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Friday, January 26, 2024
CME/CNE-accredited
patient & caregiver program
7:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
In person or virtually
Law Auditorium | Jordan Medical Education Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
AGENDA
In-Person: Check In, Continental Breakfast, Visit Exhibits and Experts
Virtually: Log into Virtual Conference
Welcome and Introduction
Nduka Amankulor, MD | Activity Director | Director of Penn Brain Tumor Center
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil | Director of Abramson Cancer Center
Daniel Yoshor, MD | Chair of Neurosurgery
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: NEW CONCEPTS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Moderator: Steven Brem, MD Activity Director | Neurosurgery
Progress in “The War on Cancer” Innovation and Scientific Breakthroughs Addressing the Extraordinary Challenges of Brain Cancer: Quo vadis?
Nduka Amankulor, MD Activity Director | Neurosurgery
Steven Brem, MD Activity Director | Neurosurgery
KEYNOTE ADDRESS The Roadmap for “Cancer Neuroscience”: Implications for oncology and neuro-oncology
Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD | Neurosurgery | University of California San Francisco
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) in Glioblastoma: Clinically relevant genomics
Jennifer Morrissette, PhD | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The 2021 WHO Classification and Integrated Molecular Profiling in the Diagnosis of Malignant Gliomas-The Role of AI/ML and the CHARM System for Real-Time Histopathologic Diagnosis
MacLean Nasrallah, MD, PhD | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
RANO 2.0 and Advances in Neuroimaging: Impact on clinical trials and clinical practice
Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC | Activity Co-Director | Radiology
Molecular Imaging and Theranostics in Neuro-Oncology
Ali Nabavizadeh, MD | Radiology
Q and A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Steven Brem, MD | Activity Director | Neurosurgery
Panel: all speakers from Scientific Session I
Stories of Patient Survivors: Navigating the health care system, finding information, clinical trials, and hope
Kaileen M. Bevenour, PA-C | Neuro-Oncology
Elizabeth Heisler, PA-C | Neurosurgery
Arbena Merolli Trettin, MSW | Neurosurgery
Meghan O’Neill, CRNP | Medical Oncology
Special Town Hall Meeting for Patients, Caregivers, and Family Members
Moderators: Steven Brem, MD & Nduka Amankulor, MD | Activity Directors | Neurosurgery
Break | Visit Exhibits | Chat With Experts
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: NEURO-ONCOLOGY 2.0
Moderator: Nduka Amankulor, MD | Activity Director | Neurosurgery
CAR T Cell Immuno-Oncology Program: From First in Human to Current and Future Studies- The Clinical Trial Pipeline
Zev Binder, MD, PhD | Neurosurgery
Stephen J. Bagley, MD, MSCE | Hematology Oncology | Neurosurgery
Donald M. O'Rourke, MD | Neurosurgery
Overcoming Barriers to Extend Survival: Promising results of clinical trials for glioblastoma
Steven Brem, MD | Activity Director | Neurosurgery
Optimizing Surgery and Immunotherapy for Gliomas using Advances in Genomics
Nduka Amankulor, MD | Activity Director | Neurosurgery
Q & A Panel Discussion
Moderators: Steven Brem, MD & Nduka Amankulor, MD | Activity Directors | Neurosurgery
Panel: all speakers from Scientific Session II & Christina Jackson, MD | Neurosurgery
Lunch Break | Visit Exhibits | Chat With Experts
SCIENTIFIC SESSION III: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGANT BRAIN TUMORS
Moderator: Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC | Activity Co-Director | Radiology
Keynote Address: Developing Novel Therapeutics in the Age of Genomics and Immuno-Oncology
Evanthia Galanis, MD | Neuro-Oncology | Mayo Clinic
Medical and Symptom Management of Patients with Brain Tumors
Amy A. Pruitt, MD | Neurology
Seizure Management for Brain Tumor Survivors: Current Concepts
Saurabh R. Sinha, MD, PhD | Neurology
Q & A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC | Activity Co-Director | Radiology
Panel: all speakers from Scientific Session III
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV: ADVANCES IN PRECISION SURGERY, MEDICAL AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY
Moderator: Goldie Kurtz, MD | Activity Co-Director | Radiation Oncology
Circulating Tumor DNA in Glioblastoma
Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE | Medical Oncology
Biomarkers in Immuno-Oncology: Road to Personalized Immunotherapy
Christina Jackson, MD | Neurosurgery
Advances in Radiation Therapy for Patients with Brain Tumors
Emily Schiapira Lebow, MD | Radiation Oncology
Updates in the Targeted and Immunological Treatment of Brain Metastases: Melanoma
Tara C. Mitchell, MD | Medical Oncology
mRNA Technology to Develop Vaccines for Brain Tumors: Preliminary Experience and Prospects for Future Development
Peter J. Madsen, MD, MBE | Neurosurgery | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Advances in Intraoperative Molecular Imaging of Brain Tumors: Visualizing the Invisible
John Y.K. Lee, MD, MSCE | Neurosurgery
Q & A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Goldie Kurtz, MD | Activity Co-Director | Radiation Oncology
Panel: all speakers from Scientific Session IV