Videos of the individual speaker presentations are available by clicking the links below.

*Looking for information on our August 2024 Event? Click HERE.

GUEST SPEAKER

President, CEO & Chair
EndBrainCancer Initiative
(EBCI/Chris Elliott Fund)

2024 SPEAKER

Major Gregory began his army career with an enlistment in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 2009 and then concurrently attended his undergraduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He was commissioned to attend USUHS in 2013 and was inspired during his rotations in both neurology and oncology. Graduating in 2017, he proceeded to Madigan Army Medical Center for his neurology residency. Through outstanding mentorship and generous support from Army leadership, he went on to a two-year Neuro-Oncology Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer in Houston, TX, after which he received orders to return as faculty at Madigan Army Medical Center.

While building up a new brain tumor program at Madigan with a clinical research focus, Major Gregory's primary academic interest is medical student and resident education. He is the only military neuro-oncologist on the West Coast and is actively leveraging telemedicine services to provide care to military beneficiaries who lack access to neuro-oncology in underserved regions, including Alaska and Hawaii.

GUEST SPEAKER

Clinical Social Worker | Neuro-Oncology
Program Manager | Quality of Life and Survivorship
University of Florida | College of Medicine – Dept of Neurosurgery

Jennifer received her MSW from UNC Chapel Hill in 2007 and became a licensed clinical social worker in 2011. She began working as a brain tumor social worker in 2012 at Duke and continued in this role at UF after relocating to florida in 2016. Jennifer is an outspoken advocate for her brain tumor patients - both pediatric and adult - as well as their caregivers and other loved ones. She believes strongly that supporting the entire family system throughout treatment is a vital part of brain tumor care.

EBCI Speaker

Disease Education, Awareness & Outreach 
EBCI Mobile App Manager

Elise describes the resources available on the End Brain Cancer Initiative website. She walks through the web pages addressing family caregiving, books and videos, mental health, financial and legal issues, technology, and other topics of interest.

GUEST SPEAKER

Transformation Life Coach & Certified Meditation Teacher.

Jess is a master meditation teacher and transformational coach, who has helped thousands of people change their relationship with meditation and integrate it into their lives in a way that is easy, enjoyable and effective. Highly trained in a range of meditation and mindfulness modalities, Jess is also a professional life coach through the Co-Active Training Institute. She helps people with busy minds and busy lives get all the benefits of meditation - without any of the struggle. 

Want to hear a little "teaser" about what Jess will be talking about at our Caregiver Meeting in November?

You can hear her full talk by clicking below.