Victoria Sherry, DNP, CRNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP
Adult Oncology Nurse Practitioner for Thoracic Malignancies 
Abramson Cancer Center
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Advanced Senior Lecturer 
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Sherry is an Adult Oncology Nurse Practitioner for Thoracic Malignancies at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also an Advanced Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Sherry attended the Catholic University of America where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and went on to receive her Masters in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated with a degree as an Adult Oncology Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Sherry went on to obtain her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Duke University where her dissertation focused on distress screening and management in patients with metastatic lung cancer. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and the Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society (PACONS). She is also a member of the Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau. 

Jill Feldman, MA
Founding Member, EGFR Resisters
EGFR+ NSCLC since 2009
Deerfield, Illinois

Mrs. Feldman is a lung cancer patient and advocate. When Jill was 13 years old, she lost her father and two grandparents to lung cancer within a period of eight months. Fourteen years later, her mom and close aunt succumbed to the disease within a two-year period. Jill was a volunteer, an advocate and past president of the LUNGevity Foundation before the unthinkable happened. In 2009, at 39 years old with four small children, Jill herself was diagnosed with lung cancer. 

Jill has non-small cell lung cancer EGFR+ del exon 19. She has had two surgeries, stereotactic radiation therapy and is currently on targeted therapy. Lung cancer will be a lifelong roller coaster ride for Jill, but her family history illustrates the importance of research and the impact of advancements in prolonging and bettering lives for those living with lung cancer.

Jill continues to be involved with LUNGevity and remains on their patient advisory board. She is also the Deputy Chair of IASLC’s patient advisory board, a member of ECOG-ACRIN patient advocate board/thoracic committee and a member of The Chicago Institute of Translational Medicine’s patient advisory board. Jill is committed to understanding and promoting patient-centered research, formerly as a consumer reviewer, and currently as a member of the programmatic panel for the Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program, as a planning committee member on IASLC’s North America Thoracic Oncology Symposium and by organizing independent lab tours in the Chicago area for patients and advocates. She has presented patient perspectives internationally at the World Conference on Lung Cancer hosted by IASLC and she recently co-authored the ASTRO Guidelines for SBRT in early stage lung cancer that was published in an ASCO special article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.  

Jill is honored to be a co-founder of the EGFR Resisters, a grassroots, patient-driven community committed to accelerating research that will prolong and better the lives of people diagnosed with EGFR+ lung cancer. She also continues to share her story in the media and at various events and participates in countless advocacy opportunities to shine a light on lung cancer and end the stigma associated with it.

Jill holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Communications from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Elementary Education from DePaul University. She works part time from home and spends her summers working at Culver Summer Schools and Camps in Culver, Indiana, where her children attend camp. She lives in Deerfield, Illinois with her husband, four children and two dogs.
 

Planner and Faculty Disclosures

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Planners:

Vanessa Carranza, PharmD–has no relevant financial relationships to disclose in relation to the content of this activity.

Joan B. Fowler, PharmD, BCPP–has no relevant financial relationships to disclose in relation to the content of this activity.

Authors/Presenters:

Jill Feldman, MA–has no relevant financial relationships to disclose in relation to the content of this activity.

Victoria Sherry, DNP, CRNP, ANP-BC, AOCNP–has no relevant financial relationships to disclose in relation to the content of this activity.

Content Reviewer:

Mary Ellen Hand, RN, BSN-has disclosed that she is a consultant for AstraZeneca and Novartis.