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Putting Knowledge into Practice:
First Transatlantic Symposium on Strategies to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening and Save More Lives
When: Monday 20 April, 2009, 8.00 am to 6.00 pm
Where: Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
871 United Nations Plaza (at 49th Street)
New York, NY 10017
(Auditorium, 2nd floor)
Participants: 100 specifically invited speakers and discussants
Program
7:00 am - 7:45 am Breakfast is served in the restaurant on the 23rd floor
• I. Introduction and Welcome
08.00 am - 08.20 am Dr. Stephan Grabherr (Deputy Consul General, German Consulate)
Welcome Note
Christa Maar, Felix Burda Foundation, Munich, Germany
The Power of Screening
Moshe Shike, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Felix Burda - A messenger of Humanism and Hope
• II. Guidelines, SCREENING and Quality Measures
Chairs: Meinhard Classen, TUM, Munich, Germany;
Sidney Winawer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
08.20 am - 09.35 am David Lieberman, University of Portland, Portland, OR
Screening the General Population
Hans F. A. Vasen, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
The Identification of Individuals at Increased or High Risk
enhances the Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer
Screening Programs
Lawrence von Karsa, International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC), Lyon, France
The Main Features of the New European Guidelines for
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Sidney Winawer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
New York, NY
The Main Features of the New International Cascade
Based Guidelines for Colorectal Cancer Screening
Berndt Birkner, German Network against Colorectal Cancer,
Munich, Germany
Quality Assurance of Screening Colonoscopy is Crucial for
Successful Screening
09.35 am - 10.00 am Discussion
10.00 am - 10.30 am Coffee Break
• III. BARRIERS TO SCREENING
Chairs: David Lieberman, University of Portland, Portland, OR;
Steven Itzkowitz, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
10.30 am - 11.30 am Melissa Farmer, Veterans Administration HSR&D Center of Excellence
for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior,
Greater Los Angeles, CA
Healthcare Providers' Knowledge and Recommendations
Johannes Blom, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital,
Stockholm, Sweden
Understanding the Reasons for Non-participation in
Colorectal Cancer Screening may give Clues about how to
improve Compliance - Insights into a 9-Year Follow up Study
in Sweden
Monika Sieverding, Psychological Institute, University of Heidelberg,
Heidelberg, Germany
Gender and Psychological Barriers to Colorectal Cancer
Screening - A University of Heidelberg Study
Michael Pignone, UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC
Costs and Cost-effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening
11.30 am - 12.00 am Discussion
12.00 am - 01.00 pm Lunch Break
01.00 pm - 01.20 pm Mark Pochapin, The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health,
New York, NY
Keynote
Introducing Katie Couric
Katie COURIC, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, New York, NY
The Lifesaving Potential of Colon Cancer Screening
• IV. Overcoming Barriers on The LOCAL AND national level
Chairs: Mark Pochapin, The Jay Monahan Center, New York, NY;
Carolyn R. Aldige, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Alexandria, VA
01.20 pm - 03.05 pm Jean Faivre, University of Dijon, Dijon, France
A Centralized Screening Invitation/Reminder
in Program in France
Carrie Klabunde, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences,
National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
The NCI Strategies and Projects for Overcoming Barriers to
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Laura Seeff, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC,
Atlanta, GA
Designing Community-Based Programs: Interim Results from
Five Federally-Funded Demonstration Screening Sites
´ Christa Maar, Felix Burda Foundation, Munich, Germany
The Burda Foundation Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Campaign in Germany
Marian S. Krauskopf, New York City Dept. of Health and
Mental Hygiene (DOH), New York, NY
The New York City Department of Health Initiative to Increase
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Steven Itzkowitz, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Patient Navigation - An efficient method of enhancing
participation in Screening Colonoscopy among
urban Minorities
Moshe Shike, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Screening the Underserved Population - the Harlem Project
03.05 pm - 03.35 pm Discussion
03.35 pm - 04.00 pm Coffee Break
•V. Public Education Programs - Round Table Presentations
Chairs: Moshe Shike, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY;
Felice Schnoll-Sussman, The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health,
New York, NY
04.00 pm - 05.00 pm Mark Pochapin, The Jay Monahan Center for
Gastrointestinal Health, New York, NY
The Couric Effect and Beyond: Collaborative Efforts of
Katie Couric, EIF's NCCRA, and Jay Monahan Center
Carolyn Aldigé, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Alexandria, VA
Supporting Community Efforts across the Country to
increase Awareness for the Opportunities of Early Detection
and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer
Daniel Mauss, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
(EADS), Munich, Germany
Enhancing the Success of Colorectal Cancer Screening
in Companies by integrating it with Other
Health Maintenance Modalities
Lynn Faulds Wood, European Cancer Patient Coalition,
London, United Kingdom
Motivating Politicians to Undergo Screening:
A campaign in European Parliaments
Laura A. Linnan, UNC School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
Addressing Disparities in Cancer Screening by Reaching
African Americans through Beauty Salons & Barbershops
Berndt Birkner, German Network against Colorectal Cancer,
Munich, Germany
Addressing Men in Men's Worlds - Car Drivers' Awareness
Campaigns in Germany
05.00 pm - 05.30 pm Discussion
•VI. SUMMARY and next steps
05.30 pm - 06.00 pm Mark Pochapin and Berndt Birkner
Summary of the Presentations and of the Action Points
Resulting from it.
Discussion of the ‘Transatlantic Declaration for Colorectal
Cancer Prevention & Early Detection'.
