Calendar

Dec
3
Thu
Reno, NV: Cancer Support Group @ Renown Regional Medical Center – Sierra Meeting Room 101
Dec 3 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

This group is for all patients facing cancer. The meeting enables participants to share experiences and express feelings and concerns. All cancer patients, family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. Meets weekly on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., see calendar for conference room details. Video enabled attendance available. Patients can access remotely and join from any video-enabled device (smart phone, iPad, laptop, or webcam/desktop). Upon registering, you will receive instructions on how to virtually connect.

Registration required.

Dec
4
Fri
Mosaiq Navigation Course @ UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center - Room 1048
Dec 4 @ 9:00 am – 9:45 am

This course offers the basic navigation of Mosaiq Application to include the following:

  • Setting up the Home screen
  • Adding additional tabs
  • Viewing all patient notes
  • Customizing patient chart tabs
  • Navigating schedules to include daily, weekly views.
  • Changing the dates
  • Customizing the toolbar with shortcut items.
  • Clinician worksheet navigation (Provider related)
Dec
9
Wed
Mission Nutrition @ UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center - Room 1604
Dec 9 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Healthy Eating During Cancer Treatment

Feel better during your treatment by learning to maintain your weight and muscle. You may also respond to treatment better, have fewer breaks in your treatment and might even keep the cancer from coming back.
Offered by the UNM Cancer Center’s Patient & Family Services.

Dec
10
Thu
Reno, NV: Cancer Support Group @ Renown Regional Medical Center – Sierra Meeting Room 101
Dec 10 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

This group is for all patients facing cancer. The meeting enables participants to share experiences and express feelings and concerns. All cancer patients, family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. Meets weekly on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., see calendar for conference room details. Video enabled attendance available. Patients can access remotely and join from any video-enabled device (smart phone, iPad, laptop, or webcam/desktop). Upon registering, you will receive instructions on how to virtually connect.

Registration required.

The Art of the Scarf @ UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center - Room 1604
Dec 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

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Is your wig hot, itchy, painful, or all three? Do you want to find creative, colorful ways to cover and protect your head, while helping you feel beautiful? If you have hair loss due to chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments, this class can help you learn The Art of the Scarf.

In this class, we will cover:

  • how to select the right size, shape and color of scarf
  • multiple ways to wrap, twist and tie scarves
  • looks for day and evening

The workshop is open to all patients, survivors with long-term hair loss, and caregivers. It is offered free of charge.

Please bring a scarf or two of your own to practice with. Class size is limited to eight participants. Call Eileen to reserve your space at 925-1114.

Eileen Bilynsky is a patient navigator with the American Cancer Society. She has helped many people manage the impact of their cancer for more than five years. In her work, Eileen has helped women find creative ways to manage the effects of hair loss with a variety of head-covering options.

Dec
15
Tue
Clinical Pathways @ UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center - Room 3604
Dec 15 @ 7:15 am – 8:00 am
  • Zoneddy Dayao, chair

Please contact Becky Lindley, admin support, if you have any questions regarding these meetings.

Gastrointestinal Research @ UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center - Education Wing
Dec 15 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

As always:  These dates, times, and locations are subject to change – sometimes at short notice.  Please don’t hesitate to contact Karen if you have any questions.

Dec
17
Thu
Reno, NV: Cancer Support Group @ Renown Regional Medical Center – Sierra Meeting Room 101
Dec 17 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

This group is for all patients facing cancer. The meeting enables participants to share experiences and express feelings and concerns. All cancer patients, family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. Meets weekly on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., see calendar for conference room details. Video enabled attendance available. Patients can access remotely and join from any video-enabled device (smart phone, iPad, laptop, or webcam/desktop). Upon registering, you will receive instructions on how to virtually connect.

Registration required.

Dec
24
Thu
Reno, NV: Cancer Support Group @ Renown Regional Medical Center – Sierra Meeting Room 101
Dec 24 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

This group is for all patients facing cancer. The meeting enables participants to share experiences and express feelings and concerns. All cancer patients, family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. Meets weekly on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., see calendar for conference room details. Video enabled attendance available. Patients can access remotely and join from any video-enabled device (smart phone, iPad, laptop, or webcam/desktop). Upon registering, you will receive instructions on how to virtually connect.

Registration required.

Dec
31
Thu
Reno, NV: Cancer Support Group @ Renown Regional Medical Center – Sierra Meeting Room 101
Dec 31 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

This group is for all patients facing cancer. The meeting enables participants to share experiences and express feelings and concerns. All cancer patients, family members and caregivers are welcome to attend. Meets weekly on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., see calendar for conference room details. Video enabled attendance available. Patients can access remotely and join from any video-enabled device (smart phone, iPad, laptop, or webcam/desktop). Upon registering, you will receive instructions on how to virtually connect.

Registration required.