Opportunities for Enhancing Patient Navigation | Oct 17, 2023

Meeting Information: October 17, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. | New Orleans, Louisiana, and online

On October 17, 2023, the President’s Cancer Panel held the first of three public meetings on the topic of, Reducing Cancer Care Inequities: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Patient Navigation in New Orleans, Louisiana. This meeting consisted of presentations and facilitated discussion among invited participants, which highlighted potential challenges and opportunities to enhance patient navigation for patients, navigators, and health systems. Check out the summary below for themes and priority areas that emerged from this meeting.

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Agenda

Time	Agenda Item
8:30 - 8:50 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
8:50 - 9:00 a.m.	Discussion Process Overview
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.	Patient Navigation Needs Presentation
9:10 – 10:15 a.m.	Patient Navigation Needs Discussion
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 – 10:40 a.m.	Opportunities for Improving Provider- and Systems-Based Navigation Presentation
10:40 – 11:45 a.m.	Opportunities for Improving Provider- and Systems-Based Navigation Discussion
11:45 – 12:45 p.m.	Lunch
12:45 – 12:55 p.m.	Barriers to Technology Use Presentation
12:55 – 2:00 p.m.	Barriers to Technology Use Discussion
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 – 2:25 p.m.	Current Use of and Challenges to Adopting New Technologies Presentation
2:25 – 3:30 p.m.	Current Use of and Challenges to Adopting New Technologies Discussion
3:30 – 3:55 p.m.	Closing Discussions
3:55 - 4:00 p.m.	Final Comments and Meeting Close

Participants

Name	Title & Affiliations
Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH	Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health Boston Medical Center Boston, MA
Mitchel S. Berger, MD, FACS, FAANS	Member President’s Cancer Panel Professor Department of Neurological Surgery University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Valerie D. Bouldin, MEd	Acting Director of Boards and Commissions City of New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Carol L. Brown, MD	Member President’s Cancer Panel Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY
Elizabeth Calhoun, PhD, MEd	Professor University of Illinois at Chicago Sturgis, MI
Heather Ciccarelli, MSW	Director, Patient Navigation Initiative American Cancer Society York, ME
Mary Cosper, LCSW-BACS, MPH	Patient Services Director Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans/Cancer Association of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
Monica Dean	Director of Patient Navigation Program Development Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators Dunwoody, GA
Andrea (Andi) Dwyer, MPH	Director, Colorado Cancer Screening Program University of Colorado Denver, CO
Bilikisu “Reni” Elewonibi, PhD, MPH	Assistant Professor Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Ricki Fairley, MBA	CEO and Co-Founder TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance Annapolis, MD
Samantha L. Finstad, PhD	Senior Health Science Policy Advisor President’s Cancer Panel Program Director, Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Linda Fleisher, PhD, MPH	Research Professor, Cancer Prevention & Control Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA
Paul Friedlander, MD	Professor Department of Otolaryngology Tulane University School of Medicine Chief of Otolaryngology Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System New Orleans, LA
Sharon Gentry, MSN, RN, HON-ONN-CG, AOCN, CBCN	Program Director Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators Lewisville, NC
Darcie Green	Executive Director Latinas Contra Cancer San Jose, CA
Angela Hammett, MSN, RN	Director of Patient Navigation and Support Services Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Centers Baton Rouge, LA
Elizabeth M. Jaffee, MD	Chair President’s Cancer Panel Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professor of Oncology Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Cancers Program Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Maureen R. Johnson, PhD	Executive Secretary President’s Cancer Panel Special Assistant, Office of the Director National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Eugene Lengerich, DVM	Professor of Public Health Sciences and Family & Community Medicine Penn State University Associate Director for Health Disparities and Engagement and Director of the Office for Cancer Health Equity Penn State Cancer Institute Hershey, PA
Gina McWhirter, RN, MSN, MBA	Director, VA National TeleOncology Department of Veterans Affairs Blanchard, OK
Michelle Mollica, PhD, MPH,	RN, OCN Deputy Director Office of Cancer Survivorship National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Daniela Monterroza, MSPH	Health Communications Fellow National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
Samyukta Mullangi, MD	Medical Director Thyme Care Nashville, TN
Kingsley I. Ndoh, MD, MPH	Founder and Chief Strategist Hurone AI Clinical Assistant Professor of Global Health University of Washington Seattle, WA
Augusto Ochoa, MD	Deputy Director LSU-LCMC Cancer Center LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Steven R. Patierno, PhD	Deputy Director Duke Cancer Institute Charles D. Watts Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC
Phyllis Pettit Nassi, MSW	Associate Director, Office of Community Outreach & Engagement Huntsman Cancer Institute University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
Gabrielle Rocque, MD, MSPH	Associate Professor Divisions of Hematology & Oncology and Gerontology, Geriatrics, & Palliative Care University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
Elizabeth A. Rohan, PhD, MSW	Health Scientist Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roswell, GA
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway,	PhD, MA Professor and Dr. Tim Hawks Chair in Cancer Prevention and Population Science Department of Epidemiology College of Public Health University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
Stephanie Wheeler, Ph.D., M.P.H.	Michael S O’Malley Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pittsboro, NC
Valarie Worthy, MSN, RN	Nurse Navigator TOUCH, BBCA Annapolis, MD