Texas Tumor Registrars Association’s

45th Annual Educational Conference

October 4th—6th, 2017

Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, TX

NCRA Event # : Pending submission to NCRA

Member Roles & Responsibilities

Vicki Holmes, President

Budget, Theme Selection, Food & Beverage Selection,

Goody Bags, Speaker Gifts

Misty Sonnenberg, Chair

Contracts, Budget, Scheduling, Committee Assignments,

Liaison to Hotel / Conference Center, Volunteer

Coordination, Brochure, Exhibitor Coordination, A/V

Cynthia Carlisle, President Elect

Moderator Coordination

Gay Jordan, Historian

Photography

Mildred Jordan, Ways & Means

Organize TxTRA Items to Sell, Basket Raffle, Country

Craft Fair

Marie Gallegos, TCR Liaison

New Members and First Time Attendees Liaison

Jennifer Harris, Education Chair

Conference Scholarship Contact, CE Application

Crystal McDaniel Speaker Recruitment

Dianna Miller Speaker Recruitment

Debbie Pearson Registration Desk Coordinator

Janet Reynolds Speaker Recruitment

Committee Members Kathy Baskin, Jolonda Bullock, LaShunda Hall, Aracelis Reyes, Pat Saucedo

Online registration will close at 5:00 CST on Friday, September 29, 2017.

When you register online, you will have the option to pay by mail with a check or pay online with a

credit card. If you are paying by check, select “offline / mail” under payment options in the shopping

cart. You will later see instructions to print the invoice and mail your payment to Knowledge

Connex. The mailing address will be in the invoice and all payments should be mailed to Knowledge

Connex.

Full conference fees include: President’s Reception on Wednesday; breakfast and lunch on Thursday;

breakfast on Friday; all break services listed in agenda; all conference related materials; continuing

education units; and access to all conference sessions and exhibits.

Daily conference fees include: all meals and breaks listed in the agenda for that specific day; all

conference related materials; continuing education units for the days attended; and access to all

conference sessions and exhibits on the day(s) indicated.

Speaker presentations and materials will be available as soon as possible on the TxTRA website.

Attendees are responsible for printing the presentations if you would like a hard-copy. An email

will go out with more information.

Member Non-Member

Early Registration

On or Before 9/1/17

Late Registration

After 9/1/17

Early Registration

On or Before 9/1/17

Late Registration

After 9/1/17

Full Registration ** $185 $225 $225 $265 (Wed - Fri)

Single Day: ** Wednesday Only $80 $100 $100 $115

Thursday Only $100 $125 $125 $150

Friday Only $80 $100 $100 $115

Meals Only: ** Guests and exhibitors will be required to purchase a reception or luncheon ticket. President Reception $30 $30 $30 $30

Breakfast

(Thursday / Friday)

$20 $20 $20 $20

Installation Luncheon

(Thursday)

$25 $25 $25 $25

Full Meals Only $85 $85 $85 $85

** Cancellations received in writing by September 11, 2017, will be fully refunded. No refunds will be given after

September 11, 2017. Refunds will not be given for failure to attend, late arrival or early departure. All refund

requests must be submitted in writing by email to: Misty Sonnenberg, programchair@txtra.org.

mailto:programchair@txtra.org

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

12:00 - 12:15 pm Opening Remarks : White Pine I, II

12:15 - 12:45 pm Efficient Abstracting - Carla Edwards

12:45 - 1:30 pm Melanoma Staging - Suzzane Gomez 1:30 - 2:00 pm TCR Update - Melanie Williams, Ph.D.

