18th Annual Cancer Symposium:
Current Concepts in Orthopedic Oncology

Join us for the 18th Annual Cancer Symposium - Current Concepts in Orthopedic Oncology. 

Agenda
4:30p – 5:10p  Registration / Vendor Displays / Dinner Buffet
5:10 - 5:15p Welcome 
Christopher Johnson, DO, orthopedic oncologist, Orthopedics Northeast, Chair,                                       Sarcoma and Musculoskeletal Tumor Care Team, Parkview Cancer Institute

Diagnostics in Sarcoma
5:15 - 5:35p Avoiding Pitfalls: Unplanned/Inappropriate Excisions of Sarcoma
Christopher Johnson, DO
5:35 – 6:15p Pathology of Soft Tissue Sarcoma, from the Indolent to tthe Aggressive: Current Perspectives and Evaluation of "Crawlers", "Hopppers", and "Firebirds"
Sara Szabo, MD, PhD. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
6:15 - 6:35p Genetic Predispositions to Sarcoma
Rebecca Nelson, MSCGC, Genetic counselor, Sarcoma and Musculoskeletal Tumor Care Team, Parkview Cancer Institute
6:35 - 6:50p BREAK/Vendor Display

Multidisciplinary Treatment of Soft Tssue Sarcoma
6:50 - 7:10p Limb- Salvage: Surgical Treatment of Sarcomas
Christopher Johnson, DO
7:10 -7:30 Systemic Treatment Considerations for Soft Tssue Sarcomas
Richard Zhang, MD medical oncologist, Sarcoma and Musculskeletal
7:30 - 7:50p Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy of Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Nathan Cannon, MD, radiation oncologist, Sarcoma and Musculosketel Tumor Care Team,
Parkview Cancer Institute

Skeletal Metastatc Disease
  7:50-8:10p  Contemporary Management of Appendicular Skeletal Metastatic Disease
Christopher Johnson, DO
8:10-8:30p The Metastatic Spine: Who Gets Surgery?
Ahmer Ghori, MD, orthopedic spine surgeon, Orthopedics Northeast                         

At the conclusion of the program participants should be able to:
- Identifiy adverse effects of in appropriate excisions of sarcoma
- Discuss diagnostic principles in soft tissue tumors
- Describe treatment principles in soft itissue sarcoma
- Describe the importance fo a multidisciplinary approach to muusculoskeletal Tumors
- Discuss updates in management of skeletal metastiatic disease

Continuing Education Credit:
The Fort Wayne Medicla Education Program is accredited by the Indiana State Medicla Assocation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program designates this live activity for maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Cateory I Credits TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.