Professional Development

CREST Program: Speaker Series – MD/NP Working Relationship

Monday, October 05 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Add to Calendar 2026-10-05 12:00:00 2026-10-05 13:00:00 CREST Program: Speaker Series – MD/NP Working Relationship The CREST Program provides education and mentoring to help HDFCCC staff both explore the differences between the nurse practitioner, physician assistant, and MD roles (Career Exploration Track) and to support their application process (Application Track). All HDFCCC staff are eligible to register. For more information on the tracks and upcoming events, click here. You must first register for the CREST Program, followed by registration for each individual event you wish to attend. Once you have registered for the CREST Program, you may then register for the Career Panel. HDFCCC Health staff may use their education hours to attend CREST events. They must be approved in advance by the employee's manager and recorded in MyTime. In this seminar, hear from a current UCSF physician and nurse practitioner as they describe the scope of their roles and how the two roles work together in a clinical setting. By Zoom only. To register for the seminar: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bEq5O8t7YKT89aC Speakers:  Elliot Stieglitz, MD – Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; William Fries II Endowed Professor in Pediatric Oncology Erica Southworth, CPNP – Pediatric Oncology Nurse Practitioner, - Outpatient Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center [email protected] America/Los_Angeles public

The CREST Program provides education and mentoring to help HDFCCC staff both explore the differences between the nurse practitioner, physician assistant, and MD roles (Career Exploration Track) and to support their application process (Application Track). All HDFCCC staff are eligible to register. For more information on the tracks and upcoming events, click here. You must first register for the CREST Program, followed by registration for each individual event you wish to attend. Once you have registered for the CREST Program, you may then register for the Career Panel.

HDFCCC Health staff may use their education hours to attend CREST events. They must be approved in advance by the employee's manager and recorded in MyTime.

In this seminar, hear from a current UCSF physician and nurse practitioner as they describe the scope of their roles and how the two roles work together in a clinical setting. By Zoom only.

To register for the seminar: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bEq5O8t7YKT89aC

Speakers: 

Elliot Stieglitz, MD – Associate Professor, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; William Fries II Endowed Professor in Pediatric Oncology

Erica Southworth, CPNP – Pediatric Oncology Nurse Practitioner, - Outpatient

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