Lymphoma Workshop: Understanding Lymphoma Basics and Current Treatment Options
Saturday, May 11, 2019
7:30 AM – 3:15 PM
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (click here for directions)
333 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
About The Workshop
The Lymphoma Research Foundation’s Lymphoma Workshop provides the latest information about lymphoma, current treatment options and support issues to members of the lymphoma community across the United States. The New York Lymphoma Workshop is the premier patient education and networking forum in the region.
Program Co-Chairs
Anthony Mato, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
New York, NY
Sarah Rutherford, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY
Reasons To Attend
- Learn about your specific type of lymphoma, treatment options, clinical trials and novel concepts during the comprehensive disease-specific breakout sessions.
- Hear a variety of presentations and have your specific questions answered from our expert speaking faculty comprised of lymphoma specialists and patient support experts.
- Meet other people with your same type of lymphoma during breakfast, lunch and breakout sessions.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM | Registration and Networking Breakfast | |
| 8:15 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 8:45 AM | Understanding Lymphoma Plenary Session | |
| Lymphoma Overview | Sarah Rutherford, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian | |
| Current Therapies and Treatment Options | Barbara Pro, MD, Northwestern University | |
| Clinical Trials | Anthony Mato, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
| 10:15 AM | Question and Answer Panel | Faculty: Sarah Rutherford, MD, Barbara Pro, MD and Anthony Mato, MD |
| 10:45 AM | Morning Break | |
| 11:00 AM | Disease-Specific Breakout Sessions (Biology and Treatment Options) | |
| Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (DLBCL/Burkitt’s Lymphoma) | Speaker TBA | |
| Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) / Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL) | Anthony Mato, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Lindsey Roeker, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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| Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma / Other Indolent Lymphomas | Catherine Diefenbach, MD, NYU Langone Medical Center | |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | Sarah Rutherford, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian | |
| Mantle Cell Lymphoma | Jia Ruan, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine | |
| Marginal Zone Lymphoma | Speaker TBA | |
| T-Cell Lymphomas (CTCL and PTCL) | Barbara Pro, MD, Northwestern University | |
| Waldenström Macroglobulinemia | Joshua Richter, MD, Mount Sinai | |
| 12:15 PM | Networking Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 PM | Lunch and Learn Session: Immunotherapy | Elise Chong, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Bruce D. Cheson, MD Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 2:00 PM | Afternoon Break | |
| 2:15 PM | Living with Lymphoma Breakout Sessions (Select one) | |
| Lymphoma Survivorship | Jennifer Levine, MD, MSW, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian | |
| Managing Treatment Side Effects | Kaitlin Kennard, BSN, RN, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania | |
| Nutrition | Holly Mills, MS, RD, CSO, John Theurer Cancer Center of Hackensack University Medical Center | |
| Physical Exercise During Cancer Treatment | Jessica Scott, PhD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
| 3:15 PM | Workshop Concludes |
Additional Information
This program is free for people affected with lymphoma and their loved ones; however, pre- registration is required.
Meals: Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided for all registered attendees.
Guest Rooms: Please contact the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge at (718) 246-7000 if you want to reserve a guest room at the hotel. Please note:
LRF does not have a block of discounted hotel rooms for this program.
Program Supporters
This activity is supported by educational grants from:
National Presenting Supporter
National Platinum Supporter
National Silver Supporter
National Bronze Supporters
Program Partners
