabilities of Robotic Tools During Prostatectomy

 

 

 

 

March 20, 2014, Michael J. Zelefsky, MD, Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, Chief, Brachytherapy Service, MSKCC

Topic: Novel Radiation Techniques and Advances To Treat Bone Metastases from Prostate Cancer

 

 

February 20, 2014, Michael Morris, MD, Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: How to See the Unseen: Detecting Prostate Cancer Using Novel Imaging

 

 

 

 

January 16, 2014, Himisha Beltran, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Assistant Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Mark Rubin MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Assistant Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Topic: Precision Medicine for Prostate Cancer

 

December 19, 2013, Christian J. Nelson, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Beyond the Blue Pill: How to Keep an Active Sex Life Following Prostate Cancer Treatment.

 

 

November 21, 2013, Carolyn Stopol, LCSW-R, Department of Social Work, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: : Guided Imagery and Visualization - Practical uses to help reduce anxiety related to scans and tests.

 

 

 

October 17, 2013, Peter Scardino, MD, FACS, Chair, of the Department of Surgery, David H. Koch Chair, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: : The Importance of the Pelvic Lymph Node in Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

 

September 19, 2013, Kathleen Wesa, MD, Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Is There a Prostate Cancer Diet?

 

 

 

 

August 15, 2013, Philippa J. Cheetham, MD, Attending Urologist, Winthrop University Hospital

Topic: Empowering You and Your Loved Ones to Live a Better Life on the Prostate Cancer Journey

 

 

 

July 18, 2013, David Michael Nanus, MD, Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Professor of Urology, Mark W. Pasmantier Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Medicine, Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: Patients Living Longer – The Promise of Newer Therapies

 

 

June 20, 2013, Neil H. Bander, MD, Bernard and Josephine Chaus Professor of Urological Oncology, Director, Urological Oncology Research, Weill Cornell Medical College

Targeted Molecular Imaging and Therapy of Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

May 16, 2013, Aaron E. Katz, MD, Chairman of Urology, Winthrop University Hospital, Clinical Campus of Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Topic: Active Surveillance and the Use of Diet and Lifestyle in Men with Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

April 18, 2013, Gary Deng, MD, PhD, Associate Member/Attending Physician, Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: This Diet, That Diet - Dissected: Popular "anti-cancer diets" and what they can and cannot do

 

 

 

March 21, 2013, Andrew J. Roth, MD, Attending Psychiatrist and Training Program Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: Coping with the Ups, Downs and Uncertainties of Prostate Cancer

 

 

 

February 21, 2013, Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Chairman, Department of Radiology, Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: Imaging Prostate Cancer: An Update

 

 

 

 

January 17 , 2013, Ash K. Tewari, MD, MCh, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic-Oncology, Professor of Urology, and Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College; Director Prostate Cancer Institute, Director LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery, Director Robotic Prostatectomy and Urologic Oncology Outcomes, and Attending Urologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell campus)

Topic: “ PSA and Beyond: Smart Diagnosis, Current Best Practices for Prostate Cancer “

 

 

 

December 20, 2012, Simon J. Hall, MD, Associate Professor and Chair, Urology, and Assistant Professor and Chair, Urology, Director of the Barbara and Maurice Deane Prostate Health and Research Center, Mt. Sinai

Topic:“More Options Than Ever For Advanced Cancer, But Challenges Remain”

 

 

 

November 15 , 2012, Dr. Scott T. Tagawa, MD, Assisting Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Topic:"Rising PSA after Treatment: How Much Does It Matter, What Can I Do About It, and Who Should I Ask?"

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October 18 , 2012, Dr. Samson W. Fine, MD, Assistant Attending Pathologist-Genitourinary Pathology, Surgical Pathology Diagnostic Services, Genitourinary, Associate Program Director, Oncologic Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Topic: “The Path Forward: Understanding Needle Biopsy and Prostatectomy Pathology Reports”

 

September 20 , 2012, William S. Breitbart, MD, Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Topic: : “A Crisis of Spirit, Confronting Mortality and an Opportunity for Meaning”

 

 

August 16, 2012, Ash K. Tewari, MD, MCh, Director, Center for Prostate Cancer Research & Clinical Care, LeFrak Center for Robotic Surgery, Director, Programs in Robotic Prostatectomy and Urologic Oncology Outcomes, Attending Urologist, NYPH at Weill Cornell Medical College, Ronald P. Lynch Professor of Urologic-Oncology, Professor of Urology and Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College

Topic: “Novel Imaging and Genomics in Diagnosing Prostate Cancer- Algorithms Beyond PSA”

 

July 19, 2012,Peter Scardino, MD, FACS, Chair, Department of Surgery; David H. Koch Chair; Member, Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program MSKCC

Topic: “Is PSA Over? Is There Anything Better?”

 

 

June 21, 2012, Richard Sabel MA, MPH, OTR, GCFP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Downstate Occupational Therapy Program, Education Director, East West Rehab

Topic: “An Exercise Program to Improve Urinary Continence and Sexual Functioning Post Prostate Cancer Treatment”

 

 

 

 

May 17, 2012: Richard Stock, MD, Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology

Topic: “Salvage radiation modalities for failed external beam irradiation and radical prostatectomy”