Mayo Clinic & University of Athens Hematology & Oncology 2024

Athens, CN GR
June 27, 2024 to June 29, 2024

This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options

Course Directors: Tanios S. Bekaii-Saab, M.D., Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, M.D., Panos S. Savvides, M.D., Ph.D., and Evangelos Terpos, M.D.

June 27 - 29, 2024 - Divani Caravel Hotel - Athens, Greece

This educational activity is directed toward hematologists and medical oncologists treating and managing patients with cancer. Core sessions will focus on methods to apply state-of-the-art treatment strategies in the clinical practice setting. This engaging and highly interactive meeting will provide ample opportunity for attendees to interact with internationally renowned experts and discuss current research and advancements in standards of care for this patient population.

Our faculty will distill practice-changing evidence and recommend how to put this information into clinical context, so that you may apply the latest evidence to real-world patient-care scenarios.

Target Audience

This course is designed for physicians, resident fellows, and anyone interested in hematology and medical oncology worldwide.

Learning Objectives

Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
  • 16.00 Attendance
Event starts: 
06/27/2024 - 8:00am
Event ends: 
06/29/2024 - 12:00pm

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Mayo Clinic and University of Athens | Hematology and Oncology Course
June 27 – 29, 2024 | Athens, Greece

 

Thursday June 27th, 2024

8:00-8:30 a.m. (local)
2:00-12:30 a.m. (CST)

Welcome, Introductions and Overview
Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, M.D., and Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D.

Lymphoma | Moderators: Marie-Christine Kyrtsonis, M.D., and Grzegorz Nowakowski, M.D., M.B.A.

8:30-9:30 a.m. (local)
12:30-1:15 a.m. (CST)

Update in the Management of DLBCL
Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, M.D.

Management of Hodgkin Lymphoma
Javier Munoz, M.D., M.B.A

9:30-10:30 a.m. (local)
1:30-2:30 a.m. (CST)

Updates on T-cell Lymphoma
Marina Siakantaris, M.D.

Update on Treatment of Follicular Lymphoma
Grzegorz Nowakowski, M.D., M.B.A.

10:30-11:00 a.m. (local)
2:30-3:00 a.m. (CST)

Coffee Break

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) | Moderator: Panayiotis Panagiotidis, M.D.

11:00-11:45 a.m. (local)
3:00-3:45 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed CLL
Maria Angelopoulou, M.D.

Updates in the Management of Relapsed CLL, including Richter Transformation
Sameer Parikh, M.B.B.S

Chronic Myeloid Disorders | Moderator: Sotirios Papageorgiou, M.D.

11:45-12:00 p.m. (local)
3:45-4:00 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Treatment of Myelofibrosis
Stavroula Giannouli, M.D.

12:00-1:00 p.m. (local)
4:00-5:00 a.m. (CST)

Lunch Break

Melanoma / Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention | Moderator: Jewel Samadder, M.D.

1:00-1:45 p.m. (local)
5:00-5:45 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Prevention of Cancer
Theodora Psaltopoulou, M.D.

Universal Screening for Inherited Cancers: What is the evidence?
Jewel Samadder, M.D

Updates in the Treatment of Melanoma
Svetomir Markovic, M.D., Ph.D.

Head and Neck | Moderator: Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D.  

1:45-2:30 p.m. (local)
5:45-6:30 a.m. (CST)

Update on Oropharyngeal HPV-Positive Squamous Cell Cancer of the H&N
Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D. 

Update on Cancers of the H&N
Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D. 

Update on Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers
Alexandros Stratigos, M.D.

2:30-3:00 p.m. (local)
6:30-7:00 a.m. (CST)

Coffee Break

Breast | Moderators: Virginia Kaklamani, M.D., and Lida Mina, M.D.

3:00-3:45 p.m. (local)
7:00-7:45 a.m. (CST)

Updates in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Immunotherapy and Beyond
Lida Mina, M.D.

Updates in the Treatment of ER+ Breast Cancer
Virginia Kaklamani, M.D.

Updates in the Treatment of Relapsed Breast Cancer
Flora Zagouri, M.D., Ph.D.

Gynecologic / Sarcoma / Neuro-Oncology | Moderators: Marciej Mrugala, M.D., Ph.D., and Christos Papadimitriou, M.D.

3:45-4:30 p.m. (local)
7:45-8:30 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Christos Papadimitriou, M.D.

Updates in Neuro-Oncology
Marciej Mrugala, M.D., Ph.D.

Updates in the Management of Sarcoma
Mahesh Seetharam, M.D.

