Compassionate Allowances Outreach Hearing on Cancers - April 7, 2008
The Compassionate Allowance Outreach Hearing on Cancers was held April 7, 2008 at the Broad Institute Auditorium of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA.
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9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Opening Statements
- Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
- Robert G. Urban, Ph.D., Executive Director, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
- Julia H. Rowland, Ph.D., Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship, National Cancer Institute
- David A. Rust, Deputy Commissioner for Retirement and Disability Policy, Social Security
- Manuel J. Vaz, Regional Commissioner, Boston Region, Social Security
- Carol A. Sax, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Boston Region, Social Security
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Diagnosis and Treatment
- Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D., President, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- J. Leonard Lichtenfeld, M.D., Deputy Chief Medical Officer, American Cancer Society
- Bruce A. Chabner, M.D., Clinical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Morning Break
10:45– 12:00 p.m.
Navigating the Disability Process
- Nancy Davenport-Ennis, Chief Executive Officer and President, Patient Advocate Foundation
- Deborah Morosini, M.D., Spokesperson, Lung Cancer Alliance
- Megan Gordon Don, Director, Government Affairs, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Frances Sabella, Cancer Survivor, American Cancer Society
12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Transfer of Medical Information
- Thomas Yates, J.D., General Counsel, Health and Disability Advocates
- John Halamka, M.D., CIO, Harvard Medical School, and Chair, U.S. Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel
- Kenneth Mitchell, Ph.D., Vice President, Health and Productivity Development, Unum
2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Living with Mental Illness
- Denise Williams, LCSW, Social Work Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Diana Beardsley, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
- Pediatric Cancer Family, to be announced
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks