COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Personalized medicine helps doctors learn about a person’s genetic makeup and how their tumor grows.  This tumor board discussion will provide an update in the state-of-the-art treatment of oral, head and neck cancers. In addition, “Hot Topics” in immunotherapy, HPV related cancers, thyroid cancer, and proton therapy will be discussed.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Otolaryngologists, Surgeons, Radiologists, Hematologists, Pathologists (Lifelong learning CME), Plastic Surgeons and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Improve clinical decision making, clinical outcomes, and patient experience via a multidisciplinary team approach. Group discussion include prospective patient care management, national treatment guidelines, staging, and options and eligibility for genetic testing, clinical research studies, and supportive care services.
Develop a comprehensive treatment plan for head and neck oncology patients leveraging imaging and pathology testing results and meet Commission on Cancer accreditation standards compliance. 
 
FACULTY & DISCLOSURES:

Mica D. Glaun, M.D.
Head and Neck Surgical Oncologist
Baptist Health 
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, Florida

Colleen Rodgers MSN R.N.
Director of Nursing and Oncology Programs
Lynn Cancer Care Institute

Jenna Schops, M.S.N., CMSRN
Nurse Manager of Oncology Programs
Lynn Cancer Institute
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Boca Raton, Florida

Mica D. Glaun, M.D., director for this educational activity, has no financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation(s) or discussion(s) will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Colleen Rodgers MSN R.N., interprofessional coordinator of this educational activity has no financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose,and has indicated that the presentation(s) or discussion(s) will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Jenna Schops, M.S.N., CMSRN, interprofessional coordinator of this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation(s) or discussion(s) will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

DMT Coordinators and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Surgery - Maintenance of Certification (MOC) - Accredited CME - Complex General Surgical Oncology

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

American Board of Pathology (ABPath) Continuing Certification – Lifelong Learning (CME)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn 1.00 ABPath Lifelong Learning (CME) credit toward the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification program.  It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABPath credit.

Successful completion of this course is submitted to specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS system.