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This educational activity has been developed by A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation and Mechanisms in Medicine Inc., with the assistance of several Faculty, who are experts in lung cancer.

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Dr. Abbie Begnaud, MD, FCCP
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine
University of Minnesota Health Lung Cancer Screening Program
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty

Dr. Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH
General Surgeon & Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Associate Professor
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Expert Video Faculty

Dr. Arkadiusz (Arek) Dudek, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Hematology/Oncology
College of Medicine
Medical Director, Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office
University of Illinois at Chicago

Animation Content Development Faculty

Dr. Naomi Fujioka, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty

Dr. Janine C.K. Harewood, MD
Medical Oncologist
Lee Physician Group
Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty

Dr. Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD
Medical Oncologist
Director, Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology
Scientific Director, Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science
Senior Physician
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Expert Video Faculty

Dr. Manish R. Patel, DO
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Fellowship Program Director
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Transplantation
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty
Patient Video Faculty

Dr. Lacey Running Hawk, MD
Standing Rock Lakota
Family Physician
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center
Crosby, Minnesota, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty
Patient Video Faculty

Dr. Annie Rusk, MD
Enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Medicine
Departments of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, Arizona

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty

Dr. Fatima G. Wilder, MD
Associate Thoracic Surgeon
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Thoracic Surgery
VA Boston Healthcare
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Surgery and Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty

Dr. Robert Winn, MD
Director, VCU Massey Cancer Center
Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Innovation, VCU School of Medicine
Professor, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Richmond, Virginia, USA

Animation Content Development Faculty
Expert Video Faculty

Shirley Kern, APRN, CNS, AOCN
Cancer/Oncology Nurse
North Memorial Health Hospital
Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA

Patient Video Faculty

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Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

Instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity are to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest (COI).

Dr. Abbie Begnaud, MD, FCCP:
Declares the following:
Consulting for: National Lung Cancer Roundtable.

Dr. Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Arkadiusz (Arek) Dudek, MD, PhD:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Naomi Fujioka, MD, MS:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Janine C.K. Harewood, MD:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD:
Declares the following:
Consulting for: AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Pfizer, Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Roche/Genentech, Chugai, Acea Biosciences, Ignyta, LOXO Oncology, ARIAD, Eli Lilly, Araxes. Stock ownership in Gatekeeper Pharmaceuticals.
Research funding from: Astellas, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, PUMA, Eli Lilly.
Patents, Royalties: LabCorp (Post-marketing royalties from Dana Farber Cancer Institute for EGFR mutations licensed to LabCorp).

Dr. Lacey Running Hawk, MD:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Shirley Kern, APRN, CNS, AOCN:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Manish R. Patel, DO:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Annie Rusk, MD:
Declares the following:
Consulting for: Merck Manuals.

Dr. Fatima G. Wilder, MD:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Dr. Robert Winn, MD:
No conflict of interest declared which will impact the program content.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

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