UPCOMING TOPICS AND GUEST SPEAKERS
13 NOV,2012 | Barb Bird, Community Engagement Coordinator at Canadian Cancer Society |
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She spoke on how to access resources for coping with a cancer diagnosis, discuss some coping mechanisms, and do a run-through of all their related services. | |
11 DEC,2012 | Psychologists Dr. Beverley Edwards-Sawatzky and Dr. Don Sawatzky |
Reflections on prostate cancer and its treatment from a couple's perspective; reflections on a couples disease; men and their partners; they welcome an open discussion; work in separate groups and then together to discuss how family is affected. | |
JAN 8th, 2013 | Kevin Wallace, MSc., psychologist at the Cross Cancer Institute. |
He spoke on the impact of cancer on individuals and how best to cope with the stress, anxiety, and fear that this brings on. He has had many prostate cancer patients. | |
FEB 12th, 2013 | Dr. Steven K.H. Aung Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta |
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Dr. Aung spoke on his experience as a medical doctor as well as a recognized alternative medicine expert, and on his practice/views in using both of these to treat prostate cancer. As a GP, he is on the front lines in detecting PC in his patients as well as the follow-up after treatment, when our GP's keep track of us to ensure all remains normal. |
APR 9th, 2013 | Heidi Bates, MSc, RD
Eat Well, Be Well: Healthy Eating and Prostate Cancer |
Heidi Bates is a Registered Dietitian and holds a Master抯 degree in
Nutrition and Metabolism and is the Director of the University of Alberta抯
Integrated Dietetic Internship, the province抯 only practice education
program for individuals seeking careers as Registered Dietitians. As a
consulting dietitian, Heidi has led nutrition education programs for people
from all walks of life, including newcomers to Canada. Heidi is also a
specialist in media communications who can be seen weekly on Global
Television抯 Morning Edition News. |
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AUGUST 13th, 2013 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Guest Speaker: Rocco Rossi, CEO PCC
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SEPT 10th, 2013 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Dr. John Lewis Associate Professor, Frank and Carla Sojonky Chair in Prostate Cancer Research, University of Alberta.
Dr. Lewis is working on developing tiny probes (aka. Nanoparticles) which could detect a specific protein which is only present in the blood vessels that feed tumors. Several nanoparticle platforms under development are promising candidates for the development of prostate cancer imaging and therapeutic agents, and research collaboration is focused on their clinical translation. This could enable doctors to recognize which prostate cancers are more aggressive - potentially saving men from serious-side effects. |
OCT 8th, 2013 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Dr. Adrian Wagg, Director - Division of Geriatric Medicine , University of Alberta.
Dr. Wagg is a specialist in geriatric medicine and urinary incontinence. He has an academic and clinical interest in urinary incontinence and has published many peer reviewed publications, chapters and reviews on the subject, spoken widely and is nationally and internationally recognised. His interests are in incontinence in the elderly, the effects of medication and co-morbidity on continence status and the epidemiology and aetiology of incontinence. If you are having problems with incontinence, you will not want to miss this!
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NOV 12th, 2013 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
Dr Ernst Snyman is a long-time GP in Camrose, and on the board of the Alberta College of Family Physicians
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JAN 14th, 2014 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
Dr Abdelrazak Meliti, an anatomical pathologist at DynaLIFE Dx and
Clinical Assistant Professor University of Alberta The Pathologist's role in diagnosis and treatment
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FEB 11th, 2014 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
Jessica Jackson, CHom
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MAR 11th, 2014 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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March is nutrition month. Guest Speaker: Heidi Bates, MSc, Registered Dietician and
Director, Integrated Dietetic Internship, University of Alberta
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APR 8th, 2014 | U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
Dr. Matthew Parliament, Medical Director, Cross Cancer Institute
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TUE, OCT 14th, 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Two researchers from the U of A Department of Physical Education, Behavioural Medicine Laboratory
Mary Norris, BSc Kinesiology, is researching exercise as a form of medicine to help improve quality of life in cancer survivors. Scott Adams, MSc Exercise Science, researching how exercise may prevent complications associated with various anti-cancer therapies. Their group has done a number of studies on exercise for prostate cancer survivors.
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TUE, Jan 13th, 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Morris Maduro, Head of Advocacy Committee, CARP Edmonton (Canadian Assoc of Retired Persons): Developments in seniors health care issues and how they affect Prostate Cancer survivors.
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TUE, FEB 10th, 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
Meeting will feature: A DVD - from the webinar series, Dr. Shabbir Alibhai - Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
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TUESDAY MAR 10th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Samantha Pekh - Anxiety management, the stresses and uncertainties of living with cancer.
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TUESDAY APR 14th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Virginia Vandahl Walker, Assistant Professor - Nursing & Health Studies, Athabasca Univ., the initiative to update the 'Before and After Radical Prostate Surgery: Information and Resource Guide' published in 2008 by Athabasca University Press.
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TUESDAY MAY 12th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Urologist Dr.Gerry Todd: Update on the new CJ Woods Prostate Health Clinic at the Kaye Clinic next to University of Alberta Hospital.
