Each ITONF Subcommittee has its own Terms of Reference & Workplan
Education Sub-Committee: To provide information, education and resources about thoracic oncology to its membership.
Education Leads: Diane Zawisza and Kate Khuns
Diane Zawisza (CAN)
Diane is a Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto Canada. She has been an oncology nurse for over 30 years. Her career started within the Leukemia Lymphoma ABMT transplant unit and then transitioned to Outpatient Systemic therapy delivery. Her current role for the past 20 + years is within Clinical Research under the direction of Dr. Natasha Leighl and is the Practice Site Lead for Lung. Areas of interest include all aspects of Clinical Research from Phase 1 Early Drug Discovery to Phase 3 Clinical Trials; supporting patients and families through there trajectory of treatment and management. She has mentored nurses locally and from abroad presenting internationally. She is passionate about Clinical Research and excited at the new treatments Clinical Research offers.
Katherine Kuhns (USA)
AGACNP-BC; FNP-BC; Senior Advanced Practice Provider; University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Kate Kuhns has worked as a Nurse Practitioner in the department of Thoracic Surgery caring for patients with lung and esophageal cancer for over 20 years. Kate received her Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kate is passionate about educating and assisting patients and their loved ones as they navigate thru their thoracic surgery and treatment. Kate currently work as a Thoracic Nurse Practitioner at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; United States of America.
ITONF Webinar: 21 November 2023
Update in Thoracic Oncology Nursing: Getting the Basics Right – A Global Perspective
ITONF Webinar: 4 April 2023
Update in Thoracic Oncology Nursing, Inequities in Lung Cancer Care
ITONF Webinar: 15 November 2022
Updates from 2022 International & National Conferences on Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma
ITONF Webinar: 24 May 2022
Update in Thoracic Oncology Nursing, New Options in Small Cell Lung Cancer, Immunotherapy in Meso, Survivorship
ITONF Webinar: 23 November 2021
Recent Advances in Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma Nursing 4: ITONF Year in Review, Vaccines, Early Drug Development, Stigma & Shame in Lung Cancer
ITONF Webinar: 30 September 2021
Recent Advances In Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma Nursing 3: Past, Present, Future of Lung Cancer Nursing, Biomarker Positive Lung Cancer, Combination Drugs in Meso, Surgical Landscape, CBD in Lung Cancer
ITONF Webinar: 27 July 2021
Recent Advances in Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma Nursing 2: Nursing Management of Combination Treatments in Small Cell & NSCLC, Partnership Working
IASLC/ITONF WCLC Nursing & AHP Workshop, 7 September 2024
Saturday 7 September, San Diego Convention Centre, 1200-1700hrs
