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Best of Hematology & Breast Cancer™ 2026, Seattle

(7.25 Credits)

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Seattle Marriott Waterfront

2100 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA, United States

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January 17, 2026

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Agenda

Saturday, January 17th, 2026

All timings are in Pacific Time (PDT, GMT-07:00) time.

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMBreakfast, Registration & Exhibits

08:00 AM - 08:05 AMWelcome

08:05 AM - 08:20 AMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care

08:20 AM - 09:20 AMSession 1: SESSION 1: Hematologic Malignancies

Session Chair:

Vivian G Oehler, MD

08:20 AM - 08:40 AM

MPN

- Vivian Oehler, MD

08:40 AM - 09:00 AM

Cellular Therapy

- Matthew Harold Schwede, MD

09:00 AM - 09:20 AM

Q & A

09:20 AM - 10:05 AMSession 2: SESSION 2: Acute Leukemia

Session Chair:

Roland B. Walter, MD, PhD

09:20 AM - 09:35 AM

AML / MDS

- Bart L Scott, MD

09:35 AM - 09:50 AM

ALL

- Ryan Cassaday, MD

09:50 AM - 10:05 AM

Case-Based Panel Discussion | Acute Myeloid Leukemia

- Jaideep Shenoi, MD

10:05 AM - 10:50 AMBreak & Exhibits (Product Theater sponsored by Kura Oncology)

10:50 AM - 11:50 AMSession 3: SESSION 3: Lymphoma

Session Chair:

Chaitra Ujjani, MD

10:50 AM - 11:05 AM

B-Cell Lymphoma

- Chaitra Ujjani, MD

11:05 AM - 11:20 AM

CLL

- Mwanasha Hamuza Merrill, MD

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM

T-Cell Lymphoma

- Ning Dong, MD

11:35 AM - 11:50 AM

Q & A

11:50 AM - 12:35 PMSession 4: SESSION 4: Multiple Myeloma

Session Chair:

Roland B. Walter, MD, PhD

11:50 AM - 12:05 PM

Frontline Therapy of Multiple Myeloma

- Andrew Cowan, MD

12:05 PM - 12:20 PM

Relapsed / Recurrent Multiple Myeloma

- Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, MD

12:20 PM - 12:35 PM

Case-Based Panel Discussion

- Julia Zhang, MD

12:35 PM - 01:35 PMLunch & Exhibits (Product Theater sponsored by Eli Lilly)

01:35 PM - 02:35 PMSession 5: SESSION 5: Classical Hematology

Session Chair:

Aaron Boothby, MD

01:35 PM - 01:50 PM

Cancer-Associated Thrombosis

- Akshat Jain, RN

01:50 PM - 02:05 PM

Autoimmune Cytopenias

- Thomas DeLoughery, MD

02:05 PM - 02:20 PM

Cancer Predisposition Syndromes

- Sioban Bridget Keel, MD

02:20 PM - 02:35 PM

Q&A

02:35 PM - 03:35 PMSession 6: SESSION 6: Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Escalation vs De-Escalation

Session Chair:

Fengting Yan, MD

02:35 PM - 02:50 PM

Who Really Needs More Adjuvant Therapy?

- Brie Chun, MD

02:50 PM - 03:05 PM

Radiation: Doing Less Without Compromising Cure

- L. Christine Fang, MD

03:05 PM - 03:20 PM

Surgery: Doing Less Without Compromising Cure

- Emily N Palmquist, MD

03:20 PM - 03:35 PM

Case-Based Panel Discussion | Triple Negative Breast Cancer Local Recurrence

- Peter Jiang, Other

03:35 PM - 03:50 PMBreak & Exhibits

03:50 PM - 04:50 PMSession 7: SESSION 7: Metastatic Disease, Local Therapy & Survivorship

Session Chair:

Hannah Linden, MD

03:50 PM - 04:05 PM

What's Next After CDK4/6? ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer

- Hannah Linden, MD

04:05 PM - 04:20 PM

Are we Finally Winning in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?

- Lynn Symonds, MD

04:20 PM - 04:35 PM

Less May be More: De-escalation in HER2+ Disease

- Vidhya Nair, DO

04:35 PM - 04:50 PM

Case-Based Panel Discussion | A metastatic breast cancer case, ER positive, Her2 negative

- Xiaowen Wang, MD

04:50 PM - 05:20 PMSession 8: SESSION 8: Open bar and all you can eat? Impact of lifestyle in breast cancer risk and recurrence.

Session Chair:

Marko Velimirovic, MD

04:50 PM - 05:05 PM

Importance of lifestyle factors in breast cancer care (update from SABCS)

- Natasha Kwendakwema, MD

05:05 PM - 05:20 PM

Panel Discussion

- Marko Velimirovic, MD; Darien Reed-Perino, MD, PhD; Fengting Yan, MD

Conference Chair

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Fengting Yan, MD

Swedish Cancer Institute

Roland Walter

Roland B. Walter, MD, PhD

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Session Chair

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Fengting Yan, MD

Swedish Cancer Institute

Roland Walter

Roland B. Walter, MD, PhD

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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Chaitra Ujjani, MD

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Aaron Boothby

Aaron Boothby, MD

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

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Vivian G Oehler, MD

Fred Huthinson Cancer Center

MV

Marko Velimirovic, MD

University of Washington

Faculty

SK

Sioban Bridget Keel, MD

physician

BS

Bart L Scott, MD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

VO

Vivian Oehler, MD

Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

TD

Thomas DeLoughery, MD

Oregon Health & Science University

VN

Vidhya Nair, DO

Fred Hutch Cancer Center/University of Washington

LF

L. Christine Fang, MD

Swedish Cancer Institute

RC

Ryan Cassaday, MD

University of Washington & Fred Hutch Cancer Center

GM

Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, MD

University of Utah

LS

Lynn Symonds, MD

University of Washington

BC

Brie Chun, MD

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

JZ

Julia Zhang, MD

the everett clinic

XW

Xiaowen Wang, MD

Providence Regional Cancer Partnership

Emily Palmquist

Emily N Palmquist, MD

University of Washington / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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Ning Dong, MD

Swedish Hospital

AJ

Akshat Jain, RN

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JS

Jaideep Shenoi, MD

Virgina Mason Medical Center

MM

Mwanasha Hamuza Merrill, MD

University of California, San Francisco

NK

Natasha Kwendakwema, MD

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PJ

Peter Jiang, Other

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DR

Darien Reed-Perino, MD, PhD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/University of Washington

MS

Matthew Harold Schwede, MD

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Acknowledgement of Commerical Support

This activity is supported with Independent Medical Education grants from:

  • Gilead
  • Stemline Therapeutics, Inc

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