Program
Patient & Caregiver Annual Forum 2025
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November 23, 2025
NATIONAL PATIENT & CAREGIVER FORUM
2025 PROGRAM
TIME
PROGRAM
11:00 - 11:15
Welcoming Address
Marion Cooper, Chair
Christine Collins, Executive Director
11:15 - 11:45
Kidney Cancer Surgery 101
Dr. Simon Tanguay
Uro-Oncologist
11:45 - 12:30
Post-operative care
Courtney Mol
Registered Nurse
12:30 - 12:45
Meet Anna Pasco
Oncology Nurse
Winner of the Kidney Cancer Canada Award of Excellence in Kidney Cancer Nursing
12:45 - 1:00
Break
1:00 - 1:15
Patient Experience – CancerPEP Program
Valerie Jezowski
1:15 - 2:00
New Educational booklet: Resource for Patients with Kidney Masses Considering Partial or Radical nephrectomy
Kaiden Jobin
Medical Student
2:00 - 2:30
Supportive Services for People Living with Cancer
Carolyn Knox
Senior Director, Access to Care
Canadian Cancer Society
2:30 - 2:45
Break
2:45 - 3:15
Perioperative Planning
Alana Baird
Patient / Nurse
3:15 - 3:45
myRCC: New App for Shared Decision Making for 1st Line Systemic Therapy
Christine Collins, Executive Director
Kidney Cancer Canada
3:45 - 4:30
4:30 - 4:50
Presentation of the Warren Y. Soper Kidney Cancer Research Award
Jane Soper-Kennedy, Warren Y. Soper Charitable Trust
Marion Cooper, Chair – Kidney Cancer Canada
Dr. Simon Tanguay, Chair – Medical Advisory Board
Winner