For the past year, Dee Ann Omatsu has been the clinical oncology educator for Hawai‘i Pacific Health, covering both adult and pediatric oncology education and clinical program development at Kapiolani Medical Center, Pali Momi Medical Center, Straub Medical Center and Wilcox Medical Center. She is responsible for ongoing education for nurses and oncology staff as well as maintaining clinical competency. Dee Ann also assists with clinical program development within the oncology service line and is the liaison for staff nurses and advanced practice nurses in facilitating research at our facility. 

Previously Dee Ann was the pediatric oncology nurse practitioner at Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women’s and Children. As a member of the pediatric oncology team her work scope consisted of a variety of duties. She was responsible for direct care of children and adolescents who have or have had cancer. Dee Ann coordinated the first teen and adolescent cancer support group at Kapi’olani Medical Center, founded in 2010. She also coordinated the Long Term Survivorship program at Kapi’olani Medical Center and started the first AYA Survivorship Transition Program.  As a second occupation, Dee Ann is a clinical faculty member at Hawaii Pacific University as a part-time nursing clinical instructor for the bachelors in science nursing program. 
 

Laura J. Zitella MS, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN - University of California, San Francisco 

Laura J. Zitella is a Hematology Nurse Practitioner in the Hematology, Blood, Marrow Transplant, and Cellular Therapy (HBC) Program at UCSF Health and is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing at the University of California San Francisco. She earned her Master of Science from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Laura holds certifications as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse. With more than 25 years of experience in oncology practice, Ms. Zitella is recognized as a national nurse practitioner leader. Her clinical expertise includes patients with hematologic malignancies receiving chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, investigational agents, hematopoietic cell transplantation, cellular therapy, and supportive care. 

She is a prominent educator who has delivered hundreds of educational presentations to national and international audiences and authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, web courses, videos, and book chapters. She is a member of the Advanced Practitioner Society of Hematology and Oncology (APSHO), the Advanced Practice Provider Oncology Summit Planning Committee, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), the California Association of Nurse Practitioners (CANP), the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO), and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC).

Disclosures: 

Horizon CME requires all planners, faculty, and other contributors to disclose any financial relationships with an ACCME defined ineligible company within the past 24 months and Horizon CME has resolved any conflicts prior to this educational activity.

Laura J. Zitella MS, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN  discloses she had a relationship on Speakers Bureau with Abbvie, but that relationship ended during the past 24 months.

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