- Date: Friday, June 9, 2017
- Time: 7:00 AM - 3:25 PM
- Location: Law Auditorium, Jordan Medical Education Center
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Presentations
Scientific Session - 1
Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas
Moderator: Arati Desai, MD
- 7:40 am — The New WHO Classification of Brain Tumors and Molecular Profiling in the Diagnosis of Gliomas
Maclean Nasrallah, MD
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- 7:55 am — Clinically Useful Next Generation Sequencing in Glioblastoma
Jennifer Morrissette, MD
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- 8:10 am — The Neuroradiological Diagnosis of Malignant Brain Tumors and Lesions that Mimic Brain Tumors
Linda J. Bagley, MD
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- 8:30 am — 2016 WHO Classification of BRain Tumors: State-of-the-Art Imaging Update
Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC
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- 8:45 am — Advances in Glioma Surgery Using Awake Brain Mapping, and Individualized Fiber Tracking Signatures - Redefining "Maximal Safe Resection"
Steven Brem, MD
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- 9:00 am — Laser Thermocoagulation: A New Tool for Epilepsy and Brain Tumor Surgery
Timothy H. Lucas, MD, PhD
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- 9:15 am — Seeing Beyond the Visible: Fluorescent Imaging of Brain Tumors
John Y. K. Lee, MD;
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- 9:30 am — Immunothearpy for Brain Tumors - Using CAR T-Cell Technology for Glioblastoma
Donald M. O'Rourke, MD
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- 10:00 am — Break/Exhibitors
Scientific Session - 2
Innovative Treatments of Malignant Gliomas
Moderator: Robert Lustig, MD
Scientific Session - 3
Comprehensive Medical Treatment of Brain Tumors
Moderator: Gerald P. Linette, MD, PhD
- 12:30 pm — Recent Advances in the Treatment of Gliomas: Anti-Angiogenic Therapy
Tracy Todd Batchelor, MD, MPH
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- 1:00 pm —Medial and Symptom Management of Patients with Brain Tumors
Amy A. Pruitt, MD
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- 1:15 pm — Seizure Management for Brain Tumor Survivors: Current Concepts
Kathryn Adamiak Davis, MD, MSTR
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- 1:30 pm — Potential Role of Medical Therapies Targeting EGFR, PD-1/PD-LI Immune Checkpoints
Stephen Bagley, MD
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- 1:45 pm — Patient Advocacy and Pearls for Obtaining Optimal Care in a Complex Health Care System - The Role of Nurse Practicioner and Patient Navigator
Karen Albright, CRNP and Eleanor Miller, MSN, RN, OCN
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- 2:00 pm — Survivorship and the Patient's Journey - As Told by Our Patients
Moderator: Arbena Merolli, MSW
- 2:20 pm — Coffee Break/Exhibitions
Scientific Session - 4
Current Concepts in the Management of Brain Metastases
Moderator: Donald M. O'Rourke, MD
- 2:30 pm — Role of Surgery for the Resection of Brain Metastases
Steven Brem, MD
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- 2:45 pm — Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: Current Concepts
Goldie A. Kurtz, MD
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- 3:00 pm — Targeted Therapy of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Metastatic to Brain: Current Treatments Paradigms
Corey Langer, MD
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- 3:30 pm — Targeted Therapy for Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain: Current Treatment Paradigms
Tara C. Gangadhar, MD
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- 3:45 pm — Summary and Meeting Adjournment
Steven Brem, MD, Arati Desai, MD, Robert Lustig, MD, Donald M. O'Rourke, MD