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2 Days of Education!

Day 1 – February 7, 2025

Start Time End Time Topic Faculty Member
8:45 AM 9:45 AM Breakfast and Registration
9:45 AM 9:50 AM Welcome and Overview Michael Pishvaian, MD, PhD
9:50 AM 11:35 AM Hepatocellular Cancer (HCC) Moderator: March Yarchoan, MD, PhD
9:50 AM – 10:00 AM Introduction
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Case: First-line Therapy for Advanced/Metastatic HCC
Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, MBA
10:30 AM – 10:55 AM
Debate: TAC and Systemic Therapy
Kelvin Hong, MBBCH
Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, MBA
10:55 AM – 11:15 AM
Using Local Therapy Options for HCC
Kelvin Hong, MBBCH
Kelly Lafaro, MD, MPH
11:15 AM – 11:25 AM
Patient-Centered Topic: Managing Ascites
Alia Dadabhai, MD
11:25 AM – 11:35 AM Session Question-and-Answer
11:35 AM 12:35 PM Lunch and Exhibits
12:35 PM 2:20 PM Biliary Tract Cancer (BTC) Moderator: Marina Baretti, MD
12:35 PM – 12:40 PM Introduction
12:40 PM – 1:05 PM
Case #1: Newly Diagnosed Advanced CCA
Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO
1:05 PM – 1:20 PM
Case #2: Localized Potentially Operable CCA
Marina Baretti, MD
Keith Unger, MD
1:20 PM – 1:40 PM
Case #3: Localized, Low-Volume CCA
Bud Liddell, MD
Flavio Rocha, MD
1:40 PM – 2:00 PM
Case #4: Second-Line Treatment Options
Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM
Patient-Centered Topic: Managing Recurrent Biliary Obstruction
Olaya Brewer Gutierrez, MBBS
2:10 PM – 2:20 PM
Session Question-and-Answer
2:20 PM 2:50 PM Break
2:50 PM 4:35 PM Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) Moderator: Ana DeJesus Acosta, MD
2:50 PM – 2:55 PM Introduction
2:55 PM – 3:25 PM
Case #1: Treatment for Grade 1-2 NETs and Carcinoid Symptom Management
Jennifer Chan, MD
3:25 PM – 3:45 PM
Case #2: Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Management
Ana DeJesus Acosta, MD
3:45 PM – 4:05 PM
Case #3: Optimal Timing for Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy
Aman Chauhan, MD
4:05 PM – 4:25 PM
Case #4: Metastasectomies for NETs
TBD
Kelvin Hong, MBBCH
4:25 PM – 4:35 PM
Session Question-and-Answer
4:35 PM Adjourn
5:00 PM 6:00 PM Cocktail Reception

Day 2 – February 8, 2025

Start Time End Time Topic Faculty Member
7:45 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast and Registration
8:30 AM 8:35 AM Welcome and Overview Michael Pishvaian, MD, PhD
8:35 AM 10:20 AM Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Moderator: Katie Bever, MD
8:35 AM – 8:40 AM Introduction
8:40 AM – 9:10 AM Case #1: First-Line Management Manish A Shah, MD
9:10 AM – 9:25 AM Debate: FLOT vs. CROSS for Esophageal Cancer Katie Bever, MD
Adithya Halthore, MD
9:25 AM – 9:40 AM Case #2: The Role of Gastric Resection in Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Jeremy Davis, MD
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM Case #3: Second-Line and Beyond Management Manish A. Shah, MD
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM Patient-Centered Topic: Reflux in Upper GI Cancers Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM Session Question-and-Answer
10:20 AM 10:50 AM Break
10:50 AM 12:35 PM Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Moderator: Valerie Lee, MD
10:50 AM – 10:55 AM Introduction
10:55 AM – 11:20 AM Case #1: Advanced/Metastatic CRC Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM Debate: Rectal Cancer Management: Radiation Sparing vs. Nonoperative Management Ada Graham, MD
Rachit Kumar, MD
Vincent J Obias, MD, MS
11:40 AM – 11:55 AM Case #2: ctDNA-Guided Adjuvant Therapy Valerie Lee, MD
11:55 AM – 12:15 PM Case #3: Targeted Therapies in CRC Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD
12:15 PM – 12:25 PM Patient-Centered Topic: Living With an Ostomy Cindy Papesh Shephard, MSN, RN, CWOCN
12:25 PM – 12:35 PM Session Question-and-Answer
12:35 PM 1:35 PM Lunch and Exhibits
12:45 PM 1:15 PM Independent, commercially supported Product Theater
This commercially supported Product Theater is independent of the Johns Hopkins Updates in Gastrointestinal Cancers Conference.
This session is not eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. 
1:35 PM 2:15 PM Keynote Lecture: Targeting KRAS Nilo Azad, MD
2:05 PM – 2:15 PM
Session Question-and-Answer
2:15 PM 4:00 PM Pancreatic Cancer (PC) Moderator: Neeha Zaidi, MD
2:15 PM – 2:20 PM Introduction
2:20 PM – 2:45 PM Case #1: Advanced/Metastatic PC Management Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Case #2: “Ablative” Radiation for Locally Advanced PC Amol K. Narang, MD
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Debate: Oligometastatic PC: Surgery vs. Systemic Therapy Richard A. Burkhart, MD
Neeha Zaidi, MD
3:15 PM – 3:25 PM Patient-Centered Topic: Managing Pancreatic Insufficiency Mary-Eve Brown, RD, LDN, CSO
3:25 PM – 3:50 PM Case #3: RAS Targeting in PC Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM Session Question-and-Answer
4:00 PM Closing Remarks and Adjourn Michael Pishvaian, MD, PhD

 

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