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Best of Hematology & Breast Cancer™ 2026, Houston

Accreditation: 8.50 ABIM MOC II | 8.50 ACPE Pharmacy | 8.50 Nursing Contact Hours | 8.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Venue: InterContinental Houston, 6750 Main Street, Houston , TX, United States

Start Date: January 23End Date: January 24, 2026

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Our Speakers

Planning Committee

Shilpan Shah, MD

Conference Chair

Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center

Julie Rani Nangia, MD

Conference Chair

Faculty

Jenny Petkova, MD

Session Chair

Houston methodist hospital

Lawrence Rice, MD

Session Chair

Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College and Houston Methodist Hospital

Sravanti P Teegavarapu, MD

Session Chair

Baylor College of Medicine

Sarvari Yellapragada, MD

Session Chair

Martha Mims, MD, PhD

Session Chair

Baylor College of Medicine

Michelina Cairo, MD

Session Chair

Texas Oncology

Vikram Dhillon, MBA, DO

Faculty

Houston Methodist Cancer Center

Johnathan Fraebel, MD

Faculty

Baylor College of Medicine

Tareq Mazen Izzeddin Abuasab, MD

Faculty

Blessie Nelson, MD

Faculty

Jason Mouabbi, MD

Faculty

Senthil Sukumar, MD

Faculty

Baylor College of Medicine

Lynne Cook, MD

Faculty

Jasmine Singh Sukumar, MD

Faculty

Ranjit Nair, MD

Faculty

Premal Lulla, MD

Faculty

Sidrah Shah, MD

Faculty

Baylor College of Medicine

Ethan A Burns, MD

Faculty

Snehal Desai, MD

Faculty

Baylor College of Medicine

Carrie Hau Lai Yuen, MD

Faculty

Sarvari Yellapragada, MD

Faculty

Hala Hassanain, MD

Faculty

Houston Methodist

Michael Bruce, MD

Faculty

Polly Niravath, MD

Faculty

Houston Methodist Hospital

Luis Hernandez Flores, MD

Faculty

Our 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

Acknowledgement of Commerical Support

This activity is supported with Independent Medical Education grants from:

Gilead
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc
Pfizer

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