 

Friday June 28th, 2024

Special Session | Moderator: Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos

8:00-8:30 a.m. (local)
12:00-12:30 a.m. (CST)

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology: Driving Transformational Research in the US
Evanthia Galanis, M.D.

Gastrointestinal Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (GI HPB) | Moderators Tanios Bekaii-Saab, M.D

8:30-9:30 a.m. (local)
12:30-1:30 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Treatment of Biliary Tract Cancer
Michalis Karamouzis, M.D.

Updates in the Treatment of Liver Cancer
Ioannis Elefsiniotis, M.D.

Updates in the Treatment of Pancreas Cancer
Mitesh Borad, M.D.

Updates in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Cancers
Bassam Sonbol, M.D.

Gastrointestinal Luminal | Moderator: Jeremy Jones, M.D., and Dimitrios Schizas, M.D.

9:30-10:00 a.m. (local)
1:30-2:00 a.m. (CST)

Emerging Targets in the Treatment Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Jeremy Jones, M.D.

Management of Oligometastatic Disease in Colorectal Cancer
Bassel El-Rayes, M.D.

10:00-10:30 a.m. (local)
2:00-2:30 a.m. (CST)

Coffee Break

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) | Moderator: Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D.

10:30-11:15 a.m. (local)
2:30-3:15 a.m. (CST)

Update on Management on Local/Regional NSCLC
Vini Ernani, M.D.

Update on Management on Metastatic NSCLC – Immunotherapy
Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D.

Update on Management on Metastatic NSCLC – Targeted Therapies
Tassos Dimou, M.D.

Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), Mesothelioma | Moderator: Panos Savvides, M.D., Ph.D.

11:15-12:00 p.m. (local)
3:15-4:00 a.m. (CST)

Update on Management on SCLC
Kostas Leventakos, M.D., Ph.D.

Update on Management on other Thoracic Cancers
Aaron Mansfield, M.D.

Update on Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Lung Cancer             
Elias Kotteas, M.D.        

12:00-1:00 p.m. (local)
4:00-5:00 a.m. (CST)

Lunch Break

Myeloma | Moderators: Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, M.D., and Rafael Fonseca, M.D.

1:00-1:45 p.m. (local)
5:00-5:45 a.m. (CST)

Management of Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
Evangelos Terpos, M.D.

Updates in the Management of Monoclonal Gammopathies
Shaji Kumar, M.D.

Other Plasma Cell Neoplasms | Moderators: Rafael Fonseca, M.D., and Efstathios Kastritis, M.D.

1:45-2:30 p.m. (local)
5:45-6:30 a.m. (CST)

Management of Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
Maria Gavriatopoulou, M.D.

Primary Amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis)
Taxiarchis Kourelis, M.D.

2:30-3:00 p.m. (local)
6:30-7:00 a.m. (CST)

Coffee Break

Anemias | Moderators: Maria Mantzourani, M.D., and Meera Sridharan, M.D., Ph.D.

3:00-3:45 p.m. (local)
7:00-7:45 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Management of PNH

Updates in Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Meera Sridharan, M.D., Ph.D.

Updates in the Management of Anemia in MDS
Panagiotis Diamantopoulos, M.D.

Thrombosis / Bleeding Disorders | Moderator: Terpos, Evangelos, M.D. 

3:45-4:30 p.m. (local)
7:45-8:30 a.m. (CST)

Updates on Platelet Transfusion
Serena Valsami, M.D.

Updates in Thrombotic Disorders
Meera Sridharan, M.D., Ph.D.

Updates on Bleeding Disorders
Surbhi Shah, M.B.B.S.

 

 

Saturday June 29th, 2024

Acute Leukemias | Moderator: Flora Kontopidou, M.D.

8:00-9:00 a.m. (local)
12:00-1:00 a.m. (CST)

Update on Management of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Vassiliki Pappa, M.D.

Updates in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
James Foran, M.D.

Cellular Therapies | Moderator: Yi Lin, M.D., Ph.D., and Evangelos Terpos, M.D.

9:00-10:00 a.m. (local)
1:00-2:00 a.m. (CST)

Update on CAR-T Therapies for Acute Leukemias
Panagiotis Tsirigotis, M.D.

The Role of CAR-T Therapy in patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Javier Munoz, M.D., M.B.A.

10:00-10:30 a.m. (local)
2:00-2:30 a.m. (CST)

Coffee Break

Special Session | Moderator: Moderator: Rafael Fonseca, M.D.

10:30-11:00 a.m. (local)
2:30-3:00 a.m. (CST)

Mayo Clinic Cancer Comprehensive Center: Three Sites, One Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cheryl Willman, M.D.

Genitourinary Bladder / Kidney | Moderators: Dionysios Mitropoulos, M.D., and Andreas Skolarikos, M.D.

