2nd Annual Pathway to Wellness: Reversing the Trends

Posted by Jacqueline Gibson 
on Jul 20, 2013
 

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Please join the One Eleuthera Foundation in collaboration with the Cancer Society of Eleuthera, Family Medicine Center and RCE for our 2nd Annual Pathway to Wellness: Reversing the Trends, Health and Wellness Symposium. August 1st through August 3rd, 2013

 
In order to travel the pathway to wellness, we need to look at what we have for disease within the population, where are we in the disease continuum, and then identify what we have to do to begin to reverse the trends. This year, we will look primarily at cancer, as that is one of the largest contributors to morbidity and mortality in Eleuthera. We will speak to the scope of the disease, the options for management of it within the country and within our own local community, and what we need to do to begin to reverse the trends based on recent research.

Thursday, August 1, 2013
6:00 pm - 7:30pm

7:30 pm - Until

Welcome Reception & Rededication of Wellness Center

Visit Local Homecoming Site/s

Cancer Society Eleuthera
Wellness Centre

Tarpum Bay/Hatchet Bay

Friday, August 2, 2013
7:30 am

8:00 am - 8:05 am


8:05 am - 8:10 am

8:10 am - 8:15 am

BREAKFAST

Opening Prayer


Welcome

Remarks

Wellness Centre

Collin Moss
Peace & Justice Center

Jacqueline Gibson
One Eleuthera/Cancer Society Eleuthera

Dr. Pearl McMillan
Director/Department of Public Health

Cancer in The Bahamas: Epidemiology of Cancer Cases

08:15am - 08:45 am

08:45 am - 09:30 am


09:30 am - 10:30 am

10:30 am - 10:45 am

10:45 am - 11:30 am

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Epidemiology of Cancer in The Bahamas

Tracking Cancer in Eleuthera: Development of an EleutheranCancer Registry

Breast Cancer Research: Factors that may impact outcome

BREAK

Prostate Cancer: The threat to Bahamian Men

The molecular basis of prostate cancer. Where we are heading:Scope of Project

Dr. Delton Farquharson
Vascular Surgeon/Nassau

Mike Kovatich
MDR Global Systems, LLC

Dr. Launi Jones
Assistant Professor/ Department of Pharmacology/ University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Dr. Robin Roberts
Consultant Urologist/Director of UWI School of Clinical Medicine & Research

Dr. Norad Morgan
Specialist in Emergency Medicine/PMH

Cancer Diagnostics

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm


12:30 pm - 01:15 pm

01:15 pm - 01:45 pm

01:45 pm - 02:15 pm

Ethical, Legal & Medical Parameters for genetic testing in The Bahamas

LUNCH

Cancer diagnostics on the horizon

Treatment options for cancer: Surgical, Oncological or Radiological

Dr. Indira Martin
PEPFAR Lab Strengthening Manager/Bahamas Ministry of Health

Dr. Indira Carey via Skype
Manager, Field Application Scientists at Roche Applied Science

Dr. Wesley Francis
Oncologist/Nassau

Cancer Management in the community setting

Support Services for Cancer

02:15 pm - 02:25 pm


02:25 pm - 02:45pm

02:45 pm - 03:05 pm

03:05 pm - 03:20 pm

03:20 pm - 03:50 pm

The Role of the Cancer Society of Eleuthera

Community Outreach Coordinator/Emory Summer Research Results

Genetic Counselling

BREAK

The role of Primary Health Care System (Clinics): the local experience

Juanita Pinder
President, Cancer Society Eleuthera

Maisie Pinder, Meaghan O'Connor, Sara Tomaso, Alannah Kittle

Megan Trottier
Genetic Counsellor/Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative

Dr. John Mensa
Medica Officer/Department Public Health

Prevention of Cancer and other Non-communicable diseases: local programme research

03:50 pm - 04:20 pm

04:20 pm - 04:35pm


04:35 pm - 05:00 pm

The benefits of nutrition and exercise in prevention and management of cancer

Final Remarks: The Pathway to Wellness and Next Steps

Closing

Dr. Kathryn DeSouza
Physiatrist/Nassau

Dr. Pearl McMillan
Director/Department Public Health

Saturday, August 3
6:00 am

Walk for the Cure

Tarpum Bay
 
August 1st, 2013 7:00 PM   through   August 3rd, 2013 12:00 PM
Phone: 242-334-4630
Email:
Event Options
August 1st - Cocktail Reception $ 0.00
August 2nd - Registration & Health & Wellness Sessions $ 25.00
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