Event Materials for Penn Neuro-Oncology Symposium Brain Tumors 2018

Master Class in Brain Tumor Treatment - Best Practices

• Date: Friday, June 8, 2018
• Time: 7:00 am to 3:15 pm
• Location:  Law Auditorium, Jordan Medical Education Center
  Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
• 3400 Civic Center Boulevard
  Philadelphia, PA 19104

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• Patients, Caregivers, and Family Members Evaluation
• Healthcare Professionals Tests and Evaluation 

Agenda

• 7:00 am — Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 7:30 am — Welcome and Introduction
  Lawrence N. Shulman, MD and M. Sean Grady, MD
• 7:40 am —  A Prescription for the Future of American Healthcare
  Ezekiel J. Emmanuel, MD
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Scientific Session 1: New Concepts and Innovative Technologies

Moderator: Arati Desai, MD

• 8:10 am — The New WHO Classification and the Role of Integrated Molecular Profiling in the Diagnosis of Malignant Gliomas
  Stefan Prokop, MD
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• 8:25 am — Clinically Useful Next Generation Sequencing in Glioblastoma
  Jennifer Morrissette, PhD 
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• 8:40 am — Advanced Neuroimaging of Brain Tumors: Radiogenomics, Predictive Biomarkers, and Response Assessment
  Suyash Mohan, MD, PDCC 
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• 9:00 am — Anti-Angiogenic Therapy and Current Clinical Trials
  Arati Desai, MD
• 9:20 am — Laser Thermocoagulation: A New Tool for Epilepsy and Brain Tumor Surgery
  Timothy H. Lucas, MD, PhD
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• 9:35 am — Seeing Beyond the Visible: Fluorescent Imaging of Brain Tumors 
  John Y.K. Lee, MD
• 9:50 am — Immunotherapy for Brain Tumors- Using CAR T-Cell Platform for Glioblastoma
  Donald O’Rourke, MD 
• 10:10 am — Break

Scientific Session 2: Progress in the Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors

Moderator: Robert A. Lustig, MD, FACR

• 10:30 am — The Intersection of Neurosurgery and Oncology: Tumor Margins using DESI-MS, the Neurosurgical Atlas, and Enhancing Surgical Outcomes
  Aaron Cohen-Gadol, MD 
• 11:00 am — Fr om Temozolomide to Tumor Treating Fields – Making Progress in the Management of Malignant Gliomas
  Roger Stupp, MD
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• 11:30 pm — Medical and Symptom Management of Patients with Brain Tumors
  Amy A. Pruitt, MD 
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• 11:45 pm — Seizure Management for Brain Tumor Survivors: Current Concepts
  Kathryn A. Davis, MD  
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• 12:00 pm — Lunch

Scientific Session 3: Precision Medicine, Radiation Therapy and Survivorship of Patients with Brain Tumors

Moderator: Suyash Mohan, MD

• 1:00 pm — Anatomic and Functional Mapping of Key Fiber Tracts to Optimize Outcomes
  Steven Brem, MD
• 1:30 pm — Immunotherapy and Circulating Tumor DNA in Glioblastoma
  Stephen Bagley, MD 
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• 2:15 pm — Photons and Protons: Customizing Precision Radiation Therapy for Patients with Malignant Brain Tumors
  Goldie A. Kurtz, MD 
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• 2:35 pm — Targeted Therapy for Brain Metastases (Melanoma, Breast and Lung Cancer): Principles and Progress
  Tara C. Mitchell, MD
  
• 2:55 pm — Stories of Patient Survivors: Navigating the Health Care System, Finding Information, Clinical Trials, Innovation, and Hope
  Arbena Merolli, MSW, Eleanor Miller, MSN, RN, OCN, CBCN and Karen Albright, MSN, CRNP 
  
• 3:15 pm — Summary and Meeting Adjournment
  Steven Brem, MD, Arati Desai, MD, Robert A. Lustig, MD, FACR and Donald O’Rourke, MD