Presenters

Chuck Dukas

OCS 2024  Master of Ceremonies and Host

 
Originally from Dedham, Massachusetts; Chuck has called Los Angeles home for more than seventeen years. He began his career working in production and hyping up hopeful contestants on CBS’ The Price is Right with Bob Barker. His infectious personality and energy have enabled Chuck to become one of the top network television audience warm-up hosts in the country. He’s opened for such shows as Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, The Masked Singer, and The Voice. He’s kept sitcom audiences entertained for shows like Netflix’s Fuller House, Disney’s Just Roll with it and several Nickelodeon projects and for more than eight years, Chuck has been the warmup host and spot announcer on NBC’s Americas Got Talent. Along with getting crowds hyped up, Chuck has made countless appearances on daytime television playing a Forrester employee on CBS’ The Bold and The Beautiful, Stanley Bishop on The Young and the Restless, a hospital orderly on NBC’s Days of our Lives and co-stared on Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans. He served as host of a reality cooking show “Battle of the Chefs” on the Chef Life Network and has been an on-air correspondent for Lucasfilm for the two most recent Star Wars Celebrations. Along with a very busy television schedule, Chuck can be found working with hundreds of nonprofits and organizations across the country as an MC and a benefit charity auctioneer, using energy and skill to bark out bids and raise millions of dollars yearly for organizations like Dunkin Donuts’ Joy Foundation, Stand Up to Cancer, American Cancer Society, and countless philanthropic causes.

Learn more at : https://chuckdukastv.com/

Anne P. O’Dea, MD

Dr. Anne O'Dea is the Medical Director of the Breast Cancer Survivorship program at The University of Kansas. Dr. O'Dea is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with sub certification in hematology and medical oncology. She completed a fellowship at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

For more information about her training and publications visit : https://www.kumc.edu/aodea.html



Sherri Hughes

Sherry Hughes describes herself as a Breast Cancer Survivor, Spokesperson, Brand Ambassador, Women’s Health and Cancer Advocate, Journalist, Former TV Meteorologist, Thought Leader, #GodsGirl and so much more!

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Teresa Knoop, RN

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Teresa Knoop is an Assistant Director of the Clinical Trials Shared
Resource at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, TN. She
graduated from Murray State University in Murray,KY with a BSN and
earned her Master’s Degree in Nursing from the Vanderbilt University
School of Nursing. Teresa is an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse
through the Oncology Nursing Society and is a Certified Clinical Research
Professional through the Society of Clinical Research Associates. She has
published articles in nursing journals and speaks frequently on the topics
of molecularly targeted cancer therapies and cancer clinical trials

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Patricia A. Mangan, MSN, CRNP

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For more information visit : https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/patricia-mangan

 

Jamie Carroll, APRN, CNP, MSN (Mayo Clinic)

Jamie Carroll is a nurse practice with a Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner certification, currently working for Mayo Clinic in Breast Cancer since July 2015. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, graduating in 2012. Her clinical interests are in quality improvement within the breast cancer teams as well as improving survivorship for breast cancer patients. Jamie enjoys education of students, nurses and fellow colleagues across the nation. She has earned the status of Assistant Professor through Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

Amy L. Goodrich, RN BSN, MSN, CRNP-AC (Johns Hopkins)

Amy Goodrich, RN, BSN, MSN, CRNP-AC, Research Associate, is a Nurse Practitioner in the Hematologic Malignancies Program and Research Nursing Manager at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland.  Ms. Goodrich manages patients with various types of hematologic malignancies, concentrating on the lymphomas.  She also manages the Cancer Center’s research nurses and is extremely involved in research operations.

 

Ms. Goodrich earned her master’s degree in 2000 as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner from the Johns Hopkins University and her undergraduate nursing degree from the University of Pittsburgh. 

Rena Callahan, MD (UCLA)

Dr. Rena Callahan is a hematologist oncologist who practices in Santa Monica and Santa Clarita. As an associate clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen school of medicine, she is active in the breast cancer research and treatment program. She is board certified in hematology and medical oncology, and sees a wide variety of malignancies and blood disorders.  

