Survivor Education Programs

Survivor Education is a key part of OGCC/Rhonda’s Club’s mission. We organize and sponsor quarterly educational seminars featuring top researchers and clinicians from the Washington-Baltimore region to provide cancer survivors and their families and friends with the latest information on research findings, clinical trials, treatments and therapies. Speakers welcome questions and comments from the audience following their presentations.  All programs are free of charge and open to the public!

Our next program commemorates Gynecologic and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and will feature noted gynecologic oncologist, Mildred R. Chernofsky, M.D., who will discuss:

Bevacizumab (Avastin) As Part of the Upfront Treatment for Ovarian Cancer: The Results of GOG 218.

When: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER. 13, 2010, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Where: George Washington University Hospital, Lower Level Auditorium, 900 23rd St., NW, Wash., DC, Foggy Bottom Metro (Parking in I St. garage)

Register: Please call 202-332-3358 or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Walk-ins welcome, but registering helps us plan better.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear the latest, positive research news from a leading expert!!

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Recent OGCC/Rhonda's Club Survivor Education Programs have featured the following:

Annette Bicher, MD, What's New in Ovarian, Endometrial, and Cervical Cancer Research, May, 2010

Deborah K. Armstrong, MD, The Latest Research in Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Cancers, January, 2010

Christina M. Annunziata, MD, PhD, News From the National Cancer Institute: The Latest in Ovarian & Gynecologic Cancer Research, September, 2009 

John Farley, MD & Larry Maxwell, MD, The Biology of Ovarian Cancer and The Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Movement, June, 2009

William McGuire, MD, What’s New? What’s Working? The Latest Ovarian & Gynecologic Cancer Information, March, 2009

James Barter, MD, The Latest and Greatest in Gynecologic Oncology, September, 2008

Jeffrey Lin, MD, New Developments in Endometrial Cancer, June, 2008

John Elkas, MD, What’s New in Ovarian & Gynecologic Cancers, April, 2008

Deborah Armstrong, MD, Managing Recurrence of Ovarian Cancer, January, 2008

Our Survivor Education evening sessions are held at George Washington University Hospital (lower level) at 900 23rd Street, NW in Washington. The site is adjacent to the Foggy Bottom Metro station on the blue and orange lines. Public parking is available in a garage at I and 22nd Streets, NW.

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