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West Oncology Conference


  • Hilton Memphis 939 Ridge Lake Boulevard Memphis, TN, 38120 United States (map)

In-Person Access Only | 7.50 CE/CME Credits & MOC Points

All programs remain free. Registrations will require a credit card as a cancellation hold. A fee of $99 will only be incurred in the event of a no-show or cancellation within 5 days without written confirmation to the Total Health Program Team.

The 10th Annual West Oncology Conference will serve as a valuable forum for presenting and discussing new research findings in oncology education.

Learners will be provided updates on practice-changing data in breast cancers, genitourinary cancers, hematological malignancies, gastrointestinal cancers, and lung cancers – all in a practical and interactive format, fostering discussion and impacting patient clinical outcomes. This accredited meeting will be an in-person conference with on-demand access for registered attendees.

 

Conference Agenda Saturday, February 8, 2025

8:00 AM
Coffee and Exhibits

8:30 AM
Program Chair Welcome

8:35 AM
Lifestyle Tips and Strategies Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET | Cancer Wellness for Life

8:40 AM
Updates in Colorectal Cancer Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD | Keck Medicine of USC

9:00 AM
Updates in Non-Colorectal Cancer Tyler Johnson, MD | Stanford University

9:20 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Gastrointestinal Cancer Axel Grothey, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Tyler Johnson, MD | Stanford University Heather Greene, MSN, FNP, AOCNP | West Cancer Center  Paxton Dickson, MD | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center  Noam Vanderwalde, MD, MS | West Cancer Center Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD | Keck Medicine of USC 

9:35 AM
Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant: A New Paradigm for NSCLC David Carbone, MD, PHD | The Ohio State University

9:55 AM
Established and New Target Therapies in NSCLC Fred Hirsch, MD, PhD | Mount Sinai

10:15 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Lung Cancer Ramakrishna Battini, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Jason Porter, MD | West Cancer Center  Holger Gieschen, MD | West Cancer Center  David Carbone, MD, PHD | The Ohio State University Fred Hirsch, MD, PhD | Mount Sinai

10:30 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

10:45 AM
Non-CME Breakfast provided by Regeneron

11:30 AM
Updates in CLL William Wierda, MD, PhD | MD Anderson Cancer Center 

11:50 AM
Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma Pierluigi Porcu, MD | Jefferson University

12:10 PM
Updates on Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia George Yaghmour, MD | Keck Medicinve of USC

12:30 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Hematological Malignancies Jason Chandler, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Pierluigi Porcu, MD | Jefferson University  George Yaghmour, MD | Keck Medicine of USC William Wierda, MD, PhD | MD Anderson Cancer Center 

12:45 AM
Lifestyle Tips and Strategies Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET | Cancer Wellness for Life

12:50 PM
Lunch and Exhibits

1:05 PM
Non-CME Lunch provided by Pfizer

1:50 PM
Housekeeping and Survey

1:55 PM
Molecular Tumor Board Panel Axel Grothey, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Amber Fifield, PhD | Caris  Lauren Welch MSN, NP-C, AOCNP | Medical Affairs - Guardant Health  Lee Schwartzberg, MD, FACP | Renown Health 

2:35 PM
Cellular Therapy For Solid Tumor - Where are we now and where are we going?
Brian Van Tine, MD, PhD | Washington University in St. Louis

3:05 PM
Networking Reception

3:35 PM
Adjourn

Sunday, February 9, 2025

8:00 AM
Coffee and Exhibits

8:30 AM
Program Chair Welcome

8:35 AM
Lifestyle Tips and Strategies Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET | Cancer Wellness for Life
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8:40 AM
Updates in Non-Prostate Cancer Charles Nguyen, MD | City of Hope 

9:00 AM
Updates in Prostate Cancer Tian Zhang, MD | UT Southwestern Medical Center

9:20 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Genitourinary Cancer Brad Somer, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Charles Nguyen, MD | City of Hope  Daniel Vaena, MD | West Cancer Center  Tian Zhang, MD | UT Southwestern Medical Center

9:35 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

9:50 AM
Non-CME Breakfast

10:35 AM
Lifestyle Tips and Strategies Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET | Cancer Wellness for Life
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10:40 AM
Where is AI going in Oncology? Douglas Flora, MD | St. Elizabeth Healthcare

11:10 AM
Pharmacologic Management of Obesity Anna Bradley, MD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center

11:25 AM
Obesity Epidemic - Attacking America's Biggest Carcinogen Brad Somer, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET | Cancer Wellness for Life
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11:55 AM
K-RAS Targeting – The Cusp of a Game Changer Target Axel Grothey, MD | West Cancer Center 

12:15 PM
Lunch and Exhibits

12:30 PM
Non-CME Lunch

1:15 PM
Lifestyle Tips and Strategies Sami Mansfield, BA, ACSM-CET | Cancer Wellness for Life
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1:20 PM
Management of Metastatic Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Erica Stringer-Reasor, MD | UAB Medicine

1:40 PM
CNS Management HER+ Erin Cobain, MD | University of Michigan

2:00 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Breast Cancer Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center  Alyssa Pittman, MD | West Cancer Center  Erica Stringer-Reasor, MD | UAB Medicine  Erin Cobain, MD | University of Michigan Noam Vanderwalde, MD, MS | West Cancer Center  Richard Gilmore, MD | West Cancer Center 

2:15 PM
Adjourn

Agenda Subject To Change. All times are CST.

 
    • Identify novel targeted and immunologic approaches to therapy for various cancers

    • Integrate recent findings on healthcare disparities into optimal therapy selection for individual patients with cancer

    • Identify optimal therapies for patients and managing and mitigating side effects

    • Describe findings from recent clinical trials evaluating immunotherapies

    • Identify strategies to prevent and manage the treatment related adverse events of targeted therapies and immunotherapies to improve tolerability and maintain quality of life

    • Foster discussions on equitable and equal access and delivery of care for disparate populations, including discussing research and drug and diagnostic pipeline development that include underserved and underrepresented patients

  • In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Total Health. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

    • Nurses (ANCC) Credit Designation
      Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 7.50 ANCC contact hours.

    • Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation
      Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    • Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE) Credit Designation
      Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 7.50 knowledge-based CPE contact hours.

      NOTE to Pharmacists: The only official Statement of Credit is the one you pull from CPE Monitor. You must request your certificate within 30 days of your participation in the activity to meet the deadline for submission to CPE Monitor.

    American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC Credit

    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.50 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. You must request your certificate within 30 days of the activity to meet the deadline for submission to PARS.

    • Free registration for all healthcare providers

    • Expert sessions that present the most clinically relevant data, research, and clinical strategies

    • Enduring video content for watching at your leisure

    • Real-time discussion and debate

    • Networking with peers, colleagues, and medical professionals

    • Access to the latest industry information and resources

    • Catered meals through-out the program

 
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