Presentation Description:
Each centre has different methods for central line care; this workshop will teach some tips and tricks of central line care/accessing ports, and reassure staff that there is more than one “right” way to do it.
Speakers: Patti Bambury, RN, BScN
POGO Satellite Nurse Coordinator, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON Patti Bambury is the POGO Satellite Coordinator at Grand River Hospital. She has been involved in many POGO committees including the nursing committee, the steering committee of POGO’s Provincial Pediatric Oncology Plan and related working groups, and she has served on the POGO Board of Directors. Her entire nursing career has been in paediatrics, starting in Pasenda, California, to Toronto and SickKids, and currently Kitchener and Grand River Hospital. She is a graduate of Mohawk College, Nursing and BScN at McMaster University.
Monica Kaczycki, RN, CPHON
Clinical Educator, Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON Monica Kaszycki is the Clinical Educator for both the inpatient and outpatient oncology services at Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. Monica holds both a CPHON certification and is a certified APHON instructor.
Kaniska Young Tai (Kyt), BScN, RN, CPHON
Outreach Clinical Program Coordinator, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Kyt completed his undergraduate degree at Queen’s University in 2002. While working overseas, he met a very brave 12 year-old-boy on an oncology unit and decided then to work in pediatric oncology. He’s been at Sickkids for almost 10 years and has worked in a variety of roles in the haematology/oncology department; most recently as the outreach clinical program coordinator, a position that helps deliver patient care closer to home.
Speaker: Serina Patel, MD, FRCPC
Pediatric Haematology/Oncology, Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Serina Patel is a pediatric haematologist/oncologist at Children’s Hospital, LHSC. Originally from St. John’s, Newfoundland, she attended McGill University for post-secondary studies, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree. She returned to Newfoundland for her medical studies and pediatric residency. Following this, she moved to Ottawa to pursue her fellowship in pediatric haematology/oncology. Since the completion of fellowship in 2014, she has worked at Children’s Hospital. She is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science (epidemiology) degree from the University of Ottawa. Her research focus includes the late effects of childhood cancer therapy, specifically with regards to fertility.
Speaker: Jeffrey Pernica, MD, FRCPC, DTMH
Head, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Paediatrics; Associate Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton ON Jeffrey Pernica completed his paediatric residency at Dalhousie University, his infectious disease fellowship at the University of Ottawa, his tropical medicine training at the Gorgas Memorial Institute, and his epidemiology training at McMaster University. His clinical interests, aside from infectious disease in general, include tropical medicine (he is a member of the Canadian Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel) and immunization (he is a member of the Provincial Infectious Disease Advisory Committee on Immunization and runs the Special Immunization Clinic at McMaster Children’s Hospital). His research interests are focused on the optimization of diagnosis and treatment of respiratory infections in high-income countries and of enteric infections in resource-limited settings, primarily via prospective clinical trials. He is an associate professor at McMaster University and the recipient of a Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award. He has received research funding from Hamilton Health Sciences, the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada.
Speaker : Vicky Breakey, BSc, MD, MEd, FRCPC
Paediatric Haematologist/Oncologist; Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Vicky Breakey received her medical degree from the University of Calgary Medical School in Calgary, Alberta. She completed her paediatric residency training and fellowship training in pediatric haematology/oncology at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario. She pursued her Master of Education degree at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. In 2011, she joined the Department of Paediatrics at McMaster University as a pediatric haematologist/oncologist.
Dr. Breakey provides clinical care to children with cancer and blood disorders. She is an enthusiastic teacher for patients, parents, medical students, residents and fellows. Her current research interests include clinical studies for children with immune thrombocytopenia, the development of online self-management programs to prepare teens with medical conditions for transition to adult care and nutritional issues for infants with cancer.
Speaker: Sue Zupanec, MN, NP-Paediatrics
Nurse Practitioner, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON Sue Zupanec graduated the Masters of Nursing Program with an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of Toronto in April 2002. Since then Sue has worked as a nurse practitioner in the Leukemia/Lymphoma Section, Haematology/Oncology Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. Sue is the current education chair on the Children’s Oncology Nursing Steering Committee.
Presentation Description: This presentation will describe clinical approaches to the assessment and treatment of anxiety and depression in youth with cancer. Using case examples, we will review the range of symptoms that may present, and describe behavioural as well as pharmacologic approaches to treatment.
Speaker: Anna C Muriel, MD, MPH
Division Chief, Paediatric Psychosocial Oncology, Dana Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA Dr. Anna (Nina) Muriel is a child psychiatrist and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She is a graduate of Brown University and Tufts University School of Medicine, and trained at Massachusetts General and McLean Hospitals in Boston. Her clinical and academic interests include the impact of cancer on children and families, the delivery of mental health services, and the use of psychiatric medications in pediatric oncology. She is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, co-author of the book “Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is Sick,” and co-editor of “Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology: Textbook for Multidisciplinary Care.”
Presentation Description: This session will review the endocannabinoid system, medical ingredients of cannabis, review relevant paediatric oncology cases, prescribing and dosing.
Speaker: Michael Verbora, MBA, MD, CCFP
Medical Director, Canabo Medical
Physician Champion, Toronto, Cannabinoid Medical Clinic, Toronto, ON Michael Verbora completed his medical degree at the University of Western Ontario. He then went on to complete his family medicine residency training at Toronto Western Hospital at the University of Toronto. Prior to his medical studies, Dr. Verbora completed his masters of business administration (MBA) from the Odette School of Business.
He has a clinical interest in cannabinoid medicine and has a special focused practice designation in pain medicine. To date Dr. Verbora has completed over two thousand initial consultations for cannabinoid therapy. He has also presented for the Ontario College of Family Physicians, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital and has been commissioned as a medical expert to European Parliament as an expert in cannabinoid medicine.
Dr. Verbora is a member of CCIC (Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids), Doctors for Responsible Access (DRA), and the Canadian Pain Society (CPS). He also maintains a student health practice and provides house visits for the frail and elderly.
