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November 13 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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with Dr. McManamon, MD
Whole person cancer care involves learning what matters most to patients and engaging them in health and wellness behaviors that influence their wellbeing and longevity as cancer is treated. Such care explicitly addresses mind-body-behavior-social and spiritual aspects of a person’s life. This helps oncology teams manage the fear and confusion that come along with the disease and returns healing to medicine.
In the presentation, Dr. Alyssa McManamon will define whole person cancer care and illustrate how this type of care can become standard in all of oncology. She will summarize the science behind whole person care and the evidence that supports its application. She will describe how patients can take a more active role in their care, empowering them to craft a whole person approach to their treatment plan.
Finally, Dr. McManamon will introduce tools and resources available that oncologists, cancer care teams, and people with cancer and their loved ones can incorporate into their own healing journey.
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About Alyssa McManamon, MD
Dr. McManamon is a triple-board certified hematologist-oncologist and associate professor of internal medicine and neurology at Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine. Previously director of advanced clerkship programs for the F. Edward Hebért School of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD, she is currently at the Dayton VA Medical Center where she runs a Whole Health Oncology clinic and mentors trainees in the hematology-oncology fellowship program. She is an author of Healing and Cancer published by Rodin Books and distributed by Simon and Schuster in May 2024.
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Websites
- HealingWorksFoundation.org
- HowWeHealCampaign.com
- HealingandCancerBook.com
