The Lymphoma Support Group of Ottawa (LSGO) meetings:

Place: The Hospice at May Court at 114 Cameron Avenue in Ottawa South, between Bronson Avenue and Bank Street.

Date: First Tuesday of every month from October to December and February to June

Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

See below for the meeting schedule.

For last minute changes or cancellation of meetings due to inclement weather, check the LSGO Meeting Notice on the Home Page of this website.

Please note: The topics and speakers are suggested by members and then selected by ballot of the entire support group in the previous spring. The LSGO is not necessarily endorsing the opinions or approaches of these speakers.

2011-2012 LSGO Upcoming Meeting Schedule

February 7, 2012: The Role of Naturopathic Medicine in Cancer Care

Dugald Seely ND, MSc

March 6, 2012: Vaccine and virus therapies for Lymphomas

Dr. Karim Abou - Nassar, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor of Hematology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa

April 3, 2012: Updates on Lymphoma Treatments from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Conference

Doctor from BMT Team, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus

May 1, 2012: Treating Lymphoma using Traditional Chinese Medicine to complement Western Cancer Treatments

Dr. W. Way Yuan. Dr Yuan is TCM practitioner who runs a TCM Clinic in Ottawa

June 5, 2012: Evolution of Stem Cell Transplants: Past and Future

Dr. Lothar B. Huebsch, Division of Hematology, Professor of Medicine

2011-2012 LSGO Previous Meetings

December 6, 2011: Cancer Diet - Nutrition Do's and Don't's

Joanne MacNeill, MScRD, Dietician, Psychosocial Oncology Program, Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre

November 1, 2011: Cancer and Exercise: The Role of Physical Fitness in Recovery from Lymphoma

Dr. Roanne Segal, Medical Oncologist, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program

October 4, 2011: Use of Medical Imaging in Ottawa for Lymphomas (CT, PET, MRI)

Dr. Karim Abou - Nassar, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor of Hematology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa