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Home / News / Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer

Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer

In collaboration with the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases

February 1, 2023

Held in collaboration with the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases at the Luskin Conference Center
March 11, 2023
8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Schedule

8:30 am – 9:00 am Check-in
9:00 am – 9:20 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Lisa Manheim, Executive Director
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Agi Hirshberg, Founder & CEO
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
O. Joe Hines, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
9:20 am – 9:45 am Turning Down the Volume on Worry: Managing Cancer
Related Anxiety
Jenny Tran, PhD
Simms/Mann – UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology
9:45 am – 9:55 am  Q & A
9:55 am – 10:20 am Dietary Management Post-Diagnosis
Shelby Yaceczko, MS, RDN-AP, CNSC
University of California, Los Angeles
10:20 am – 10:30 am Q & A
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 11:15 am Pancreatic Cysts: Diagnosing and Treatment in 2023
V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS
University of California, Los Angeles
11:15 am – 11:25 am Q & A
11:25 am – 11:50 am Integrative East-West Medicine to Optimize Health &
Wellness
KaKit P. Hui, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Q & A
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm Survivor Photo
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:25 pm Should I Participate in a Clinical Trial?
Randall Brand, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
1:25 pm – 1:35 pm Q & A
1:35 pm – 2:00 pm Palliative Care – It’s Not Hospice!
Sandra H. Sacks, MD, MEd
University of California, Los Angeles
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm Q & A
2:10 pm – 3:00 pm Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Survivors and Caregivers
Moderator: Jenny Tran, PhD
Simms/Mann – UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology
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