Tuesday, Mar 4, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
Details
Join our co-hosts and Stephanie Samolovitch MSW, SW from Young Adult Survivors United on a discussion around AYA advocacy.
Resources
https://www.everydayhealth.com/cancer/the-making-of-an-advocate-stephanie-samolovitch
The Unique Hell of Getting Cancer as a Young Adult“It felt like all those years of forcing myself to run, eat high-fiber foods, and choke down kombucha were for nothing.”https://time.com/6761629/cancer-young-adult-essay/Our Co-Hosts
Our session will be co-hosted by Debra Spoljaric and Betty Roggenkamp of Teen Cancer America. Debra is a Survivorship NP at Washington University in St. Louis. She sees adults who are childhood cancer survivors and breast cancer survivors. She supports the Survivorship Program Manager at Siteman Cancer Center and promotes survivorship care globally. She is passionate about cancer survivorship as she is a survivor herself. This coffee talk will focus on challenges we face with our adolescent/young adult (AYA) survivors and how we can best help them on this adventure of life!
Teen Cancer America provides the expertise that hospitals and healthcare professionals require to understand the unique needs and nuances of AYA cancer care. They help health systems develop age-specific programs that restructure the health system to best support the currently underserved population.