Dr. Callahan is dedicated to providing patient-centered care, and including her patients in clinical decision making so that their individual goals are met. 

Dr. Callahan received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she graduated Alpha Omega Alpha, with high honors. She completed her internal medicine and hematology/oncology training at UCLA. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Yale University.

Dr. Callahan has spoken about the evolving treatment of breast cancer at both local and national meetings.

For more information visit : https://www.uclahealth.org/providers/rena-callahan

Sanjay K. Juneja, MD (Louisiana Hematology & Oncology Associates)

Sanjay Juneja, MD is a triple board certified hematologist & medical oncologist driven by the need for democratized, accessible innovation in the rapidly evolving cancer space. Through his nationally-recognized social media content as @TheOncDoc, Dr. Juneja has amassed over 700,000 subscribers, 20 million views and, as host of “Target Cancer: Podcast”, prompted two million downloads in over 110 countries to date. For his endeavors Dr. Juneja was invited by the White House to participate on their Healthcare Leaders in Social Media roundtable through 2023, and recognized by Targeted Oncology as the f irst recipient of their ‘2024 Oncology Icons’ award. He is an avid Keynote speaker nationally and abroad, an editor of the peer-reviewed journal AI in Precision Oncology, co-founder of Medfluencers and TensorBlack AI, and has been featured on several news outlets including CNBC, PBS, WIRED magazine, and the Washington Post. 

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Nazy Zomorodian, NP, RNC, MSN, CUNP, CCRC (UCLA)

Nazy Zomorodian, RNC, MSN, CUNP, CCRC, is a nurse practitioner in the Department of Urology at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, where she is also the Director of Genitourinary (GU) Clinical Trials. In addition, she is an Assistant Professor of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is certified by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals as a Clinical Research Coordinator. Ms. Zomorodian specializes in the treatment of patients with genitourinary malignancies, including kidney, prostate, and bladder cancer, and her research focuses on developing novel therapeutics and improving outcomes for patients with these diseases.

For more visit : https://www.uclahealth.org/providers/nazy-zomorodian

Nikka Berkowitz, AGACNP-BC, OCN (Cedars-Sinai)

Nikka Berkowitz has been dedicated to the field of oncology since 2011, beginning her career as a registered nurse at the U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center and continuing her growth at UCLA Health, USC, Stanford Health, the Disney Family Cancer Center, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. After earning her Master’s Degree from Georgetown University in 2019, she transitioned to the GI Oncology nurse practitioner role at Cedars-Sinai. In 2022, she shifted her focus to thoracic oncology and urologic malignancies where she remains committed to advancing patient care, advocacy, and education. 

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Beth Faiman, PhD, MSN, APN-BC, AOCN, BMTCN, FAAN, FAPO (Cleveland Clinic)

Dr Faiman has become an exemplary leader in bringing critical knowledge of cancer nursing to clinical providers locally, nationally, and internationally. She demonstrates enthusiasm for continuous learning by conducting innovative research and has demonstrated the importance of using and integrating new medical knowledge within nursing practices. Dr Faiman received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Ursuline Academy (1996), a Master of Science in Nursing at Kent State University (2002), and a PhD in clinical research from Case Western Reserve University (2014). Dr. Faiman is an adult nurse practitioner in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and a clinical member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center under the Cancer Prevention, Control and Population Research Program. She has edited several books and authored many chapters and papers, including Editor of the 3rd Edition of the Multiple Myeloma Textbook for Nurses (2021), and both Editions of the Blood and Marrow Certification Manual for Nurses (2017, 2023), by ONS publishing. She previously held appointments on the American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Hematology Certification Committee and American Society of Hematology.

In 2023, Dr. Faiman was given the NP/PA Educator of Distinction Award in Multiple Myeloma and in 2022, was named the Top NP in Hematology/Oncology and inducted as an inaugural Fellow of Advanced Practice in Oncology (FAPO) awarded by the Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO). Dr. Faiman is a Distinguished Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and current Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology. She remains an active author, presenter, mentor and educator on the topics of hematology, oncology and supportive cancer care.

For more visit : https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/5953-beth-faiman