Society for Oncology Massage
Uncommon Interest, Training, Compassion

Interim Speaker List

Speaker and Subject List

Conference Presenters

Cathy Fanslow-Brunjes
Langley, WA
Keynote Speech: Hope: A Dynamic Process in Living 
and
Break-out Session: The Most Important Question - What Are You Hoping For?
         Review Cathy's Book

Jonna Tamases - star of Jonna's Body,  please hold
Los Angeles, CA
Subject: Widely acclaimed performance about her own cancer journey.
             "Side splitting and tear jerking"          Read the Reviews
Sponsor: Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

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Isabel Adkins          Read about Isabel
Grass Valley, CA
Subject: Strengthening Immunity with Bodywork:  A Blend of East and West

Tina Allen - Liddle Kidz Foundation          Read about Tina
Vancouver, WA
Subject: Massage for Children with Cancer

Curtiss Beinhorn and Sat Siri Sumler          Read about Curtis (page 2)
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, Texas
Subject: Communicating with Medical Staff

Sandy Canzone          Read about Sandy
Santa Fe NM
Subject: Healthy Digestion: The Elixer for Life

Cheryl Chapman        Read about Cheryl
Short Hills, NJ
Subject: The Psychological, Emotional and Physical Aspects of a Mastectomy

Morag Currin          Read about Morag
Bowen Island, BC, Canada
Subject: Ingredients in Skin Care and Techniques Used in Aesthetics for Patients Living with Cancer

Jamie Elswick          Read about Jamie
Anchorage, AK
A Less Demanding Approach to Post Mastectomy/Radiotherapy Scar and Adhesion Release

Rene Janiece          Read about Rene
Fort Worth, TX
Subject: Safely Massaging the Client at Risk for Lymphedema

Bambi Mathay         Nicki Hansen-Dix      Curtiss Beinhorn      
Cambridge, MA       Grass Valley, CA     Houston, TX    
Read about Bambi   Read about Nicki     Read about Curtis (page 2)
Subject: Panel Discussion - Massage Therapy's Role in Today's Oncology Management

Wayne McKinzie         Johnnette du Rand         Steve Gordon
 Ft. Worth, TX             Newport Beach, CA       Cornish Flat, N.H.  
Read about Wayne      Read about Johnette      Read about Steve
Subject: Panel Discussion - Creating your Dream Nonprofit

Martha Menard and Vicki Lynn Ferguson         Read about Martha
Charlottesville, VA
Subjects:  Creating Community Based Oncology Massage Clinics
               and
               Writing Successful Grant Proposals (Menard)

Toni Muirhead          Read about Toni
Cooper City, FL
Subject: The Lebed Method

Eleanor Oyston          Read about Eleanor
NSW, Australia
Subject: The Science Behind Gentle Touch for People with Cancer

Sat Siri Sumler          Read about Sat Siri
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, Texas
Subject: Yoga for People with Cancer

Kim Swineheart
Minneapolis, MN
Subject: Live Cadaver Lab

Jean VanEtten          Read about Jean
Fairport, NY
Subject: Yikes, a Reporter is on the Phone, What Do I Do Now?

Tracy Walton and William Collinge         Read about Tracy        Read about William
Cambridge, MA
Subject: Research - The Caregivers Project

 

Post-Conference Presenters

Cheryl Chapman          Read about Cheryl
Millburn, NJ
Subject: Mastectomy Massage

Jamie Elswick          Read about Jamie
Anchorage, AK
Subject: Gentle Techniques for Working with Post Mastectomy Scars and Adhesions

 

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