2:00 - 2:30 pm Changes in NAPBC Standards : Deidre Watson

2:30 - 3:00 pm Break / Exhibits : White Pine III

3:00 - 4:00 pm Keynote Speaker - Communicate With Style - Ann Sattar

4:00 - 4:30 pm American Cancer Society Patient Related Services - Shea Austin

4:30 - 5:00 pm NCRA Update

6:00 - 8:00 pm President's Reception : Grizzly Jack's

Thursday, October 5, 2017

7:30 - 9:00 am Business Meeting Breakfast : White Pine I, II, III

9:00 - 9:45 am Radiation Oncology - Dr. Chad Amosson

9:45 - 11:30 am Tips for the Cancer Registrar's Role in Patient Outcome Standards (Std 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7) - Carla Edwards and Crystal McDaniel

11:30 am - 1:00 pm Awards and Installation Luncheon : White Pine I, II, III

1:00 - 2:00 pm Breast Cancer - Dr. Angela Seda

2:00 - 2:45 pm Gastric Cancer - Dr. Suhail Sharif

2:45 - 3:30 pm Abstracting Gastric Cancer - Denise Harrison

3:30 - 4:00 pm Break / Exhibits : White Pine III

4:00 - 5:00 pm GYN Cancer - Dr. DeEtte Vasques

Friday, October 6, 2017

7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast : White Pine I, II, III

8:00 - 9:30 am Changes in 8th Edition AJCC - Denise Harrison

9:30 - 10:30 am Pediatric vs. Adult Tumor Registries - Lynn Tumey

10:30 - 11:00 am Break / Exhibits : White Pine III

11:00 - 11:45 am Lung Cancer - Dr. Himalaya Lele

11:45 am - 12:30 pm Abstracting NSCLC - Suzzane Gomez

12:30 - 12:45 pm Closing Remarks : White Pine I, II

** Schedule is subject to change **

Suhail Sharif, MD, a fellowship-trained surgical oncologist in Tarrant County, will present on surgical management of gastric cancer. Dr. Sharif completed his medical degree at New York Medical College in Vallhalla, New York. He then attended the University of Illinois College of Medicine and Metropolitan Group Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois for his internship and residency in General Surgery followed by Surgical Oncology Fellowship training at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. We will have an associated presentation on the abstracting, and staging of gastric cancer. Himalaya Lele, MD, a cardiovascular & thoracic surgeon in Tarrant County, will present on surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. He completed an internship at Boston City Hospital-MSO, fellowship at University of Illinois, College of Medicine, and residency at Boston City Hospital-MSO. We will have an associated presentation on the abstracting, and staging of NSCLC.

Chad Amosson, MD, a board-certified radiation oncologist at Arlington Cancer Center, will present on radiation oncology. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in genetics and graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He earned his medical doctorate from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Amosson also completed his internal medicine preliminary year at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and his radiation oncology residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he served as chief resident. Angela Seda, MD, a breast surgeon specializing in breast surgical oncology and surgical diseases of the breast, will present on breast cancer. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in cellular and molecular biology from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. She earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern in Dallas and completed her residency in general surgery at Unity Point Health in Des Moines, Iowa. She then completed a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. She has authored and coauthored articles in peer reviewed journals and continues to publish articles relating to breast cancer. DeEtte Vasques, DO, is a gynecologic oncologist and board Certified in Medical Oncology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. She will present on gynecologic cancer. She completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at Wellspan Health/York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. She completed her medical degree and an internship at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also completed her residency at Wellspan Health/York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. Dr. Vasques earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.

TxTRA is pleased to offer the Shelley Jordan Memorial Conference Scholarship in memory of

longtime TxTRA member Shelley Jordan who lost her life in May of 2014. The purpose of this

scholarship is to support a TxTRA member with no available funding to attend TxTRA’s Annual

Educational Conference.

The topic of this year’s scholarship essay :

With this year’s conference theme of YOUnity, please answer the following question. “How is

networking important to you in your career?”

The scholarship covers the conference registration fee. The recipient may request funding for

transportation or lodging cost. Total funding will be limited to actual expenses and will not

exceed $500 including registration and all fees. Receipts must be provided for covered expenses.

Scholarship recipients are not eligible to apply again for five years.

