Name: Best of Hematology and Breast Cancer™ 2026, Baton Rouge
Start: 2026-02-28T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-28T08:00:00+00:00
Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Baton Rouge

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Best of Hematology and Breast Cancer™ 2026, Baton Rouge

(6.75 Credits)

Embassy Suites by Hilton Baton Rouge

4914 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

February 28, 2026

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Agenda

Saturday, February 28th, 2026

All timings are in Central Time (CDT, GMT-05:00) time.

07:00 AM - 07:50 AMRegistration, Breakfast, & Exhibits

07:50 AM - 08:15 AMWelcome and Binaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care Disparities

08:15 AM - 09:15 AMSession 1: Classical Hematology I

Session Chair:

Girindra Raval, MD

08:15 AM - 08:35 AM

Topic 1: TTP: Current Management paradigms

- Radhika Gangaraju

08:35 AM - 08:55 AM

Topic 2: Hemophilia

- Maissaa Janbain, MD

08:55 AM - 09:15 AM

Case-Based Panel Discussion

- Mark Henry Dalgetty, DO; Radhika Gangaraju; Maissaa Janbain, MD; Girindra Raval, MD; Laura Finn, MD

09:15 AM - 10:15 AMSession 2: Classical Hematology II

Session Chair:

Laura Finn, MD

09:15 AM - 09:35 AM

Topic 1: Hemoglobinopathies

- Vishwas Sakhalkar, MD

09:35 AM - 09:55 AM

Topic 2: PNH/ Aplastic Anemia/Marrow Failure Syndromes

- Laura Finn, MD

09:55 AM - 10:15 AM

Panel Discussion

- Vishwas Sakhalkar, MD; Girindra Raval, MD; Laura Finn, MD

10:15 AM - 10:40 AMBreak & Exhibits

10:40 AM - 11:30 AMSession 3: Acute Leukemia

Session Chair:

Poornima Ramadas, MD

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Topic 1: Acute Myeloid Leukemia and MDS

- Clark Alsfeld, MD

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Topic 2: B/T ALL

- Shashank Cingam, MD

11:20 AM - 11:30 AM

Panel Discussion

- Shashank Cingam, MD; Clark Alsfeld, MD; Poornima Ramadas, MD

11:30 AM - 12:30 PMLunch & Exhibits

11:30 AM - 12:30 PMProduct Theatre sponsored by Kura Oncology - Managing KOMZIFTI in Patients with R/R NPM1-m AML - Dr. Moshe Levy, Director, Hematologic Malignancies Research Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX (Atrium Back room)

12:30 PM - 01:20 PMSession 4: Chronic Leukemia

Session Chair:

Shiva Jashwanth Gaddam, MD

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Topic 1: Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and CML

- Shiva Jashwanth Gaddam, MD

12:50 PM - 01:10 PM

Topic 2: CLL

- Tatiana Han, DO

01:10 PM - 01:20 PM

Panel Discussion

- Tatiana Han, DO; Shiva Jashwanth Gaddam, MD; Poornima Ramadas, MD

01:20 PM - 02:35 PMSession 5: Lymphoma/Myeloma

Session Chair:

Praveen Ramakrishnan Geethakumari, MD, MBA

01:20 PM - 01:40 PM

Topic 1: Multiple Myeloma

- Shashank Cingam, MD

01:40 PM - 02:00 PM

Topic 2: Aggressive B cell Lymphoma (DLBCL, MCL)

- Poornima Ramadas, MD

02:00 PM - 02:20 PM

Topic 3: Indolent B cell Lymphoma (FL, MZL)

- Praveen Ramakrishnan Geethakumari, MD, MBA

02:20 PM - 02:35 PM

Panel Discussion

- Shashank Cingam, MD; Poornima Ramadas, MD; Praveen Ramakrishnan Geethakumari, MD, MBA

02:35 PM - 03:00 PMBreak & Exhibits

03:00 PM - 04:15 PMSession 6: Updates in Management of Breast Cancer

Session Chair:

Neelima Chintapalli, MD

03:00 PM - 03:20 PM

Topic 1: Early Breast Cancer

- Michelle Loch, MD

03:20 PM - 03:40 PM

Topic 2: Metastatic Breast Cancer

- Kimberly LeBlanc, MD

03:40 PM - 04:00 PM

Topic 3: Surgical Updates in Breast Cancer

- Mindy Bowie, MD

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM

Panel Discussion

- Kimberly LeBlanc, MD; Mindy Bowie, MD; Michelle Loch, MD; Neelima Chintapalli, MD

04:15 PM - 05:00 PMSession 7: Breast Cancer Case-Based Discussion

Session Chair:

Ankita Gupta, MD

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM

Case 1: Case-Based Discussion

- Kyle Jakob, MD

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Case 2: Case-Based Discussion

- Suvarna Guvvala, MD, MD

04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Panel Discussion

- Kyle Jakob, MD; Suvarna Guvvala, MD, MD; Ankita Gupta, MD; Sindhu Priya Devarashetty, MD

Conference Chair

Shashank Cingam, MD

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist Weiller

Sindhu Priya Devarashetty, MD

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist Weiller

Session Chair

Praveen Ramakrishnan Geethakumari, MD, MBA

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Laura Finn, MD

Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Neelima Chintapalli, MD

CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic

Girindra Raval, MD

Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center

Ankita Gupta, MD

Overton Brooks VA Medical Center

Poornima Ramadas, MD

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist Weiller

Shiva Jashwanth Gaddam, MD

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist Weiller

Faculty

Clark Alsfeld, MD

Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Mindy Bowie, MD

MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER

Suvarna Guvvala, MD, MD

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport

Kyle Jakob, MD

Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Kimberly LeBlanc, MD

Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center

Radhika Gangaraju

Vishwas Sakhalkar, MD

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Tatiana Han, DO

LSU Health Shreveport

Mark Henry Dalgetty, DO

Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University

Maissaa Janbain, MD

Tulane University School of Medicine

Shashank Cingam, MD

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Feist Weiller

Michelle Loch, MD

Staff

Matt Lambert, MBA

Binaytara

Binay Shah, MBBS

Anna Kharzhevskaia, PhD

Binaytara

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

This activity is supported with Independent Medical Education grants from:

Gilead
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.

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