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for a support group or civic meeting?
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Here’s Your Chance to Hear From the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Right in Your Own Community!

Schedule a free speaker on cancer related topics including:

• Cancer – Who Gets It, How to Avoid It
• Common Cancers — Breast, Prostate, Colon and Others
• Health Disparities in Cancer Care
• The Future of Cancer Treatments
• Coping with Cancer
• Cancer and Genetics

Our speakers are physicians, nurses, researchers, dietitians, cancer survivors and other clinical experts and administrative staff who offer informative and timely presentations for corporations, civic organizations, schools, churches and businesses within a 40 mile radius of Ann Arbor. Through the Speakers Bureau, the U-M Cancer Center faculty and staff volunteer their time to share their interests and expertise with organizations and community groups in Southeast Michigan.*

In general, speakers require an audience of 20 or more. We welcome your suggestions for speakers or topics not listed. Even if you don't have a speaker in mind, we are happy to work with you to find topics and speakers pertinent to your groups' interests. Request a Speaker.

*Speakers come free of charge. The U-M Cancer Center speakers do not solicit speaker's fees; however, if it is the custom of your organization to offer an honorarium to guest speakers, it is expected that the same courtesy be extended to representatives of the U-M Cancer Center.

TOPIC DIRECTORY (or go the Speakers Directory)

Breast Cancer

• Jane Deering, M.S.W.
  Clinical Social Worker
• Daniel Hayes, M.D.
  Director, Breast Oncology Program
• Sofia D. Merajver, M.D., Ph.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Kara J. Milliron, M.S.M
  Genetic Counselor, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
• Lisa Newman, M.D.
  Director, Breast Cancer Center
• Michael S. Sabel, M.D.
  Surgical Oncologist
• Max S. Wicha, M.D.
  Director, U-M Cancer Center
• Edwin G. Wilkins, M.D.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

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Cancer and Fatigue

• Bernadine Cimprich, Ph.D., R.N.
  Director, Quality-of-Life Research Program

Cancer Genetics

• Sally A. Camper, Ph.D.
  Research Scientist
• Kathleen A. Cooney, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Stephen B. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Medical Oncologist
• Sofia D. Merajver, M.D., Ph.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Kara J. Milliron, M.S.
  Genetic Counselor, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
• Elizabeth M. Petty, M.D.
  Medical Geneticist

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Cancer Immunotherapy

• Alfred E. Chang, M.D.
  Surgical Oncologist
• Bruce G. Redman, D.O.
  Medical Oncologist

Cancer Information

• Becky Eggleston, B.S., R.N., O.C.N.
  Cancer AnswerLine Manager
• Karen J. Hammelef, R.N., M.S., C.S.
  Health Educator
  Director, Patient Support Services
• Ruti Volk, M.S.I.
  Coordinator, Patient Education Resource Center

Cancer Prevention and Control

• Dean E. Brenner, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Carolyn M. Johnston, M.D.
  Gynecological Oncologist
• Martha Laatsch, M.S.W.
  Community Outreach Coordinator
• Aisha Langford, M.P.H.
  Community Outreach Manager
• Sofia D. Merajver, M.D., Ph.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Mack T. Ruffin IV, M.D., M.P.H.
  Physician in Family Medicine
• Annette M. Schork, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N.
  Cancer AnswerLine Resource Nurse
• Kimberly Zapor, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N.
  Cancer AnswerLine Resource Nurse

Cancer Survivorship

• Karen J. Hammelef, R.N., M.S., C.S.
  Health Educator
  Director, Patient Support Services

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Caregiver Support

• Karen J. Hammelef, R.N., M.S., C.S.
  Health Educator
  Director, Patient Support Services

Cigarette Smoking Cessation

• Victor J. Strecher, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Director, Health Media Research Laboratory

Clinical Trials

• Bruce G. Redman, D.O.
  Medical Oncologist
• R. Kevin Reynolds, M.D.
  Gynecological Oncologist
• David C. Smith, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
  Director, Clinical Trials Office

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Coping with Cancer

• Bernadine Cimprich, Ph.D., R.N.
  Director, Quality-of-Life Research Program
• Jane Deering, M.S.W.
  Clinical Social Worker
• Karen J. Hammelef, R.N., M.S., C.S.
  Health Educator
  Director, Patient Support Services
• Eileen Mollen, Ph.D.
  Pediatric Psychiatrist
• Michelle B. Riba, M.D.
  Psychiatrist
  Director, Psych-Oncology Program
• Susan G. Urba, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist

Ethics/Bioethics

• Elizabeth M. Petty, M.D.
  Medical Geneticist

Grief/Loss

• Susan A. Wintermeyer-Pingel, M.S., R.N., C.S., O.C.N.
  Coordinator, Grief/Loss Program
• Francis Worden, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist

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Gynecologic Cancers

• Carolyn M. Johnston, M.D.
  Gynecological Oncologist
• R. Kevin Reynolds, M.D.
  Gynecological Oncologist

Head and Neck Cancer

• Francis Worden, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist

Health Communications

• Victor J. Strecher, Ph.D., M.P.H.
  Director, Health Media Research Laboratory

Health Disparities

• Aisha Langford, M.P.H.
  Health Educator
• Lisa Newman, M.D.
  Director, Breast Cancer Cetner
• Kenneth A. Resnicow, Ph.D.
  Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education

Lung Cancer

• Gregory P. Kalemkerian, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist

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Pain Management

• Eileen Mollen, Ph.D.
  Surgical Oncologist
• Susan G. Urba, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist

Prostate Cancer

• Kathleen A. Cooney, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• James E. Montie, M.D.
  Urologist
• Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Howard M. Sandler, M.D.
  Radiation Oncologist
• David C. Smith, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
  Director, Clinical Trials Office

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Skin Cancer

• Timothy M. Johnson, M.D.
  Dermatologist Oncologist
  Director, Cutaneous Surgery and Oncology Clinic; Director, Multidisciplinary Melanoma Clinic
• Mitzi C. Rabe, R.N., B.S.N, O.C.N.
  Clinical Nurse, Dermatology Oncology
• Bruce G. Redman, D.O.
  Medical Oncologist
• Michael S. Sabel, M.D.
  Surgical Oncologist
• Wendy I. Smith, R.N., B.S.N.
  Clinical Nurse, Dermatology Oncology
• Amy L. Young-Sereno, B.S.
  Clinical Nurse, Dermatology Oncology

Urologic Cancers

• James E. Montie, M.D.
  Urologist
• Kenneth J. Pienta, M.D.
  Medical Oncologist
• Howard M. Sandler, M.D.
  Radiation Oncologist
• Bruce Redman, D.O.
  Medical Oncologist

U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center

• Marcy B. Waldinger, M.H.S.A.
  Cancer Center Administrator
• Max S. Wicha, M.D.
  Director, U-M Cancer Center

Young Adults with Cancer

• Jane Deering, M.S.W.
  Clinical Social Worker

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updated 7/2008

See Also:

• Community Events
• Survivors' Day

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