Conference Proceedings
CME Credits
Continuing medical credits are no longer available for this course.
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7:30 am Educational Meeting Begins - Welcome and Introductions
Steven Brem, MD – Chief, Neurosurgical Oncology
M. Sean Grady, MD – Director, Neuroscience Service Line
Daniel Yoshor, MD – Chairman, Neurosurgery
Lawrence N. Shulman, MD – Deputy Director Abramson Cancer Center
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
7:40 am From Icarus to Aequanimitas, Revisited - PRESENTATION
Joseph C. Maroon, MD, FACS – Professor of Neurosurgery
Former President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Author of the book, Square One: A Simple Guide to a Balanced Life
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1: New Concepts and Innovative Technologies
Moderator: Arati Desai, MD
8:10 am The 2016 New WHO Classification and the Role of Integrated Molecular Profiling in the Diagnosis of Malignant Gliomas - PRESENTATION
Maclean Nasrallah, MD, PhD – Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
8:30 am Clinically Useful Next Generation Sequencing in Glioblastoma - PRESENTATION
Jennifer J.D. Morrissette, PhD – Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
8:40 am Advanced Neuroimaging of Brain Tumors: Radiogenomics, predictive biomarkers, and response assessment - PRESENTATION
Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC – Radiology
9:00 am Overview of PET Imaging for Primary and Secondary Brain Tumors - PRESENTATION
Seyed Ali Nabavizadeh, MD – Radiology
9:20 am Seeing Beyond the Visible: Fluorescent imaging of brain tumors - PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4 / PART 5 / PART 6
John Y.K. Lee, MD, MSCE – Neurosurgery
9:50 am Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors – Advances in CAR T-Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma - PRESENTATION
Donald M. O’Rourke, MD – Neurosurgery
10:10 am Break/Visit Virtual Exhibits and Experts
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2: Progress in the Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors
Moderator: Robert A. Lustig, MD, FACR
10:30 am Advances in Brain Mapping of Brain Tumors - PRESENTATION
Alexandra Golby, MD – Neurosurgery
11:00 am Advances in the Treatment of Gliomas - PRESENTATION
Susan Chang, MD – Neuro-Oncology
11:30 am Medical and Symptom Management of Patients with Brain Tumors - PRESENTATION
Amy A. Pruitt, MD – Neurology
11:45 am Seizure Management for Brain Tumor Survivors: Current concepts - PRESENTATION
Kathryn A. Davis, MD, MTR – Neurology
12:00 pm Primer on COVID-19 - PRESENTATION
Kathleen M. Murphy, MD – Infectious Diseases
12:15 pm Previously recorded conversation from 9/30/2020 as part of the Cancer and COVID-19: Update from Penn's Abramson Cancer Center - a CME-accredited conference (to view in entirety click here)
Anthony S Fauci, MD – Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH – Medical Oncology
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil – Director, Abramson Cancer Center
12:20 pm Break/Visit Virtual Exhibits and Experts
SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3: Advances in Precision Surgery, Medical and Radiation Oncology -Survivorship of Patients with Brain Tumors
Moderator: Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC
1:00 pm Integrating New Technologies in the Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors, from LITT to Connectomics - Oncofunctional Optimization - PRESENTATION
Steven Brem, MD – Neurosurgery
1:30 pm Circulating Tumor DNA in Glioblastoma - PRESENTATION
Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE – Hematology Oncology
1:50 pm Anti-Angiogenic Therapy and Current Clinical Trials - PRESENTATION
Arati Desai, MD – Medical Oncology
2:15 pm Advances in Radiation Therapy for Patients with Brain Tumors - PRESENTATION
Goldie A. Kurtz, MD – Radiation Oncology
2:35 pm Targeted Therapy for Brain Metastases (Melanoma, Breast and Lung Cancer): Principles and progress - PRESENTATION
Tara C. Mitchell, MD – Medical Oncology
2:55 pm Stories of Patient Survivors: Navigating the health care system, finding information, clinical trials, innovation, and hope
Elizabeth Heisler, PA-C – Neurosurgery
Eleanor Miller, MSN, RN, OCN, CBCN – Neuro Oncology
3:15 pm CME Concludes
Special Town Hall Meeting with Dr. Steven Brem for Patients, Caregivers, and Family Members
Steven Brem, MD – Neurosurgery
4:00 pm Town Hall Concludes