11:00-12:00 p.m. (local) 
3:00-4:00 a.m. (CST)

Updates in the Treatment of Urothelial Cancer
Petros Grivas, M.D.

Updates in the Treatment of Renal Cell Cancer
Aristotelis Bamias, M.D.

Genitourinary Prostate / Testicular | Moderators: Konstantinos Stravodimos, M.D., and Ioannis Varkarakis,
M.D.

12:00-1:00 p.m. (local) 
4:00-5:00 a.m. (CST) 

Updates in the Treatment of Testicular Cancer
Michalis Liontos, M.D., Ph. D.

Updates in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Parminder Singh, M.D.

1:00 p.m. (local) 
5:00 a.m. (CST) 

End of meeting & discussion 

 

 

Divani Caravel Hotel
2 Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue
Athens, CN 161 21
Greece

All travel and lodging expenses are the sole responsibility of the individual registrant.

 

Divani Caravel Hotel
Leof. Vasileos Alexandrou 2, Athens 161 21, Greece
+30 21 0720 7000
Location of course venue

Ilisia Hotel
Michalakopoulou 25, Athens 115 28, Greece
+30 21 0724 4051
0.4 mile 700 m from course venue

Crowne Plaza Athens - City Centre, an IHG Hotel
Michalakopoulou 50, Athens 115 28, Greece
+30 21 0727 8000
0.6 miles / 1.0 km from course venue

The Golden Age Hotel
Michalakopoulou 57, Athens 115 28, Greece
+30 21 0724 0861
0.6 miles / 1.0 km from course venue

Airotel Stratos Vassilikos Hotel
Michalakopoulou 114, Athens 115 27, Greece
+30 21 0770 6611
1.0 miles / 1.7 km from course venue

NEW Hotel
Filellinon 16, Athens 105 57, Greece
+30 21 0327 3000
1.5 miles / 2.3 km from course venue

 

Course Directors 
Bekaii-Saab, Tanios S., M.D. 
Dimopoulos, Meletios Athanasios, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
Savvides, Panos S., M.D., Ph.D. 
Terpos, Evangelos, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 

 

Guest Faculty
Angelopoulou, Maria, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Bamias, Aristotelis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Diamantopoulos, Panagiotis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Elefsiniotis, Ioannis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
El-Rayes, Bassel, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Gavriatopoulou, Maria, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Giannouli, Stavroula, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens   
Grivas, Petros, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington, Medicine  
Kaklamani, Virginia, M.D. DSc, University of Texas Health San Antonio  
Karamouzis, Michalis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Kastritis, Efstathios, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Konstantinos Syrigos, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Kontopidou, Flora, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Kotteas, Elias, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Kyrtsonis, Marie-Christine, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Liontos, Michalis, M.D., Ph. D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens   
Mantzourani, Maria, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Mitropoulos, Dionysios, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Panagiotidis, Panayiotis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Papadimitriou, Christos, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Papageorgiou, Sotirios, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Pappa, Vassiliki, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
Psaltopoulou, Theodora, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Schizas, Dimitrios, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Siakantaris, Marina, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Skolarikos, Andreas, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Stratigos, Alexandros, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Stravodimos, Konstantinos, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Tsirigotis, Panagiotis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Valsami, Serena, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Varkarakis, Ioannis, M.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens  
Zagouri, Flora, M.D., Ph.D., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

 

Mayo Clinic Faculty 
Borad, Mitesh J., M.D. 
Dimou, Tassos, M.D. 
Ernani, Vinicius, M.D. 
Fonseca, Rafael, M.D. 
Foran, James M., M.D. 
Galanis, Evanthia, M.D. 
Jones, Jeremy C., M.D. 
Kourelis, Taxiarchis, M.D. 
Kumar, Shaji, M.D. 
Leventakos, Konstantinos, M.D., Ph.D. 
Lin, Yi, M.D., Ph.D. 
Mansfield, Aaron S., M.D. 
Markovic, Svetomir N., M.D., Ph.D. 
Mina, Lida A., M.D. 
Mrugala, Maciej M., M.D., Ph.D. 
Munoz, Javier L., M.D., M.B.A. 
Nowakowski, Grzegorz S., M.D. 
Parikh, Sameer A., M.B.B.S. 
Samadder, Jewel J., M.D. 
Seetharam, Mahesh, M.D. 
Shah, Surbhi, M.B.B.S. 
Singh, Parminder, M.D. 
Sonbol, Bassam B., M.D.
Sridharan, Meera, M.D., Ph.D. 
Willman, Cheryl L., M.D.

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Friday5.75
Saturday4.50


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