Virtual National Blood Cancer Conference: Saturday, September 19, 2026

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11:30 am, ET
10:30 am, CT
  9:30 am, MT
  8:30 am, PT
12:00 pm 
11:00 am  
10:00 am 
  9:00 am 
Exhibitor Session  
12:00 pm, ET
11:00 am, CT
10:00 am, MT
  9:00 am, PT
  1:00 pm 
12:00 pm 
11:00 am 
10:00 am 

Welcome & Opening Remarks

 

 


Keynote Presentation:
In Their Own Words: Meaningful Conversations on Survivorship, Advocacy, and Support in the Blood Cancer Community

Gwen Nichols, MD 

Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer  

Blood Cancer United  

 

Blood Cancer Survivor Panel: 

Ana Gordan, LaTanya Grundy, Marian Ruderman, and Robert F. Lasich

  1:00 pm, ET
12:00 pm, CT
11:00 am, MT
10:00 am, PT
  1:15 pm 
12:15 pm 
11:15 am 
10:15 am 
Break/Exhibitor Session  
  1:15 pm, ET
12:15 pm, CT
11:15 am, MT
10:15 am, PT
  2:25 pm 
  1:25 pm 
12:25 pm 
11:25 am 
Concurrent Breakout Sessions  
    Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Ryan Cassaday, MD  

Fred Hutch Cancer Center 

    Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)

Heather Wolfe, MD  

UT Southwestern Cancer Center 

    Lymphoma High Grade

Swaminathan Lyer, MD  

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 

    Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Ronald Paquette, MD  

Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai 

    Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (WM)

Joshua Richter, MD  

Mt. Sinai Tisch Cancer Institute 

    Understanding CAR-T Cell Therapy: For Patients and Caregivers

Victor Orellana-Noia, MD  

City of Hope 

    The Power of Participation: How Clinical Trials Drive Progress in Blood Cancer Care

Kelly Stackhouse, RN, BSN
Leah Szumita, MS, RN, ACNS-BC

Blood Cancer United 

  2:25 pm, ET
  1:25 pm, CT
12:25 pm, MT
11:25 am, PT
  2:40 pm 
  1:40 pm 
12:40 pm  
11:40 am 
Break/Exhibitor Session  
  2:40 pm, ET
  1:40 pm, CT
12:40 pm, MT
11:40 am, PT
  3:50 pm 
  2:50 pm 
  1:50 pm 
12:50 pm 
Concurrent Breakout Sessions  
    Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Jeffrey E. Lancet, MD  

Moffitt Cancer Center  

    Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

Ravi Bhatia, MD  

UAB Medicine  

    Hodgkin Lymphoma

Pallawi Torka, MD  

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 

    Lymphoma Low Grade

Carla Casulo, MD  

James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester 

    Multiple Myeloma

Ajai Chari, MD  

University of California, San Francisco

    Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)

Jeanne Palmer, MD  

Mayo Clinic Arizona  

    Understanding CAR-T Cell Therapy: For Patients and Caregivers

Victor Orellana-Noia, MD  

City of Hope 

    The Power of Participation: How Clinical Trials Drive Progress in Blood Cancer Care

Kelly Stackhouse, RN, BSN
Leah Szumita, MS, RN, ACNS-BC

Blood Cancer United

  3:50 pm, ET
  2:50 pm, CT
  1:50 pm, MT
12:50 pm, PT
  Evaluations & Conference Concludes  

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