Summit Speakers
The 2023 Oncology Massage Healing Summit agenda features 2-keynote speakers, 1-integrative panel, 5-breakout sessions with 15-course options, and 3-expanded post-conference sessions with experts in the field of oncology massage and integrative care.
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Keynote Speakers

Michele Renee, DC, MAc
Keynote - Integrative Care: Creating a Healthier, More Sustainable System
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Brenda Elsagher. International Speaker, Author, CHP
Keynote - Humor and Healing from the Patient’s Perspective
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Karen Armstrong LMT, BCTMB, S4OM REP
What's happening in Hospital-based Massage Therapy?
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Pawan Bareja, Ph.D.
Building A Resilient and Regulated Nervous System after Trauma, Being Present in the Body – Using Mindfulness to work with Trauma, & Befriending Ourselves: Healing Trauma and Building Resiliency using Mindfulness
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Jill Cole, LMT
Panel: Perspectives on and the Implementation of Integrative Care
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Christopher Deery LMT, BCTMB, S4OM Educator
Active Survivor - Sports Massage for Cancer patients and survivors
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Liza Dion, COMT, BCTMB
Panel: Perspectives on and the Implementation of Integrative Care
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Ama Greenrose Manasse, CMT
Panel: Bodywork Included: The Milton Marks Family Camp. A novel, multi-disciplinary intervention for families living with brain cancer
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Ellen Hufschmidt, MA, Chaplain, Grief Counselor, and Ritualist
Insights on Grief, Dying, and Hospice for Oncology Massage Professionals
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Bethany Hutchinson, Yoga Instructor
Gentle Yoga for Grounding and Connection - am movement
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Miechelle Juul Hwang, CMT, CDT
Infusion Center Massage Programs from Concept to Launch
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Kathleen Lisson, CLT, CAMTC CMT, BCTMB
Postoperative Lymphatic Therapy for Clients with a Cancer History
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Abby Marks, Ph.D., LCP
Bodywork Included: The Milton Marks Family Camp. A novel, multi-disciplinary intervention for families living with brain cancer
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Nicola McGill, LMT, LLSA, CLT-LANA
Disruption of the Lymphatic System following the treatment of Head and Neck Cancers & Head and Neck Lymphedema following the treatments for Head and Neck Cancers
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Niki Munk, PhD, LMT
PBRNs to Facilitate Collaborative Connections within the Therapeutic Massage Profession
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Margaretta Page, RN
Bodywork Included: The Milton Marks Family Camp. A novel, multi-disciplinary intervention for families living with brain cancer
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Spring Saldana, CMT
Celebrating Our Differences through Authentic Connection & Panel: Perspectives on and the Implementation of Integrative Care
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Jennifer Salness
Panel: Perspectives on and the Implementation of Integrative Care
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Carolyn Tague, MA, CMT, S4OM REP
What's happening in Hospital-based Massage Therapy?
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Ruth Werner, LMT, Author, Educator
Pestilence Prevention in Your Practice & "Get a Doctor’s Note” is Not Good Enough (And What Is)
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