​Celebrate NET Cancer Day at the LACNETS NET Cancer Day Symposium in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, November 9th from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm.

ABOUT

• Hear presentations from local NET experts and stories from those in the neuroendocrine cancer community.

• Learn about the latest in surgery, medical treatments, PRRT, symptom management, and clinical trials.

• Ask questions during the live question and answer sessions.

• Find out how you can spread awareness about neuroendocrine cancer.

• Show how you live well with Neuroendocrine Cancer in our "Show & Tell" Video Slideshow (will be played during our reception).

• Post-Event Ice Cream Social

• There is no cost to attend. This event is made possible by the generosity of donors and sponsors.

This event will not be broadcast.

LOCATION

Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club

1210 4th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Parking will be fully validated at SP+ Parking Garage Structure 1 at 1234 4th St, Santa Monica, CA.

AGENDA

*Subject to change. Please check back closer to the event for the most accurate agenda.

MODERATORS:

Andrew Hendifar, MD, & Lisa Yen, Director of Programs and Outreach

SPEAKERS:

ALEXANDRA GANGI, MD

Surgical Oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Dr. Alexandra Gangi is a board-certified surgical oncologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Gangi completed a general surgical residency at Cedars-Sinai and completed her surgical oncology fellowship at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.

She currently serves as the director of the Gastrointestinal Tumor and Cancer Regional Therapies Programs with specialization in Pancreatic and GI Neuroendocrine tumors, Metastatic colorectal cancer, and Peritoneal Surface Malignancies. Her research focuses on understanding GEPNET heterogeneity between and within tumors subtypes and mechanisms of chemotherapy induced liver injury.

ANDREW HENDIFAR, MD 

Medical Oncologist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

The current research focus of Andrew Hendifar, MD, is on developing new therapies for pancreatic cancer and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Hendifar has helped form multidisciplinary teams that specialize in the treatments of pancreatic cancer, and carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors. Dr. Hendifar is the primary investigator for several groundbreaking therapies, including radioimmunotherapy for neuroendocrine tumors, anti-inflammatory therapy for pancreatic cancer and novel approaches to cancer cachexia. His national roles include SWOG GI Committee Member and a member of NIH Neuroendocrine Tumor Task Force. He also serves as the steering committee member for the Precision Promise Consortium and chairs the associated Supportive Care Committee. At Cedars-Sinai, he leads the Gastrointestinal Disease Research Group and is the founding Director of the Hematology and Oncology Fellowship Program.

MARTIN AUERBACH, MD

Nuclear Medicine, UCLA 

Dr. Allen-Auerbach is the Medical Director of UCLA Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Professor in Nuclear Medicine, Division of Pharmacology, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Apart from serving as attending physician in Nuclear Medicine, active research includes clinical studies investigating the role of molecular imaging with PET/CT to gain insights into malignant disease processes and as well as applications of Nuclear Medicine for the treatment of cancer.

RUN YU, MD, PhD

Endocrinologist, UCLA

Run Yu, MD, PhD, received his MD degree from Peking Union Medical College in Beijing and his PhD degree in pharmacology from University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Yu completed an endocrine research fellowship, an internal medicine residency, and a clinical endocrinology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Yu’s clinical and research interests include diabetes, thyroid, and endocrine tumors and syndromes. Dr. Yu enjoys describing novel clinical findings in endocrinology.

H. GABRIEL LIPSHUTZ, MD

Interventional Radiologist

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

H. Gabriel Lipshutz, MD is a board-certified, fellowship-trained vascular and interventional radiologist with the Cedars-Sinai S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center.

Dr. Lipshutz performs all peripheral endovascular and interventional procedures including embolizations and minimally invasive oncological treatments (chemoembolization, Y-90 radioembolization, RFA, cryoablation, microwave ablation, and irreversible electroporation (IRE). His responsibilities include consultation and treatment of outpatients and inpatients, including the evaluation of patients in the IR outpatient clinic.

After earning his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University, Dr. Lipshutz earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. He completed his internship in internal medicine at the University of Washington, his radiology residency at the Oregon Health and Sciences University, and his fellowship in interventional radiology at UCLA.

JAYDIRA DEL RIVERO, MD

Medical Oncologist & Endocrinologist

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Dr. Del Rivero earned her medical degree from the University of Veracruz in Veracruz, Mexico and completed her internal medicine residency at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center/NYU-Langone Medical Center. 

Dr. Del Rivero completed a fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The Inter-Institute Endocrinology Training Program (IETP) at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) where she was part of a research team developing clinical trials for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. She then joined as Assistant Professor at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care (MECCC) where she specialized in endocrine oncology involving thyroid cancer, parathyroid and adrenal tumors, and clinical research for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

She subsequently completed a second fellowship in medical oncology at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) with a research focus on endocrine malignancies.  Dr. Del Rivero is board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Medical Oncology.

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Dr. Del Rivero is a Physician Scientist in the Developmental Therapeutics Branch. She is the Principal Investigator of the Natural History Study for Neuroendocrine Neoplasm and Adrenocortical Cancer to provide the basis of further development of therapeutic interventions, prevention/screening guidelines, endpoints for future clinical trials, and patient reported outcome measures. Dr. Del Rivero’s current efforts is the development of novel treatment approaches and targeted therapies for endocrine malignancies such as advanced gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, adrenocortical cancer and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma.

STEPHANIE ALBAND, MSBA

Board President, INCA

Executive Director, The Pheo Para Alliance

Stephanie Alband, MSBA, joined Pheo Para Alliance in March of 2019.  She has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit industry, with ten years working exclusively for rare disease organizations, including the Huntington’s Disease Society of America and Angioma Alliance.  Her experience with her daughter’s rare cancer has helped her better understand and successfully navigate the unique challenges faced by the rare disease community.  She currently serves as the President for the International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance (INCA) and previously served as Communications Chair and a Member of the Board of Directors.

JOHN FITZGERALD

Drum Circle Facilitator & Coach

Rhythm With a Purpose

Before he fell in love with the transformational impact of coaching, and rhythm facilitation, John spent decades as a degreed percussionist performing jazz and classical music, and the amazing music of cultures from around the world. Rhythms, cycles, and improvisation have always been central to his joy and passion, the spontaneous personal expression that is such a vital part of all living cultures, and indeed, all our lives. 

As the Manager of Recreational Music Activities for Remo Inc., for 23 years, he created relationships with organizations and individuals, educating and advocating for the use of music for wellbeing in every imaginable population through a global network of partnerships, facilitators, and Remo’s distributor network. Presentations, training, and facilitated experiential activities at conferences and symposia were a central part of his work at Remo, and his passion as well. 

In addition to one on one work with individuals and organizational leaders, John designed and facilitated team-building, communication and leadership workshops for over 20 years.

If you are newly diagnosed, or need a refresher on NET terms and basics, we encourage you to watch Dr. Aman Chauhan’s presentation “NETS 101: Overview of NET Terms & Concepts" or Dr. Chandrasekharan’s presentation “Understanding NET Diagnosis.”

The opinions expressed by the guest presenters, as well as the questions asked by the audience, have not been created or suggested by LACNETS or the sponsors of this program. LACNETS does not endorse or promote any of the views, opinions or information provided in this presentation. Audience members should not rely solely on the opinions or information expressed by the guest presenter and should seek guidance and direction from their own medical advisors regarding any choices they make about their health or treatments.

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