Why pursue a career in psycho-oncology? An inspiring conversation with experts in the field: Dr. William Breitbart and Dr. Csaba Dégi.
December 3, 2024, 4 to 5 p.m. EST
Calling all early career members of IPOS to join ECPP for an exciting opportunity to meet with and be inspired by leaders in the field of psycho-oncology. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage in conversation with Dr. Breitbart, Dr. Linda Carlson and Dr. Dégi in a causal, comfortable format and to learn more about their career paths and involvement in IPOS. Feel free to bring questions about the world of psycho-oncology, your career, IPOS, managing burnout, etc.!
About our speakers:
William Breitbart, M.D. is Chairman, The Jimmie C. Holland Chair in Psychiatric Oncology, and Attending Psychiatrist, Psychiatry Service in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. He is recipient of the International Psycho-Oncology Society’s (IPOS) 2009 Sutherland Lifetime Achievement Award and 2019 Jimmie Holland Award for lifetime contributions to psychiatric oncology; the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s 2011 Hackett Lifetime Achievement Award; the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s (APOS) 2013 Distinguished Leadership Award; the American Cancer Society’s 2017 Trish Greene Quality of Life Award; the 2019 International Psycho-Oncology Society’s 2019 Jimmie Holland Award for lifetime contributions to psychiatric oncology; and the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Palliative Care from the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Breitbart also served as President Emeritus of IPOS. Dr. Breitbart's research efforts focus on psychiatric aspects of cancer and palliative care. His most recent efforts focus on Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for cancer patients, an “NCI designated Research Tested Intervention” for end of life despair. He has had continuous NIH RO1 funding of investigator initiated research since 1989. Dr. Breitbart was PI of the “Network Project, NCI R25 grant (1992-98) which trained clinicians in cancer pain management and psycho-oncology. He is currently PI of R25 CA190169 which is training a national cohort of cancer care clinicians in Meaning Centered Psychotherapy. He has over 500 peer review publications, chapters and review papers, and 13 textbooks including: Psycho-oncology - 1st , 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Editions; Psychosocial Palliative Care; Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine – 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Editions; and the treatment manuals for Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer Patients; and Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Advanced Cancer Patients; and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting from Oxford University Press. Dr. Breitbart is Editor-in-Chief, of Cambridge University Press’ international palliative care journal entitled, “Palliative & Supportive Care”.
Dr. Linda Carlson has held the Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology since 2007, is Full Professor in Psychosocial Oncology in the Department of Oncology, Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology. She is the Director of the Alberta Complementary Therapy and Integrative Oncology (ACTION) Centre (ACTION Centre | My Site (action-centre.ca), and is Director of Research and continues to work as a Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychosocial Resources at Cancer Care Alberta, where she has provided clinical service since 1997. Dr. Carlson has received a long line of prestigious national and international research and teaching awards throughout her career and her research in Psychosocial Oncology, Integrative Oncology and Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery has been published in many high-impact journals and book chapters. Dr. Carlson was the President of the Society for Integrative Oncology from 2021-2023, and is Co-Editor-in-Chief for the official IPOS journal: The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice.
Dr. Csaba L. Dégi is a distinguished professor and researcher at Babeș-Bolyai University's Faculty of Sociology and Social Work in Cluj Napoca, Romania. As president of the European Cancer Organization (ECO) and executive secretary of the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), he is a leading authority in psychosocial oncology. Dr. Dégi holds degrees in social work and a PhD in medical psychology, and serves as the university's first ombuds. He pioneered the APSCO® research project and developed innovative cancer distress screening technology. Named to the Romanian Ministry of Health's Committee for Social Work and Support in Oncology, his expertise has been featured in prominent publications including Cancer Letter, Cancer World, and Politico. Dr. Dégi currently coordinates the Biomedical Ethics/Social Medicine section at UBBMed while maintaining a private practice as a licensed principal social worker.
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- FREE for current IPOS members
- $10 USD for non-members
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