Head & Neck Cancer Symposium
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Agenda
Time | Session / Presenter |
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks Gloria Waters, PhD Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Boston University Maria Kukuruzinska, PhD Professor, Department of Translational Dental Medicine Associate Dean for Research Boston University School of Dental Medicine |
Session 1 8:10 – 9:30 a.m. |
HPV-related Head & Neck Cancers
Session Chair: Robert Haddad, MD |
8:10 – 8:30 a.m. | Transoral Surgery: The Future of De-escalation for HPV-mediated Oropharyngeal Cancer
Chris Holsinger, MD, FACS |
8:30 – 8:50 a.m. | Incorporating circulating tumor HPV DNA into the clinical management of HPV-positive oropharynx cancer
Eleni Rettig, MD Asst. Professor, Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School |
8:50 – 9:10 a.m. | Novel immuno-therapeutic approaches in treating HPV related oropharyngeal SCC
Nabil F. Saba, MD, FACP Professor and Vice Chair for Quality and Safety, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine |
9:10 – 9:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion |
Session 2 9:30 – 10:50 a.m. |
Non-HPV-related Head & Neck Cancers
Session Chair: Derrick Lin, MD, FACS Associate Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck; Physician and Surgeon, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Daniel Miller Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
9:30 – 9:50 a.m. | Molecular Subtypes of Squamous Cancer
Neil Hayes, MD, MS, MPH Professor |
9:50 – 10:10 a.m. | Paths Forward in HPV Negative Head & Neck Radiotherapy
Jimmy Caudell, MD, PhD Senior Member |
10:10 – 10:30 a.m. | Proteogenomics Guides Precision Treatment for HPV-negative Head and Neck Cancer
Chen Huang, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Heersink School of Medicine |
10:30 – 10:50 a.m. | Panel Discussion |
10:50 – 11:15 a.m. | Break |
11:15 – 11:45am | Patient Panel |
11:45am – 12:30 p.m. | Keynote Presentation
Integration of Radiation to Immunotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer Sana Karam, MD, PhD |
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
Session 3 1:30 – 2:50 p.m. |
Translational Approaches to Head & Neck Cancer
Session Chair: Maria Kukuruzinska, PhD |
1:30 – 1:50 p.m. | Anaplastic thyroid cancer: translational insights
Jennifer R Wang, MD, PhD, ScM, FRCSC Assistant Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, |
1:50 – 2:10 p.m. | Organoids models of head and neck cancer for translational research
Senthil K. Muthuswamy, PhD Chief, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics |
2:10 – 2:30 p.m. | Insights into head and neck cancer from studies of Fanconi anemia patients
Agata Smogorzewska, MD, PhD Professor & Head of the Laboratory of Genome Maintenance |
2:30 – 2:50 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
Session 4 2:50 – 4:10 p.m. |
Salivary Gland and Thyroid Cancers
Session Chair: Scharukh Jalisi, MD, MA, FACS |
2:50 – 3:10 p.m. | Surgical considerations for salivary gland cancer
David Cognetti, MD Professor & Chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery |
3:10 – 3:30 p.m. | Emerging Therapies for Salivary Gland Cancer
Glenn J. Hanna, MD Director, Center for Salivary and Rare Head and Neck Cancers; Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
3:30 – 3:50 p.m. | Case Presentation: Locoregionally advanced papillary thyroid cancer
Bharat Yarlagadda, MD Provider, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center |
3:50 – 4:10 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
4:10 – 4:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
Objectives
- Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe current research on the etiology, pathogenesis, metastasis and treatment of head and neck cancer
- Apply innovative therapeutic approaches to the treatment of head and neck cancer patients
- Identify the translational gap whereby advances in research are not translated into clinical applications that directly benefit patient health
Sponsors
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation
- Bien Air
- Coherus BioSciences
- Colgate-Palmolive
- DePuy Synthes
- Medtronic
- Merck
- Stryker
Contact
Maria Kukuruzinska (hncp@bu.edu)
Price/Credits
Early Bird Price (register by September 6):
$400 – Physicians/Dentists receiving CE credits
$250 – Scientists/Researchers (not receiving CE credits)
$50 – Students/Residents
Price after September 6:
$500 – Physicians/Dentists receiving CE credits
$300 – Scientists/Researchers (not receiving CE credits)
$100 – Students/Residents
7 CEUs (Continuing Dental Education and Continuing Medical Education)