Texas Blood Cancer Conference: Saturday, May 3, 2025
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9:00am CT |
10:00am CT |
Registration, Exhibits & Breakfast |
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Welcome & Opening Remarks
Keynote Presentation: The Power of Survivorship: Voices from the Blood Cancer Community |
Samantha Harris, BSN, RN Senior Manager, Patient & Community Outreach The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Steve Pine - Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Survivor Sona Strenger - ALL Survivor Karen Williams - Myeloma Survivor
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11:00am |
11:15am |
Break/Transition |
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11:15am |
12:15pm |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Adult Acute Leukemias (ALL & AML) |
Gerardo Rosas, MD UT Health Science Center San Antonio |
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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) |
Jacinth Joseph, MD Texas Oncology - Medical City Dallas |
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Lymphoma Low Grade |
Vikas Bhushan, MD Texas Oncology - Medical City Dallas |
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Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN) |
Luis Pineiro, MD Texas Oncology - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center Blood and Marrow Transplant |
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Calm Amidst the Chaos: Managing Stress After a Diagnosis |
Melissa Lewis, MA, LPC-Associate, NCC Collective Pathway Counseling, PLLC |
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Unraveling Hematologic Toxicities: Navigating the Challenges After CAR T-Cell Therapy |
Liffy Cherian MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC OCN UT Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmon Comprehensive Cancer Center |
12:15pm |
12:30pm |
Break/Exhibitor Session |
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12:30pm |
1:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:00pm |
1:15pm |
Break/Exhibitor Session |
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1:15pm |
2:15pm |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) |
Jan A. Burger, MD, PhD The University of Texas at MD Anderson |
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Lymphoma High Grade & Hodgkin Lymphoma |
Elif Yilmaz, MD |
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Multiple Myeloma |
Larry Anderson, MD, PhD, FACP |
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) |
Brian Berryman, MD Texas Oncology - Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center Blood and Marrow Transplant |
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Calm Amidst the Chaos: Managing Stress After a Diagnosis |
Melissa Lewis, MA, LPC-Associate, NCC Collective Pathway Counseling, PLLC |
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Unraveling Hematologic Toxicities: Navigating the Challenges After CAR T-Cell Therapy |
Liffy Cherian MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC OCN UT Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmon Comprehensive Cancer Center
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2:15pm |
2:30pm |
Evaluations & Conference Concludes |
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*Agenda subject to change.