Jeana Faske is the Manager of Nursing Education and Infection Control for Texas Oncology.  She joined the company in 2006 and worked as a clinic nurse for a medical oncologist/hematologist and then went on to work as a nurse manager. She graduated from West Texas A&M University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.

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).

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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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