CAOH 2024 Registration
In-Person
Online
In-Person
Early Bird Rate : (until May 31st 2024)
Students : $ 45 USD (with picture ID)
Allied Health Professionals: $ 100 USD
Medical Doctors: $ 125 USD
Booking link for The Caribbean Association for Oncology and Hematology Group.
$233 USD , 1 King Bed or 2 Double Beds (inclusive of buffet breakfast)
Grand Anse Beach, Grand Anse, St. GeorgesOnline
Early Bird Rate (until May 31st 2024)
Students $35 USD
Allied Health Professionals $85 USD
Medical Doctors $100 USD
Zoom link will be sent upon registration completion.
Conference Speakers
Conference Agenda
| Day 1: Thursday 11th July 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| Opening Ceremony | Moderator – Mr. Colin Dowe, Associate Dean | |
| 07:30 – 08:30 a.m. | Registration & Exhibits | |
| 08:30 – 08:35 a.m. | Opening Prayer | Grenada Cancer Society Survivor |
| 08:35 – 08:40 a.m. | Welcome Remarks: Chief Executive Officer, CAOH Caribbean | Dr. Marisa Nimrod |
| 08:40 – 08:50 a.m. | St. George’s University Opening Remarks | Dr. Glen Jacobs, Provost |
| Session 1 - Cancer Prevention and Control | ||
| 08:50 – 09:05 a.m. | Clinical Chair Remarks | Dr. Latoya Gooding,Guyana |
| 09:05 – 09:20 a.m. | Minister of Health, Grenada | Hon. Phillip Telesford |
| 09:20 – 09:50 a.m. | Keynote Speaker | To be announced. |
| 09:50 – 10:00 a.m. | Q & A Session | Dr. Francis Martin |
| 10:00 – 10:20 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 – Breast Cancer | Moderator – Dr. Sonia Nixon, Grenada | |
| 10:20 – 10:40 a.m. | Leaving No-one behind: One Caribbean Movement | Dr. Lindonne Telesford, Grenada |
| 10:40 – 11:00 a.m. | Early Breast Cancer | Prof. Gilian Wharfe, Jamaica |
| 11:00 – 11:20 a.m. | Breast Cancer | |
| 11:20 – 11:40 p.m. | Breast Cancer | |
| 11:40 – 12:00 p.m. | Q & A Session | Dr. Sonia Nixon |
| 12:00 – 01:00 p.m. | Lunch & Poster Presentation: | WINDREF Building |
| Session 3 – Gastrointestinal Cancers | Moderator – Dr. Latoya Gooding, Guyana | |
| 01:00 – 01:20 p.m. | Head and Neck Cancer | Dr. Dwight Lowe, Jamaica |
| 01:20 – 01:40 p.m. | Multicancer early detection | Dr. Omar Rashid, USA |
| 01:40 – 02:00 p.m. | Pancreatic Cancer in the Low Volume Caribbean Setting. | Prof. Shamir Cawich, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 02:00 – 02:20 p.m. | Colorectal Cancer | TBA |
| 02:20 – 02:40 p.m. | Role of Radiofrequency Ablation in Oncology | Dr. Fidel Rampersad, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 02:40 – 03:00 p.m. | Q & A Session | Moderator – Dr. Latoya Gooding, Guyana |
| 03:00 – 03:20 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Session 4 – Workshop/Break-out Session | Moderator – Dr. Marisa Nimrod | |
| 03:20 – 04:20 p.m. | Cancer Prevention and the Control in the Caribbean | Working Groups |
| 04:20 – 04:25 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
| Day 2: Friday 12th July 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| Session 5 – Hematology and Pediatric Oncology | Moderator- Dr. Theresa Laurent, Barbados | |
| 08:00 – 09:00 a.m. | Registration & Exhibits | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Dr. Marisa Nimrod |
| 09:10 – 09:30 a.m. | Making Cancer Treatment Cost Effective | Dr. Manish Singhal, India |
