Conferences

Name: Best of Hematology & Breast Cancer™ 2026, Houston
Start: 2026-01-23T08:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-24T08:00:00+00:00
Location: InterContinental Houston

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Best of Hematology & Breast Cancer™ 2026, Houston

(8.50 Credits)

InterContinental Houston

6750 Main Street, Houston , TX, United States

January 23 - January 24, 2026

Conference Summary:

Events Starts	Events Ends
January 23, 2026	January 24, 2026

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Agenda

Day 1: Friday, January 23rd, 2026

All timings are in Central Standard Time (CST, GMT-06:00) time.

02:00 PM - 03:00 PMRegistration, Exhibits, & Networking

03:00 PM - 04:05 PMSession 1: Classical Hematology - Cytopenias

Session Chair:

Lawrence Rice, MD

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

HUS/TTP

- Michael Bruce, MD

03:15 PM - 03:35 PM

Iron Metabolism

- Hala Hassanain, MD

03:35 PM - 03:50 PM

Clotting

- Ethan A Burns, MD

03:50 PM - 04:05 PM

Bone Marrow Failure

- Vikram Dhillon, DO, MBA

04:05 PM - 05:05 PMSession 2: Bleeding & Clotting Disorder

Session Chair:

Jenny Petkova, MD

04:05 PM - 04:35 PM

Bleeding Disorders (Not ITP)

- Jenny Petkova, MD

04:35 PM - 05:05 PM

Autoimmune Cytopenia

- Senthil Sukumar, MD

05:05 PM - 06:05 PMReception

Day 2: Saturday, January 24th, 2026

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMRegistration, Exhibits & Breakfast

08:00 AM - 08:05 AMWelcome

08:05 AM - 08:30 AMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care Disparities

08:30 AM - 09:30 AMSession 3: Acute Leukemia

08:30 AM - 09:00 AM

Acute Myeloid Leukemia/MDS

- Tareq Mazen Izzeddin Abuasab, MD

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

- Shilpan Shah, MD

09:30 AM - 10:45 AMSession 4: Lymphoma

Session Chair:

Sravanti P Teegavarapu, MD

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

B-Cell Lymphoma

- Sravanti P Teegavarapu, MD

09:55 AM - 10:20 AM

CLL

- Johnathan Fraebel, MD

10:20 AM - 10:45 AM

T-Cell Lymphoma

- Ranjit Nair, MD

10:45 AM - 11:00 AMBreak & Exhibits

11:00 AM - 12:00 PMSession 5: Multiple Myeloma

Session Chair:

Sarvari Yellapragada, MD

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Frontline Therapy of Multiple Myeloma

- Carrie Hau Lai Yuen, MD

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Relapsed/Recurrent Multiple Myeloma

- Sarvari Yellapragada, MD

12:00 PM - 01:00 PMLunch & Exhibits

01:00 PM - 02:00 PMSession 6: Hematologic Malignancies

Session Chair:

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Challenging Cases in Leukemia

- Martha Mims, MD, PhD

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM

Cellular Therapy

- Premal Lulla, MD

02:00 PM - 02:15 PMBreak & Exhibits

02:15 PM - 03:45 PMSession 7: Updates in Management of Breast Cancer

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM

HER2 Positive Breast Cancer

- Polly Niravath, MD

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM

Triple Negative and HER2 Low Breast Cancer

- Jasmine Singh Sukumar, MD

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM

ER/PR Positive Breast Cancer

- Jason Mouabbi, MD

03:45 PM - 04:35 PMSession 8: Tumor-Board Style Case-based Discussion: Breast Cancer

Session Chair:

Michelina Cairo, MD

03:45 PM - 03:55 PM

Metaplastic Breast Cancer

- Blessie Nelson, MD

03:55 PM - 04:05 PM

Brain Mets

- Lynne Cook, MD

04:05 PM - 04:15 PM

Surgery: Less is More

- Luis Hernandez Flores, MD

04:15 PM - 04:25 PM

Radiation - Keep it Simple

- Snehal Desai, MD

04:25 PM - 04:35 PM

DCIS

- Sidrah Shah, MD

04:35 PM - 04:35 PMAdjourn

Conference Chair

Shilpan Shah, MD

Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center

Julie Rani Nangia, MD

Session Chair

Jenny Petkova, MD

Houston methodist hospital

Lawrence Rice, MD

Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College and Houston Methodist Hospital

Sravanti P Teegavarapu, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Sarvari Yellapragada, MD

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

Baylor College of Medicine

Michelina Cairo, MD

Texas Oncology

Faculty

Vikram Dhillon, MBA, DO

Houston Methodist Cancer Center

Johnathan Fraebel, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Tareq Mazen Izzeddin Abuasab, MD

Blessie Nelson, MD

Jason Mouabbi, MD

Senthil Sukumar, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Lynne Cook, MD

Jasmine Singh Sukumar, MD

Ranjit Nair, MD

Premal Lulla, MD

Sidrah Shah, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Ethan A Burns, MD

Snehal Desai, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Carrie Hau Lai Yuen, MD

Sarvari Yellapragada, MD

Hala Hassanain, MD

Houston Methodist

Michael Bruce, MD

Polly Niravath, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital

Luis Hernandez Flores, MD

Staff

Stephanie Pan

Binaytara

Suyog Kadel, MSc

BTF Nepal

Justin Ryan Marquart, MBA

Binaytara

Acknowledgement of Commerical Support

This activity is supported with Independent Medical Education grants from:

Gilead
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc
Pfizer

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