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TUESDAY AUG 11th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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TUESDAY SEP 8th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Diet and Nutrition
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TUESDAY NOV 10th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Cancer Pain Management
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TUESDAY MAR 8th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Diet and Nutrition
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TUESDAY JUN 14th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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TUESDAY AUG 9th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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A member’s journey - Robert – a positive outlook - and other members as available – to help guide those starting and ongoing in the life journey with Prostate Cancer.
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TUESDAY SEP 13th 7:30PM |
U of A Hospital, Shaw 3i Auditorium, Level 0 of the Mazankowski Heart Institute |
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Beyond Subject/Participant: Patient Engagement in Health Research
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TUESDAY OCT 11th 7:30PM |
Click here for meeting location change starting in October. Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Dr. John Lewis - Update on Alberta Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (APCaRI) research to predict aggressive prostate cancer with a simple blood or urine test.
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TUESDAY NOV 8th 7:30PM |
Click here for meeting location change starting in October. Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
Michael P. Kolinsky, MD, FRCPC; Medical Oncologist, Cross Cancer Institute
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TUESDAY DEC 13th 7:30PM |
Click here for meeting location change starting in October. Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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TUESDAY JAN 10th 7:30PM |
Click here for our new meeting location . Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Dr. Keith Rourke, U of A Urology and Alberta Urology Institue
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TUESDAY FEB 14th 7:30PM |
Click here for our new meeting location. Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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TUESDAY MAR 14th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Living Well With and Beyond Prostate Cancer, Jesse McElheran, MEd, R. Psych
Jesse McElheran is a registered psychologist currently completing her pre-doctoral residency with the Department of Psychosocial and Spiritual Resources at the Cross Cancer Institute. She has a keen interest in understanding the impact that cancer has on patients and family members, in particular how one’s sense of well-being and hope can change throughout the cancer experience. Her PhD research project which is recruiting participants is designed to explore the time perspective and hope of those in active cancer treatment and those in early survivorship.
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TUESDAY APR 11th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Program to be announced
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TUESDAY MAY 9th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Prostate brachytherapy: Treating patients with radioactive pellets Dr. Nawaid Usmani is an Associate Professor practicing radiation oncology in the Department of Oncology at the University of Alberta. His training included a fellowship in prostate brachytherapy at the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver. Dr. Usmani' is heavily involved in research, with his main focus of research in prostate brachytherapy. Currently, prostate brachytherapy is an increasingly popular treatment option for localized prostate cancer due to its excellent efficacy, good toxicity profile and convenience. However, there remains a great deal of potential to improve the current technique. Dr. Usmani's main objective for this research is to characterize current brachytherapy techniques and identify strategies for improving this treatment. This includes quantifying inaccuracies in current brachytherapy techniques, identifying patient populations at a higher risk of toxicity from this treatment, and finding ways to improve our outcomes with brachytherapy implants (using technical and translational approaches). In addition to this research in prostate brachytherapy, Dr. Usmani is involved in a number of other research endeavours. His other research includes:
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TUESDAY JUN 13th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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TUESDAY JUL 11th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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TUESDAY DEC 12th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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TUESDAY JAN 9th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Nutrition for Cancer Prevention and Inflammation
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TUESDAY FEB 13th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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TUESDAY MAR 13th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Intimacy and Sexuality after Prostate Cancer
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TUESDAY APR 10th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Alberta Health Advocates - Patients Rights by Ryan Bielby
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TUESDAY JUN 12th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Dr. John Lewis, Dealing with Prostate Cancer-Latest Blood Test Protocol Research
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TUESDAY AUG 14th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Member Specific Meeting and discussions
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TUESDAY DEC 11th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Program to be announced
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TUESDAY JAN 8th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Initial PC Diagnosis from a General Practitioner doctor
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TUESDAY FEB 12th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Farshid Siadat MD, FRCPC, Genitourinary and Anatomical Pathologist,Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Alberta
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TUESDAY MAR 12th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Program to be announced
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TUESDAY APR 9th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Your Diet
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TUESDAY MAY 14th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
Information on Motorcycle Ride for Dad
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TUESDAY OCT 8th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
Research Update
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TUESDAY NOV 12th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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Cancer Immunotherapy
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TUESDAY DEC 10th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
Holiday social
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TUESDAY MAR 10th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
Paul McLauglin, Planning your future
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TUESDAY APR 14th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
Program to be announced
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↓ Next Meeting ↓ |
TUESDAY June 9th 7:30PM |
Prostate Clinic Theatre, 7th Floor of Kaye Edmonton Clinic |
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June meeting Cancelled
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OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS
For the summer, the monthly meetings are an open-discussion format without a guest speaker.
The remainder of the year we feature guest speakers who provide current information and the latest developments on prostate cancer research and treatment: urologists, surgeons, oncologists, researchers, nurses, dietitians, and others.
We also share our experiences with others who are going through the same challenges. Each meeting ends with an open discussion. New attendees are welcome to introduce themselves and express their concerns or ask questions.
We welcome men recently diagnosed, prostate cancer survivors, those seeking information and support, along with their spouses, partners, and families. We openly discuss prostate cancer, treatments, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and other matters that would not be appropriate for younger children.
Click here for location and maps. Second Tuesday of each month at 7:30PM.