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Multidisciplinary Therapy of Pancreas Cancer:

Recent Advances and Emerging Paradigms

Important Announcement

MD Anderson Cancer Center is closely following the impact of COVID-19 on global populations and travel. At this time, out of an abundance of caution, we regret to inform you all educational activities through April 29^th are being postponed. Your health and safety, and that of our patients and employees, is our highest priority.

May 8-9, 2020

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building (Zayed Building) Conference Center, Floor 2
6565 MD Anderson Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030

Conf. # D122369

12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Ethics 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Target Audience

This conference should be of interest to Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Researchers, Fellows and Trainees.

General Information

Agendas are subject to change because we are always striving to improve the quality of youreducational experience. MD Anderson may substitute faculty with comparable expertise on rareoccasions necessitated by illness and/or scheduling conflicts, conflicts and so forth.

Please let us know what specific topics, issues or questions you wish to see addressed or emphasized in this activity. Fax CME/Conference Management at 713-794-1724 or email register@mdanderson.org. All responses will be forwarded to the Program Chair for consideration

Educational Information

Goal

Educational Objectives

This activity will present new treatment options to physicians and affiliated health professionals for patients with pancreatic cancer. In addition, multidisciplinary case studies will be presented highlighting optimal approaches to complex scenarios in this disease. The long-term goal of these efforts is to improve the survival rate of pancreatic cancer patients through evidence based approaches.

After attending the conference, participants should be able to:

Implement genetic testing of patients and family members to screen for those who are at risk for developing pancreatic cancer and other cancers (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes);
Evaluate, counsel and treat patients with pancreatic cancer at all stages of disease (locally advanced, resectable, borderline resectable, metastatic) (knowledge, competence, performance);
Provide a comprehensive understanding of innovative and emerging cancer therapies, inclusive of the side effects, to the cancer patient (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes); and
Apprise fellow clinicians and healthcare providers of emerging paradigms of the latest clinical trials and supportive care (knowledge, competence).

Educational Methods

Lectures
Case Study
Questions-and-Answer Session
Panel Discussion

Evaluation

A conference evaluation survey will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities, or possible impact on patient health status. Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics.

Accreditation/Credit Designation Information

Accreditation/Credit Designation

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to goal. This activity will present new treatment options to physicians for patients with pancreatic cancer. Through preclinical studies, our researchers have identified a tumor-promoting pathway that, when inhibited, reduces the rate of resistance to validated targeted therapy drugs. The long-term goal of these efforts is to improve the survival rate of pancreatic cancer patients by intercepting pancreatic cancer before it becomes deadly. submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

In order to receive MOC points, you will need to pass the post-test with a score of 70% or higher. You will be able to take the test as many times as you need to in order to pass.

Participant completion data will be shared with and transmitted to the ACCME on the participant’s behalf.

Ethics

The “Supportive Care” session has been designated by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for 1.25 AMAPRA Category 1 Credits™ in medical

Registration Information

On-site registration for the Multidisciplinary Therapy of Pancreas Cancer Conference opens at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020. The opening session will begin at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020 and the conference will adjourn at 4:20 p.m., Saturday, May 9, 2020.

Advanced registration is encouraged as space and materials are limited. Please see registration form for applicable fees.

The deadline for advanced registration is Friday, April 23, 2020.

Registration Fees:

Postmarked on or before April 23, 2020

Physicians/Scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00
Nurses/APPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$75.00
Students/Fellows/Residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50.00
MDACC Faculty. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00
MDACC Nurses/APPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50.00
MDACC Students/Fellows/Residents. . . . . . . .. . . . . .$25.00

Postmarked After April 23, 2020

Physicians/Scientists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250.00
Nurses/APPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$125.00
Students/Fellows/Residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100.00
MDACC Faculty. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200.00
MDACC Nurses/APPs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100.00
MDACC Students/Fellows/Residents. . . . . . . .. . . . . .$75.00

NCAP Funding Registrations - MD Anderson Employees ONLY

All prepayments must be submitted through the NCAP website by an NCAP Request form prior to attending any conference. Please submit your request via NCAP website asap in order to get it approved by your manager and NCAP in time for the conference.

NCAP website. https://inside.mdanderson.org/departments/nursing/ncap.html

Registration On-line (Above): you may experience intermittent problems with creating new profile accounts for new registrations. If a problem does occur, please feel free to click the Printable Form (Below) and fax to our offices 713-794-1724. Please note the fax machine is located in a secured vault room.

There are two other ways to register:

Mail to:

CME/Conference Management, Unit 1781
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
P.O. Box 301407
Houston, TX 77230-1707

Fax to: 713-794-1724 (Printable Form)

We accept the following forms of payment:

Check (payable through U.S. banks only)
Money order
Credit cards (MasterCard, VISA and American Express)
Cash (on-site registration only)

If you register online, a receipt/confirmation letter will be automatically emailed to the email address you list on the registration form. If you register by fax or mail, a receipt/confirmation letter will be sent to you within 10 working days of the receipt of your fee.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Refund/Cancellation Policy

The registration fee, minus a $50 administrative handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before April 23, 2020. No refunds will be granted after that date. The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check.

Hotel and Transportation

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved for conference attendees at the Houston Marriott Medical Center Hotel,, 6580 Travis Street, Houston, Texas 77030.
Early hotel reservation is suggested.
The hotel phone number is 713-796-0080
When you make reservations be sure to mention “Multidisciplinary Therapy of Pancreas Cancer” to be assured of receiving the special meeting rate of $109.00 single or double occupancy.
Please add 17% Texas state and local taxes.
Room Reservation Website Link: Book your group rate for Multidisciplinary Therapy of Pancreas Cancer Room Block or https://bit.ly/35mpOfq
Reservations and deposits received after Thursday, April 23, 2020 will be confirmed if space is available and at current hotel published guest room rates.

Ground Transportation

Houston is served by two airports, George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU). The following forms of ground transportation are available to and from the airports to the Medical Center.

Uber and Lyft
Taxicabs: Yellow Cab 713-236-1111; and Fiesta Cab 713-225-2666.

Parking Information

Parking is available in Garage 10, which is located on the east side of the Clark Clinic, for $13 per day. There are EasyPay Stations on the first, second and third floors, instead of a cashier. The EasyPay Station is a self-serve payment station and will take cash or credit cards. You feed your ticket into the machine, it tells you how much you owe, you then pay that amount and the machine returns your "paid" ticket.

Take the "paid" ticket to the exit gate and feed it into a machine there to raise the gate and exit the garage. PLEASE CLICK ON LINK TO SEE MAP, MEETING LOCATION.

Click here for a map.