Lynch Syndrome Symposium

Agenda and Videos

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
10am - 6pm

Symposium organizers: Bryson Katona, MD, PhD and E. John Wherry, PhD

Patient Care Symposium

Please note that not all sessions will be available to virtual attendees.

10:00am – 10:05am	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Executive Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Office Jonathan Epstein, MD
10:05am – 10:20am	Overview of Penn’s Lynch syndrome program	Bryson Katona, MD, PhD
10:20am – 10:30am	Opportunities for giving	Tricia Bruining
Clinical Care Symposium - Moderator: Bryson Katona, MD, PhD
10:30am – 10:50am	Lynch syndrome genetics and cancer risk	Jessica Long, MS, CGC
10:50am – 11:10am	Dermatologic considerations in Lynch syndrome	Emily Chu, MD
11:10am - 11:30am	What’s new this year in Lynch syndrome	Danielle McKenna, MS, CGC
11:30am-12:00pm	Breakout sessions on Men’s/Women’s Health (in-person attendees only)
Men’s health considerations in Lynch syndrome – Daniel Lee, MD Women’s health consideration in Lynch syndrome – Elizabeth Clement, MD/Payal Shah, MD

12:00pm-1:00pm	Lunch/Small group lunch sessions (in-person attendees only)
Treatments for Lynch syndrome-associated cancers – Parul Agarwal, MD Colonoscopy prep tips and tricks – David Jaffe, MD Pancreatic cancer screening – Sarah Coughlin, MD Talking to extended family members about genetic testing for Lynch syndrome – Jessica Long, MS, CGC/Derek Mann, MS, CGC Discussing Lynch syndrome with your children – Kristin Zelley, MS, CGC /Sarah Baldino, MS, CGC /Mary Egan Clark, MS, CGC Colorectal surgical decision-making – Erica Pettke, MD Lynch syndrome research opportunities – Gillain Constantino, Michaela Dunga Prenatal and preimplantation genetic testing for Lynch syndrome - Anuja Dokras, MD, MHCI, PhD
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Expert panel discussion - Moderator: Bryson Katona, MD, PhD
GI: Michael Kochman, MD GYN: Elizabeth Clement, MD / Emily Ko, MD Derm: Emily Chu, MD Genetics: Jessica Long, MS, CGC Urology: Bruce Malkowicz, MD Colorectal surgery: Erica Pettke, MD Oncology: Kim Reiss-Binder, MD, Susan Domchek MD

2:00pm- 2:40pm	Borrelli Family Keynote talk – Opportunities for Vaccine Development in Lynch Syndrome	Eduardo Vilar Sanchez, MD, PhD
2:40pm-3:00pm	Break

Research Symposium - Moderator: E. John Wherry, PHD

3:00pm-3:20pm	Deciphering the impact of psychological stress on colorectal cancer in Lynch Syndrome	Christoph Thaiss, PhD
3:20pm-3:40pm	Outcomes of multigene panel testing in patients with colorectal cancer	Sarah Coughlin, MD
3:40pm-4:00pm	BHB as a potential chemoprevention agent in Lynch syndrome	Maayan Levy, PhD
4:00pm-4:20pm	Low rates of H. pylori and gastric intestinal metaplasia in Lynch syndrome	Marya Pulaski, MD
4:20pm-4:40pm	Modeling gene-environment interactions in inflammatory disease	Ken Cadwell, PhD
4:40pm-5:00pm	Outcomes of genetic testing for gastrointestinal cancer risk during the COVID-19 pandemic	Samantha Williams, MS, CGC
5:00pm-6:00pm	Cocktail Hour (in-person attendees only)