| 09:30 – 09:50 a.m. | Multiple Myeloma | TBA |
| 09:50 – 10:10 a.m. | Benign Hematology - Transfusion Service | TBA |
| 10:10 – 10:30 a.m. | Bone Marrow Transplant: Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant | Dr. Jonas Mattsson, Canada |
| 10:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | TBA |
| 10.50 – 11.10 a.m. | Q & A Session | Moderator- Dr. Theresa Laurent |
| 11:10 – 11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Session 6 – Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment. | Moderator – Dr. Mario Loukas, Dean of Medicine SGU | |
| 11:30 – 11:50 a.m. | Evidence-Based Practice for Nutritional Care of Patients with Cancer | Jillian Hyttenhove, USA |
| 11:50 – 12:10 p.m. | Molecular diagnostic biomarker test | |
| 12:10 – 12:30 p.m. | ASCO’s Commitment to Improving Equity in Access to Cancer Care and Research | Dr. Julie Gralow, Executive VP/CMO,ASCO |
| 12:30 – 12:50 p.m. | Q & A Session | |
| 12:50 – 01:50 p.m. | Poster Presentation: | WINDREF Building |
| Session 7 – Urology and Gynecology | Moderator – Dr. Owen Gabriel | |
| 01:50 – 02:10 p.m. | Caribbean Cervical Cancer Eradication | |
| 02:10 – 02:30 p.m. | Endometrial Cancer | |
| 02:30 – 02:50 p.m. | Prostate Cancer | |
| 02:50 – 03:10 p.m. | Lung Cancer | |
| 03:10 – 03:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| Session 8 – Guidelines and Policy | Moderator – Dr. Shawn Charles, CMO Grenada | |
| 03:30 – 03:50 p.m. | Challenges to Access in Cancer Prevention and Control (OECS) | Dr. Carlene Radix, Barbados |
| 03:50 – 04:10 p.m. | The Caribbean Cancer Code | Dr. Eduardo Cazap, SLACOM |
| 04:10 – 04:30p.m. | Development and Implementation of CAOH guidelines | Dr. Marisa Nimrod |
| 04:30 - 04:35 p.m. | Closing Remarks | |
| Day 3: Saturday July 13th, 2024. | ||
|---|---|---|
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| Session 9 – Holistic Approach to Cancer | Moderator – Dr. Shawn Charles | |
| 07:00 – 08:30 a.m. | Registration & Exhibits | |
| 08:30 – 08:50 a.m. | Primary Care Physicians - The Gatekeepers | Prof. Marvin Reid, Jamaica |
| 08:50 – 09:10 a.m. | Navigating intimacy with a cancer diagnosis. | Dr. Cheryl Alexis, Barbados |
| 09:10 – 09:30 a.m. | Fertility in the cancer patient | TBA |
| 09:30 – 09:50 a.m. | Mental Health and support | TBA |
| 09:50 – 10:10 a.m. | Ethical Considerations in Cancer Management: (public vs private institutions) | SGU |
| 10:10 – 10:30 a.m. | Q & A Session | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Coffee break | |
| Session 10 – Adjunct Management and Care | Moderator - | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 a.m. | Palliative Care in Latin America and the Caribbean | Dr. Mark Stoltenburg, PAHO, Palliative Care, USA |
| 11:10 – 11:30 a.m. | Survivorship and Reintegration. | TBA |
| 11:30 – 11:50 a.m. | Relationships and care beyond the cancer diagnosis in Low and Middle Income Countries | Dr. Sonia Nixon, Grenada Cancer Society |
| 11:50 - 12:10 p.m. | The Economic Burden of Cancer: Financial Planning | |
| 12:10 - 12: 20 p.m | Q & A Session | |
| 12:20 – 12:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks & Vote of thanks | Dr. Marisa Nimrod |
| 12:30 – 01:30 p.m. | Lunch | |
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