Understanding CAR T-cell Therapy as a Treatment Option for Blood Cancer Patients
 

8:00 – 8:30

Breakfast and Registration

 

8:30–8:35

Welcome & LLS impact: Advancing Cures

Lauren Berger, MPH, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

8:35–8:45

Overview

David L. Porter, MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System

8:45–9:15

CAR T-cell Clinical Applications: Is it Right for My Patients?

Bhagirathbhai Dholaria, MBBS, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

9:15–9:45

CAR T-cells for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Carrie L. Kitko, MD,    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

9:45–10:15

CAR T-cells for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Amitkumar Mehta, MD, University of Alabama  Birmingham School of Medicine

10:15–10:30

Break

 

10:30–11:00

CAR T-cells for Myeloma: The Next Major Disease Target?

Jesus G. Berdeja, MD, Sarah Cannon Research Institute at Tennessee Oncology

11:00–11:30

CAR T-cells for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

David L. Porter, MD, University of Pennsylvania Health System

11:30–12:00

CAR T Toxicity and Management

M. Paulina Velasquez, MD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

12:00-12:15

Q & A

David L. Porter, MD, Perelman University of Pennsylvania Health System

12:15-12:30Lunch Break  

12:30–1:15

 Meet the Experts: Roundtable discussions facilitated by fellows and symposium faculty

 

Dilan A.  Patel, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 
Rebecca Epperly, MD, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Ayman Qasrawi, MD, University of Kentucky HealthCare

 

1:15 – 2:15

Case Presentations:                               Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Myeloma: Referral, Treatment and Follow-up

 

Gerhard C. Hildebrandt, MD, University of Kentucky HealthCare                          Luciano J. Costa, MD, PhD, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine

2:15–2:45

 

Getting Started: A CAR T Team's Experience

Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, FACP, Emory University School of Medicine

2:45–3:15

Commercial CAR-T Coverage and Reimbursement: What a Clinician Needs to Know 

C. Fred LeMaistre, MD, Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network

3:15–4:00

It Takes a Village:  Panel Presentations & Discussion

Lesley Camille Ballance, MSN, FNP-BC, Sarah Cannon Institute at Tennessee Oncology  Brittney Baer, RN, BSN, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine                                    Trista Carelock, RN, BSN, BMTCN® OCN®, Sarah Cannon Blood Cancer Network        Mykala Heuer, BSN, RN, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

4:00- 4:30

Interactive Panel Discussion and Q & A

David L. Porter, MD & Panel