Speaker Series
Throughout the year, Ann’s Place will bring in experts on various topics of interest. Many of them are open to the public. All registered clients will receive notices of these workshops. If you are not a client, but would like to be notified of speaker events, please email clientservices@annsplace.org.
NOTE: The views expressed by our guest speakers are not always shared by Ann’s Place. We try and give different and varied perspectives on topics of interest to people facing cancer. Please speak to your doctor before starting anything that will effect your health.
Scroll down to see recordings of past workshops.
Recorded Programs:
SPEAKER SERIES: experiencing better sleep
GUEST SPEAKER: Jose mendez, m.d. pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine, medical director: danbury-new milford sleep centers
SPEAKER SERIES: Sexual Intimacy and Cancer, the Conversation Continues…
GUEST SPEAKERS: Michael Sand, Ph.D., M.P.H., Lisa Squibb, Ph.D.
Uterine & Ovarian Carcinosarcomas: Personalized Treatment
Healthy Eating Made Easy
By Renee Simon MS, CNS, CDN, RYT
How to Eat When You Don’t Feel Well
Jackie Horne RD, CDN, Senior Registered Dietitian, Cancer and Wellness, Northern Westchester Hospital
Introducing Palliative Care
This is an introduction to palliative care including what it is and what it is not, who can benefit from the services offered, who are the members of palliative care teams, and how does the patient and family access the services.
Speakers: Susan Godino, Sacred Heart University, MSW Program in Palliative Care, intern in Palliative Care Social Work at Smilow Cancer Hospital. Amy DePaolo LCSW, Oncology Social Worker at Praxair Cancer Center.
SSD and SSI Informational Session - 2022
The process of applying for and accessing SSI and SSD can feel daunting for many. This informational session is designed to educate the attendee on managing barriers and hurdles related to the application process. The session will help to help to explain the difference and requirements for both programs, enabling the attendee to navigate the application process to ensure access to benefits. Presented by Benjamin F. Rhodes lll, Metropolitan Public Affairs Specialist
The Healing Power of the Breath - 2022
In the face of cancer and other life challenges there is a healing resource we often overlook—the breath. In this experiential Zoom class, instructor Cecilia Beach offers practices to help you harness the power of the breath and the body to find greater energy, focus, calm, balance, wellbeing, and even joy. Breath-Body-Mind techniques are derived from many sources, including yoga, Qigong, coherent breathing, meditation, and the martial arts. Breath-Body-Mind practices have improved the lives of people facing cancer, at-risk children, veterans, health care workers, active-duty military, and survivors of disasters—including the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, Haiti earthquake, genocide in Rwanda, and Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh. Presented by Cecilia Beach, PhD, a Level 4 Breath-Body-Mind teacher and Kripalu-certified yoga teacher.
Peripheral Neuropathy with Dr. Brittny Howell - 2022
Interventions for Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Join us for an informative panel discussion on treatment interventions for Inflammation, Lymphedema, Neuropathy and other side effects of cancer treatments. The program will include a demonstration of movement techniques you can use to help ease some of these side effects. Presented by: Alison DiPinto, MA, LPC; Laurie Plaut, MHA, OTR/L, CHT, CLT-LANA and Nicholas Rutigliano, DPT, ATC
Building A Strong Immune System By Renee Simon, MS, CNS, RYT, RMT
This presentation was originally presented to the Ridgefield Recreation Center and Ann’s Place to highlight how to build Immune during the 2020-21 pandemic
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