Young Survivors Forum – Moving Forward

Cancer patients and survivors ages 18-40 are invited to join us for a one-day informative and interactive forum at Hilton Hotel, Tysons Corner on Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 10AM-5PM (lunch provided).

Come hang out with us after the forum at Bowlero! Dinner and bowling will be provided until 8PM.

Click here to register!

Tentative Event Agenda:

Moving Forward:

10:00am – Welcome

Jan Bresch, Executive Director, Special Love, Inc.

Aziza T. Shad, M.D., The Herman Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital, Sinai

10:15am – 11:25am Keynote – Getting Your Groove Back and Sexual Health  

Sage Bolte, PhD, MSW, LSCW, President Inova Health Foundation

Tamika Felder, Founder, Cervivor, Inc.

11:25 am – 5-minute Break  

11:30 am – The Importance of Coming to Clinic

Aziza T. Shad, M.D., The Herman Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital, Sinai

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch    

1:30pm – 2:30pm Art Therapy Project

Danielle Eichner, MA, ATR-BC, LCPC, The Herman Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital, Sinai

2:30pm – 5-minute Break

Breakout Sessions – 2:35pm-3:35pm

• Legal Resources for School & Career – Melanie Grant, Staff Attorney, Triage Cancer
• Adulting 101 for Survivorship – Jennifer M. Levine, MD, Children’s National Hospital 

3:35pm – 5-minute Break

Breakout sessions – 3:40pm – 4:40pm

• Managing Medical Bills – Melanie Grant, Staff Attorney, Triage Cancer
• Courageous Conversations – Lori Wiener, PhD, DCSW, LSWC-C, National Institutes of Health
  • • • • Devon Ciampa, Clinical Therapist

4:40pm – 5-minute Break

4:45pm – Closing