Webinar | Palliative Care: Effective Communication With Family, Caregivers & Service Providers

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Accessing and understanding palliative care can be very challenging – filled with complex decisions and obstacles not only for the person living with metastatic breast cancer, but for their family and caregivers. Effective communication can support families and improve the quality of life for people living with MBC.

For the second webinar in our Changing the Conversation on Palliative Care series, we welcomed palliative care specialist Dr. Caroline Cubbison to discuss the many communication challenges around delivering effective and patient-centric palliative care. Dr. Cubbison is committed to enhancing the quality of life for patients and their families dealing with cancer and other serious conditions through expert symptom management, assistance with communication, and coping support.

This webinar was co-hosted by Alliance individual patient advocate member Barbara Bigelow and Melissa Rosen, Director of National Outreach at Alliance nonprofit member Sharsheret.

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WEBINAR PRESENTER

Dr. Caroline Cubbison
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dr. Caroline Cubbison is a palliative care specialist currently serving at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She is committed to enhancing the quality of life for patients with cancer and other serious conditions through expert symptom management, assistance with communication, and coping support. Dr. Cubbison champions a patient-centric ethos, consistently striving to align medical interventions with individual values and goals. Beyond her clinical practice, she is engaged in national and global initiatives to raise awareness and broaden access to palliative care services, thus amplifying her impact on healthcare delivery worldwide.

CO-HOST

Melissa Rosen
Director of National Outreach, Sharsheret

Melissa K. Rosen, Sharsheret’s Director of National Outreach, holds a master’s degree in Jewish Communal Service from Brandeis University and has been working in the non-profit sector for over 30 years.  Her professional experience includes informal education and programming, advocacy, and community outreach. Melissa’s work has allowed her to facilitate unique and lasting connections among organizations in the diverse American non-profit community.

Melissa oversees community education throughout the country, training health care professionals, Jewish professionals, and Sharsheret’s volunteers. She also manages the Sharsheret’s Community Partnerships.  Herself a two-time cancer survivor, she is passionate about the Jewish community and cancer support and advocacy.

CO-HOST

Barbara Bigelow
Patient Advocate, MBC Alliance

Barbara has had breast cancer for over 20 years, the last 8 as metastatic. Initially ER+, she mutated to Triple Negative MBC. A vocal advocate for patient research, she herself was in a clinical trial for immunotherapy that landed her in the hospital for 2 months, relearning how to walk and swallow while undergoing dialysis. Along the way she has also survived lung cancer and melanoma. Today she is the Vice President of Metavivor, committed to raising money to fund metastatic breast cancer research. She also blogs about her experiences using humor to inspire hope for others at The Cancer Chronicles.

You may recognize Barbara from the registration desk at the DC Stampede, the Elements Campaign with her daughter Bridget for #thisismbc, the Count Me In video for the MBC Project, driving the Metavivor RV around New England, live streaming from LLBC and SABCS, or walking the runway in New York Fashion Week (#notjustone) and The Runway for Recovery. She has also been a Celebrity Bartender and worked out with Booty by Brabants to raise research funds totaling $100,000.