Overview
The 2024 Pediatric Palliative Oncology Symposium (PPOS) will be held virtually on September 26, 2024 and will focus on the comprehensive care of children with cancer and their families.
Featured experts will cover a host of challenging subjects, including:
- Resilience in pediatric palliative oncology.
- The importance of the family perspective
- Building global pediatric palliative communities
- Navigating childhood cancer in a foreign country and language
- Integrative medicine and its role in pediatric palliative oncology
Speakers
Arika Patneaude, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Ethnic Minority Mental Health Specialist
Cambia Sojourn Scholar
Blyth Lord, ED
Founder, Executive Director
Courageous Parents Network
Elizabeth Kabuthi, CCLS
Kenya
Felicia Knaul, MA. PhD
Director, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Director, Office of Hemispheric and Global Affairs
Full Professor, Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
Founding President of Tómatelo a Pecho A.C.
Julia Downing, PhD, RGN
Chief Executive of the International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN)
Blanca Martinez, CMI, CHI®
Certified Medical Interpreter
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Roberto Campos, MD
Pediatric hematologist oncologist
Chile
Holly Spraker-Perlman, MD, MS, FAAHPM, ABOIM
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Divisions of Pediatric Palliative Care & Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital
Michael McNeil, MD, MPH
Director, St. Jude Global Palliative Care Program
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Yulia Miller, MA
Lead-Cultural Navigator
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Chrissy Salley, PhD
Pediatric psychologist
Director, Clinician Engagement and Outreach
Courageous Parents Network
Katelin Jones, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Sarah McCarthy, PhD, MPH
Director of Psychology
Robert’s Program on Sudden Unexpected Death in Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital.
| Time (CDT) | Topic and Speaker |
|---|---|
| 8:00 - 8:10 am | Welcome and Announcements Michael McNeil, MD, MPH |
| 8:10 - 9:00 am | Grand Rounds: Resilience in Pediatric Palliative Oncology Felicia Knaul, MA. PhD |
| 9:00 - 9:15 am | Break |
| 9:15 - 10:15 am | Importance of the Family Perspective Blyth Lord, ED and Chrissy Salley, PhD |
| 10:15 - 10:55 am | Building Global Pediatric Palliative Communities Julia Downing, PhD, RGN |
| 10:55 - 11:10 am | Break |
| 11:10 am - 11:50 pm | Power of Research Around the Globe |
| 11:50 - 12:40 pm | DEI in PPC Arika Patneaude, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C |
| 12:40 - 1:20 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:20 - 2:15 pm | Navigating Childhood Cancer in a Foreign Country and Language Blanca Martinez, CMI, CHI® and Yulia Miller, MA |
| 2:20 - 3:20 pm | Integrative Medicine and its Role in Pediatric Palliative Oncology Roberto Campos, MD and Holly Spraker-Perlman, MD, MS, FAAHPM, ABOIM |
| 3:20 - 3:35 pm | Break |
| 3:35 - 4:35 pm | Child Life in Pediatric Palliative Oncology: Essential members of the Interdisciplinary Team Elizabeth Kabuthi, CCLS and Katelin Jones, CCLS |
| 4:35 - 5:00 pm | Closing remarks Michael McNeil, MD, MPH |
CME Information
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.