Applicants must complete the application form and submit a 500 to 750 word essay on the 2017

topic. One scholarship recipient will be chosen.

Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must be active TxTRA members in good standing for at least one continuous year

AND during the year in which the scholarship is awarded. Applicants must not have received

another TxTRA scholarship in 2017.

Members of the TxTRA Board of Directors or Education Committee are not eligible.

Associate, Inactive and Student members are not eligible to apply.

The scholarship recipient will not be eligible to apply again for five years.

Committee.Criteria:

The essay will be scored by TxTRA’s Education Committee using the following criteria:

Adherence to the topic

Use of original ideas and/or concepts

Coherence and completeness (If application information is missing or unclear, no points will

be awarded in this category.)

Compliance with the format (see below)

Additional points may be awarded by the committee, if the applicant has never attended a

TxTRA Annual Educational Conference.

The scholarship application will be on the TxTRA website soon!

Located in Grapevine, TX – just minutes

from the historic downtown area

Complimentary Self Parking and Valet

parking available

Relax and unwind in Elements Spa

Minutes north of DFW International

Airport

Many onsite dining options for breakfast,

lunch, dinner and snacks in between

Complimentary High Speed Internet access throughout the Lodge

Bring the family for an adventure in the 80,000 square foot indoor waterpark!

Great Wolf Lodge

100 Great Wolf Drive

Grapevine, TX 76051

Book your room now by visiting:

www.greatwolf.com/grapevine

$129 / night (King - sleeps 4 or

Double Queen - sleeps 6)

Deadline to book rooms: 09/02/2017

Use Group Code: 1709TEXAST

Call hotel directly: 1-800-693-WOLF (9653)

Ask for block name 1709TEXAST.

NOTE: Room availability is not guaranteed

until you book a room and TxTRA may not

be able to add rooms to the block after

room blocks are full. No additional cost

for additional people staying in room but

rooms are subject to occupancy

limitations. Hotel may be able to split

room rate between two occupants for

billing purposes.

http://www.greatwolf.com/grapevine

Country Craft Fair

TxTRA Ways & Means is working on a great fundraiser for this year’s conference. They

are looking for donations of handmade items to sell. All proceeds raised will go to

TxTRA. With all the crafty people we have in TxTRA, we know it will be a success.

Please contact Mildred Jordan @ waysandmeans@txtra.org for more information.

We are looking for wreaths, wood crafts, needle work, anything you can think of! Let’s

raise money for TxTRA!

Door Prizes / Basket Raffle: If you would like to donate items for the Annual TxTRA basket raffle, please

email Mildred Jordan at waysandmeans@txtra.org.

mailto:waysandmeans@txtra.org?subject=Annual%20TxTRA%20Conference%20Country%20Craft%20Fairmailto:waysandmeans@txtra.org?subject=TxTRA%20Annual%20Conference

Annual Meeting Exhibit table for the conference: $350

Exhibit table plus sponsorship of a blast e-mail: $500

Break Sponsorship: $1000

Meal sponsorship: $2000

Craft table: $100 (Not a part of the Country Craft Fair)

Brochures on an unmanned table in the Exhibitors Area: $100

Online registration sponsorship: $1,000 (Approximately 10 emails and logo

on the registration page of the TxTRA website from date of advertising

contract until registration closes in September)

Website / Emails Logo/banner ad on website ($300/month)

Sponsor email blast ($150/email)

Contact Us Registration Questions

support@knowledgeconnex.zendesk.com

Exhibitor Questions—Misty Sonnenberg

programchair@txtra.org

Volunteers:

If you would like to volunteer to assist with anything at the Annual

Conference, please email Misty Sonnenberg at programchair@txtra.org.

mailto:support@knowledgeconnex.zendesk.com?subject=TxTRA%20Annual%20Conferencemailto:programchair@txtra.org?subject=TxTRA%20Annual%20Conferencemailto:programchair@txtra.org?subject=TxTRA%20Annual%20Conference