2018 Dialogue for Action On Cancer Screening & Prevention
This will be Prevent Cancer Foundation’s 20th Dialogue for Action®. Along with that milestone, the Foundation is working hard to bring you its best Dialogue yet!
Dialogue for Action® is a "can't-miss" annual national conference that brings a diversity of stakeholders together to discuss the best ways to reinforce cancer screening, prevention and risk reduction initiatives in their communities.
The Wednesday through Friday schedule is packed with unique opportunities for participants to immerse themselves in engaging presentations on topics important to our field, facilitated conversations, relationship building and more. Participants find the best results when they take the “Dialogue” back to their communities and workplaces and take actionable steps to make a difference.
This year’s planned topics include:
- Accomplishments of and Lessons Learned in the 80% by 2018 Initiative on Colorectal Cancer Screening
- A deep dive into Project ECHO and the technology-enabled democratization of medical knowledge
- Cancer Screening and Prevention on the Community Level
- HPV Vaccination
- Progress in Research on the Front Lines of Cancer Prevention
- Reasonable Expectations of Big Data in Health and Medicine
- Cancer Screening Modalities
- Lung Cancer Imaging
- And much more!
Participants include:
- Primary Care Physicians (Internists, Family Physicians, Osteopaths)
- Obstetrician/Gynecologists
- Gastroenterologists
- Dermatologists
- Surgeons
- Radiologists
- Oncologists
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
- Physician Assistants
- Quality Team Members in Hospitals, Insurance Companies, etc.
- Advocates and Survivors
- Patient Navigators, Care Managers, Case Managers
- Social Workers
- Health Services Researchers
- Health Educators
- Staff of Health and Human Services (NIH, CDC, CMS, IHS, AHRQ)
- Staff of State Health Departments
- Staff of Non-Profit Health Organizations
- Third-Party Payers
- Administrators
Speaker and Presenter Information
2018 Keynote Speakers
Sanjeev Arora, MD, FACG, MACP, Director and Founder of Project ECHO and University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Opening Keynote: How to Democratize Medical Knowledge and Bring Best-Practice Care to One Billion People by 2025
Expected Number of Attendees
250Relevant Government Agencies
DOD & Military, Dept of Education, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of State, Dept of Veterans Affairs, State Government, County Government, City Government, Office of Personnel Management, National Institutes of Health, Federal Government, State & Local Government, FDA
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When
Wed-Fri, Apr 11-13, 2018, 8:00am - 12:45pm
Where
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102
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Website
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Organizer
Prevent Cancer Foundation
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