If you are a genetic counselor, you may consider attending the following sessions:

Friday, October 19

Break out session I–choose one of the following:

• Breast cancer surveillance and chemoprevention
• Communicating with family members
• Hereditary cancer in high-risk men
• Managing menopause
• Mastectomy options

Break out session II—choose one of the following

• Reconstruction options overview
• Screening after oophorectomy and mastectomy
• Sexuality and body image
• Young women's workshop
  

Break out session III—choose one of the following

• Emerging topic: Can removing the fallopian tubes lower risk?
• New treatments for hereditary ovarian cancer
• Research advocacy
• Sharing medical information with children
  

Saturday, October 20

Breakfast sessions:

• "Ask the Experts" roundtable and networking breakfast

Break out session IV—choose one of the following

• Complementary and integrative medicine
• Exercise and fitness effects on prevention, survival, and quality of life
• Hereditary cancer and your legal rights
• Metastatic hereditary breast cancer: What’s new?
• Pregnany and fertility issues
• Reaching out to underserved communities
• Staying health after menopause: Heart, bone, and other long-term health issues

Break out session V—choose one of the following

• Advocating for appropriate testing: The Michigan experience
• BRCA & triple-negative breast cancers
• Diet and nutrition
• Ovarian cancer risk-management

Break out session VI—choose one of the following

• How do I decide? Making decisions surrounding hereditary cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Post-mastectomy recovery and rehabilitation
• In the Family screening
  

Note: Continuing Education for Genetic Counselors
This event has been submitted to the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) for
approval of Category 1 CEUs. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) accepts CEUs approved by NSGC for purposes of recertification. Approval for the requested CEUs and Contact Hours is currently pending.

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