Own Your Story: Creating Meaning from your Cancer Experience 

 Learning that you or your loved one has cancer is life-changing.  The emotional challenges at the time of diagnosis, during treatment, and months or even years after treatment has ended may compel you to search for deeper meaning and purpose.  You may have examined your life, questioned what really matters most to you, or taken steps to try to live fully in the moment.   

How do you create meaning within your cancer experience?  Many of us find value by telling our personal narratives, whether it be through art therapy, music therapy, or talk therapy; journaling; turning to faith and spirituality; or by giving back to others.  We all have diverse ways of making our experiences meaningful.   What else have others done to find a sense of meaning from their cancer experience? 

Learn from patients, caregivers, and care providers and connect with others as we discover new goals and possibilities together.

8:30am-9:00am:       Registration and Breakfast

9:00am-9:15am:       Welcome & Introduction - Mara Bloom, JD, Executive Director                                            Mass General Cancer Center  

9:15am- 9:45am:      CAR T-Cell Therapy as Innovation -  Matthew Frigault, MD, Administrative Director of Cellular Therapy Service, BMT/Cellular Therapy Attending

9:45am-10:15am:     Living With Cancer  -  David Ryan, MD, Chief, Division of Hematology Oncology and Clinical Director, Mass General Cancer Center & Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine 

10:15am-10:30am:   Break 

10:30am-11:20am:   Provider Panel: Ways to Make Meaning                                                                          Meg Carleton, Art Therapist, ATR-BC, LMHC                                                                                                           Lorrie Kubicek, Music Therapist, MT-BCC                                                                                                               Katrina Scott, Oncology Chaplain, MDiv, BCC                                                                                                         Emily Doerr, Oncology Social Worker, MSW 

11:20am-12:20pm:   Patient Panel Discussion and Q&A                                                             

12:20pm-12:30pm:  Closing Thoughts

12:30pm-1:30pm:     Lunch and Networking

Conference Emcee and Panel Moderator
Bob Socci -- Radio Play-by-Play Voice of the New England Patriots

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