AVAHO Education Chair Mary Thomas on the AVAHO Meeting Program

The Association of VA Hematology and Oncology will open the doors to its 2015 conference on Friday. The conference theme is “Precision & Personalized Medicine–Their role in Hematologic-Oncologic Care within VHA.” Recently, Federal Practitioner spoke with Mary L. Thomas, MS, CNS, AOCN, education chair, about the program for the meeting.

Eric Green, MD, PhD, director of the National Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, will deliver one of the keynote addresses on human genomics and precision medicine. The second keynote address will be from Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, director and professor, associate director for nursing research at City of Hope. Dr. Ferrell will focus on the personal side of personalized medicine.

Check back soon for updates on the conference.