Indy Hematology Education, Inc.
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Indy Hematology Education, Inc.
Achieving tomorrow’s outcomes through education today.™
2025 Symposium Agenda | Saturday, March 8, 2025
6:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Registration |
6:45 AM – 7:25 AM | Breakfast Product Theater |
Session Chair | Ruemu E. Birhiray, MD |
7:30 AM-8:00 AM | State of the Art: 2025: Emerging Therapies in Hematologic Malignancies | Ruemu Birhiray, MD |
8:00 AM- 8:40 AM | Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemias |
8:00 AM– 8:20 AM | Treatment Options for Newly Diagnosed Patients | Daniel Pollyea, MD, MS |
8:20 AM– 8:40 AM | Current and Emerging Therapies for Relapsed AML and Myelodysplastic Syndrome | Rami Komrokji, MD |
8:40 AM – 9:00 AM | Hematopoietic Transplantation and Cellular Therapies: When to Refer | Richard Childs, MD |
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM | Management of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in 2025 | Richard Larson, MD |
9:20 AM – 9:30 AM | Myeloid and Lymphoblastic Leukemias – PANEL DISCUSSION |
9:30 AM– 9:45 AM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
9:45 AM – 10:05 AM | Approaches to the Management of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma | Saad Z. Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, FRCP, FASCO |
10:05 AM-10:25 AM | Emerging and Current Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma | Kenneth Anderson, MD |
10:25 AM -10:45 AM | Current Approaches to the Treatment Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia | Steven P. Treon, MD, MA, PhD, FRCP, FACP |
10:45 AM-11:05 AM | Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment of Amyloidosis: Approaches Including and Beyond Anti-CD38 Antibody Therapy | Morie Gertz, MD, MACP |
11:05 AM-11:15 AM | Plasma Cell Disorders – PANEL DISCUSSION |
11:15 AM- 11:25 AM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
11:25 AM-11:45 AM | Treatment of Complementopathies: Diagnosis and Therapeutic Strategies | Robert A. Brodsky, MD |
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM | How to treat: Options and Treatment Paradigms for Aplastic Anemia | Neal Young, MD |
12:05 PM-12:25 PM | Classical Hematology: Managing Disorders of Bleeding and Clotting | Craig Kessler, MD, MACP |
12:25 PM – 12:45 PM | Treatment Options and Cellular Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease | Matthew Hsieh, MD |
12:45 PM-12:55 PM | Hematology – PANEL DISCUSSION |
1:05 PM – 1:50 PM | Luncheon Product Theaters |
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
Session Chair | Michael Wiemann, MD, FACP |
2:00 PM- 2:45 PM | T. Howard Lee Keynote Lecture: Beyond the Great Pond: A Global Approach to Managing the Controversies in the Treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphomas | Martin Dreyling, MD, PhD |
2:45 PM-3:05 PM | Chronic Myelomonocytic leukemia: Diagnosis, Prognostication, and Treatment | Ayalew Tefferi, MD |
3:05 PM– 3:25 PM | Current and Emerging Treatment Options of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | Alessandro M. Vannucchi, MD |
3:25 PM– 3:30 PM | Myeloproliferative Neoplasms – PANEL DISCUSSION |
3:30 PM- 3:50 PM | How I Choose: Current Approaches to Frontline Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | Jennifer Woyach, MD |
3:50 PM – 4:10 PM | Annual Steven Coutre Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Memorial Lecture: Emerging and Current Therapies for Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | John Byrd, MD, FACP |
4:10 PM – 4:20 PM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
4:20 PM – 4:40 PM | When Not to Watch and Wait: Emerging Strategies in the Treatment of Indolent Lymphoma | Christopher Flowers, MD, MS, FASCO |
4:40 PM – 5:00 PM | Emerging and Current Treatment for Hodgkin Lymphoma | Stephen M. Ansell, M.D., Ph.D. |
