Call for Regional Locations and Course Directors
Call for regional Locations
Many neuroendocrine (NET) patients travel hundreds of miles to seek expert advice regarding their disease, only to find that their care is fragmented when they return home. Other patients do not have the resources (financial or otherwise) to seek out a recognized NET expert for consultation. Additionally, some patients embark on a treatment strategy that appears to adversely affect quality of life and/or outcomes. As a professional organization, NANETS is committed to providing educational training to further advance its mission, increase patient access to clinical trials, and improve the ability of NET patients to receive a comprehensive, multidisciplinary management plan.
We appreciate your interest in working with NANETS to conduct a CME-certified regional NET conference to educate healthcare providers in your community in the recent advances in the field, please complete and submit this assessment required for the selection of regional programming location.
CRITERIA
Applicant must be a NANETS member in good standing.
Applicant must complete the Regional NET Education Conference Assessment and meet the minimum criteria as listed in the assessment.
Selected Course Director(s) agree to adhere to all requirements of the planning and execution of the regional program.
Selected Course Director(s) and their institution permit NANETS to use their name in promotion of the regional conference in the NANETS eNews, website, at the NANETS Annual Meeting, on social media, and/or through other marketing initiatives deemed appropriate by NANETS.
SELECTION PROCESS
Applications will be reviewed by the NANETS Continuing Education Committee.
2-3 Locations are selected per year, all applications will be held for consideration for three years.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 22, 2025
The Continuing Education Committee typically selects the next year's location in June/July of each year
Regional NET Education Conference Assessment Form
Reference Files
NANETS Research Grants Webinar
Coming Up...
NANETS Research Grants - The Importance of NET Research and How to Apply
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 7-8:00pm EST
- Type of NANETS grants and the process of applying – 15 mins – Halperin (Heaphy not available)
- How to apply for a NANETS grant (application - amount of prelim data, mentor support, etc; process - online portal).
- Possible outcomes – oral, poster, featured poster (new this year)
- Highlight recipients - 6 mins each
- Brief update on their funded research (high level summary)
- How grant funds/experience influenced their career path – where are you now? What you’ve been up to since
- Moderated Q&A/Discussion - Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD, MTR, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- Best practices for grant applications
Format could be a round robin of questions posed by the moderator to each recipient, allowing questions in the chat and/or jump in live.
2018 Grant Recipients (invited)
- NCIS - Julie Hallet, MD, MSc, FRCSC, of Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- BTSI - Renata Jaskula-Sztul, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine
- NTIG - Thomas Hope, MD, of the University of California San Francisco
- Young Investigator - Irene Min, PhD of Weill Cornell Medical College
[confirmed] Moderator – Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD, MTR, , 2012 Early Career Development Grant
Looking for the Women in NETs program? Visit our Women in NETs Resource Page
Regionals
NANETS comprehensive, one-day regional NET Education programs are offered in conjunction with local cancer centers to provide multidisciplinary training to medical professionals across North America. Local physicians and allied healthcare providers come together with leaders in neuroendocrine medicine to educate and discuss NET disease and patient care in the community and across the U.S. Participants learn about standard management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors, as well as new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
NANETS Education and Research Fund
NANETS Education and Research Fund supports NET medical education and scientific research for medical professionals in all phases of careers. Every day, the NET researchers, physicians and other medical professionals integral to the NET community, work to raise awareness, advance research and educate medical professionals from all disciplines about neuroendocrine tumor diagnosis, treatment, long-term care and global resources.
Since its inception, NANETS resources have been dedicated to education and research. Our 400+ members represent some of the world’s most widely recognized and respected NET physicians, surgeons, allied healthcare providers and researchers, all working toward the same goal: to improve treatment outcomes and care for patients living with NETs. NANETS fulfills its mission of expanding awareness, providing education and funding research in three key ways:
• NET Research Awards - To date, NANETS has provided nearly $2 million in funding for 18 researchers, whose ground-breaking work has been pivotal in advancing the understanding and treatment of NETs.
• NET Medical Education - Over 1,000 medical professionals attend NANETS certified medical education conferences yearly. The comprehensive one-day regional NET education programs are offered in conjunction with local cancer centers to provide multidisciplinary training to medical professionals across North America. Local physicians and allied healthcare providers come together with leaders in neuroendocrine medicine to educate and discuss NET disease and patient care in the community. Participants learn about standard management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors, as well as new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
• Consensus Guidelines - NANETS has also published several guidelines, developed pursuant to National Institute of Health standards, which serve as important resources for practicing physicians. Since 2010, NANETS has published five guidelines focusing on key topics related to the diagnosis, management and treatment of NETs. In 2019 NANETS guidelines projects include: PNETs; PRRT I & II, which include procedural and indication guidelines; high-grade NET; and pheochromocytoma and paranganglioma.
But, there is more work to be done.
Because of the relative rarity of NETs, raising funds through pharma and foundation support can be challenging. For this reason, NANETS has created its Education and Research Fund. To find out how you can support the valuable work done every day by NANETS members, click here.
2014 Symposium Videos
NANETS is dedicated to increasing opportunites for neuroendocrine education in the professional sphere. In the following videos, members of the 2014 NANETS faculty discuss different aspects of neuroendocrine tumor diagnosis and treatment.
Please enjoy these short, informative discussions. If you have any questions about these clips and other educational NET resources available online, feel free to contact us.
Additional academic coverage of the 2014 NANETS Annual Symposium can be found at OncLive.
Dr. Kunz on Sequencing Agents for Pancreatic NETs
Dr. Metz Discusses Using a Multidisciplinary Approach When Treating NETs
Dr. Reidy-Lagunes on Determining the Site of Unknown Primary in Metastatic NETs
Dr. Pommier Discusses Challenges Associated with the Treatment of Carcinoid Syndrome