Hope, Innovation, Progress, Support: The 2011 Midwest Regional Brain Tumor Conference
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Where: The Westin Cincinnati, 21 E. 5th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
When: 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. (7:30am registration opens)

Lecture 1: Brain Tumors 101, Shanna Armstrong, RN, MSN, CNS
Lecture 2: Brain Tumor Surgery, Christopher McPherson, MD
Lecture 3: Radiation Therapy for Brain Tumors, John Breneman, MD
Lecture 4: Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors, Rekha Chaudhary, MD
Lecture 1: Food for Thought: Healthy Diet for People Living with Brain Tumors, Lisa Andrews, MEd, RD, LD
Lecture 2: Exercise for People Living with Brain Tumors, Sarah Stahr, MS
Lecture 3: Brain Tumors: Where do they come from?, Tania Carreón-Valencia, MS, PhD
Lecture 4: How to read your MRI, Mary Gaskill-Shipley, MD
Lecture 5: Clinical Trials: What you need to know, Alison Kastl
How to Navigate the Internet Pathway, Thomas Rosenberger, APR
Resources: Financial & Emotional, Lizabeth Harrington, LCPC-c
What Happens at a Tumor Board?, Christopher McPherson, MD
Frontiers for the Future of Brain Tumor Treatment: Chemotherapy and Biologic Therapy, Olivier Rixe, MD, PhD
Frontiers for the Future of Brain tumor Treatment: Surgery & Radiation, Philip Theodosopoulos, Ronald Warnick, MD
Pituitary Adenoma, Philip Theodosopoulos, MD, Lee Zimmer, MD, PhD
Acoustic Neuroma, Jessica Guarnaschelli, MD, Myles Pensak, MD, John Tew, Jr., MD
Meningioma, John Breneman, MD, Mary Gaskill-Shipley, MD, Ronald Warnick, MD
Glioma, Rekha Chaudhary, MD, Christopher McPherson, MD
Caregiver Workshop, Shanna Armstrong, RN, MSN, CNS, Lizabeth Harrington, LCPC-c
Metastatic Brian Tumor, Luke Pater, MD, Olivier Rixe, MD, PhD