5:00 PM – 5:35 PM | Current Advances in the treatment of Aggressive B and T Cell Lymphomas | Sonali M. Smith, MD, FASCO |
5:35 PM -5:55 PM | Bispecific Antibody Therapy for Lymphoid Malignancies | Tycel Phillips, MD |
5:55 PM – 6:15 PM | Cellular Therapy for Lymphoid Malignancies | Frederick L. Locke, MD |
6:15 PM – 6: 35 PM | Bispecific and Cellular Therapy for Multiple Myeloma | Joselle Cook, MD |
6:35 PM – 7:10 PM | The Great IHR 2025 Debate: Controversies in the Treatment of the AYA Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Pediatric Inspired Chemotherapy Regimens | Richard Stone, MD IO HyperCVAD Inspired Targeted Regimens | Hagop Kantarjian, MD |
7:10 PM -7:20 PM | Lymphoid Malignancies and Cellular Therapies – PANEL DISCUSSION |
7:20 PM – 7:40 PM | Reception with Hors D’oeuvres and Beverages |
7:40 PM – 8:40 PM | Hematologic Malignancies Townhall |
Ruemu E. Birhiray, MD – Chair and Moderator | |
Michael Wiemann, MD, FACP – Co-Chair | |
Morie Gertz, MD, MACP – Plasma Cell Disorders and Amyloidosis | |
Jennifer Woyach, MD – Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | |
Richard Stone, MD, IO – Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes | |
Chris Flowers, MD, MS – Lymphomas | |
Saad Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, FRCP, FASCO – Multiple Myeloma | |
Joselle Cook, MD – Multiple Myeloma | |
Alessandro Vannucchi, MD – Myeloproliferative Neoplasms |
Nursing and Allied Providers Symposium Agenda
6:00 – 10:00 AM | Registration |
6:45 AM – 7:25 AM | Breakfast Product Theater |
7:30 AM -8:00 AM | State of the Art: 2025: Emerging Therapies in Hematologic Malignancies | Ruemu Birhiray, MD |
8:10 AM –8:35 AM | Understanding and Managing Immune Effector Toxicities in Hematologic Toxicities | David Reeves, PharmD, BCOP |
8:35 AM –9:00 AM | Management of Long-Term Survivors of Hematologic Malignancies | Sandra Garofalo, MS, APRN, AOCNP |
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Managing Disorders of the Benign Hematology | Craig Kessler, MD, MACP |
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Emerging and Current Treatment of Amyloidosis and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia | Morie Gertz, MD, MACP |
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM | Understanding the Diagnosis and Treatment of Plasma Cell Disorders | Joselle Cook, MD |
10:45 AM –11:15 AM | What I Need Know and Do for My Patient: Evaluating and Managing Toxicities of Cellular and Immune Effector Therapy From a Nursing Perspective | Frederick L. Locke, MD |
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
11:30 AM – 11:55 AM | Recognizing Toxicities of Oral Oncolytics in the Management of Hematologic Malignancies | Kristi K Orbaugh RN, MSN, RNP, AOCN |
11:55 AM – 12:25 PM | Diagnosis and Treatment of Myeloid Leukemias | Rami Komrokji, MD |
12:25 PM – 12:55 PM | Current and Emerging Therapies for Acute Leukemias and Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Richard Larson, MD |
12:55 PM – 1:00 PM | Questions and Answers |
1:05 PM – 1:50 PM | Luncheon Product Theaters |
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Tailoring Treatment: The Role of Precision Medicine in Hematology | Christopher Fausel, PharmD, MHA, BCOP |
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Bispecific T-cell Engagers in Multiple Myeloma | Muna Chemali, PharmD, BCOP |
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Clinical Perspectives on Bone Marrow Biopsy: A Nursing Approach | Ellen Rovner, NP |
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall |
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Comprehensive Hematology Resources: A Social Worker’s Guide to Patient Support | Erin Abney, MSW, LCSW |
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM | AYA Patients and their Future: Conversations on Sexuality & Fertility | Amanda Saraf, DO |