2023 Program Agenda
| 8:00am | Doors open to participants | |
| 8:30am | Welcoming Remarks | Jennifer Plichta, MD & Shelley Hwang, MD |
| 8:35am | Education Session #1 | Moderated by Kathy Trotter, DNP |
| Myth Busters | Koumani Ntowe & Juliet Dalton, MD Candidates 2025 | |
| Breast Cancer Risk & Genetics | Maggie Frazier, CGC | |
| Breast Imaging | Dorothy Lowell, MD | |
| Question & Answer with Panel #1 | ||
| 9:30am | Break (20 minutes) | |
| 9:50am | Education Session #2 | Moderated by Laura Rosenberger, MD |
| Benign Breast | Kendra Parrish, DO | |
| Breast Cancer 101 | Yara Abdou, MD | |
| Breast Reconstruction | Rebecca Knackstedt, MD | |
| Question & Answer with Panel #2 | ||
| 10:50am | Break (20 minutes) | |
| 11:10am | Education Session #3 | Moderated by Julia Selfridge, MD |
| Survivorship | Robin Hardi-Hood, MD | |
| Exercise and Cancer | Gabrielle Brennan, MS | |
| Local Resources & Access to Care | LaSonia Barnett, MA | |
| Question & Answer with Panel #3 | ||
| 12:10pm | Break (15 minutes) | |
| 12:25pm | Keynote Speaker & Lunch | Moderated by Jennifer Plichta, MD |
| Keynote Speaker: Breast Cancer Disparities | Tomi Akinyemiju, PhD, MS | |
| 1:00pm | Event wrap-up and raffle prize giveaways | |
| 1:30pm | Doors closed to participants | |
Thank you to our 2022 guest speakers!
Mary R. Alvarado, BHS, CAPM, CLSSGB; Duke Certified Community Facing Patient Navigator, DCI Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity
LaSonia Barnett, MA; Duke Certified Patient Navigator/Senior Program Coordinator, DCI Community Outreach, Engagement, and Equity
Colin Champ, MD; Alleghany Radiation Oncologist
Maggie DiNome, MD; Duke Medical Director of Breast Cancer Services in Wake County
Andrea Dotson, MD; Family Medicine Doctor
Rebecca Knackstedt, MD, PhD; Duke Microvascular, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dorothy Lowell, MD; Duke Breast Radiologist
Jeffrey Marks, PhD; Duke Breast Cancer Researcher
Susan McDuff, MD, PhD; Duke Radiation Oncologist
Kendra Parrish, DO; Duke Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow
Jennifer Plichta, MD; Duke Director of DCI Breast Risk Assessment Clinic
Sydney Record, MS3; Duke Medical Student
Laura Rosenberger, MD; Duke Breast Surgeon
Philip Spanheimer, MD; UNC Breast Surgeon
Kelly Westbrook, MD; Duke Medical Oncologist
Jackie White, NP; Duke Breast Surgery Nurse Practitioner
Hannah Woriax, MD; Duke Breast Surgeon