Best of Hematology & Breast Cancer™ 2026, Seattle
(7.25 Credits)
Seattle Marriott Waterfront
2100 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA, United States
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
Fengting Yan, MD
Swedish Cancer Institute
Roland B. Walter, MD, PhD
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Session Chair
Fengting Yan, MD
Swedish Cancer Institute
Roland B. Walter, MD, PhD
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Chaitra Ujjani, MD
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Aaron Boothby, MD
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Vivian G Oehler, MD
Fred Huthinson Cancer Center
Marko Velimirovic, MD
University of Washington
Faculty
Sioban Bridget Keel, MD
physician
Bart L Scott, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Vivian Oehler, MD
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Thomas DeLoughery, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Vidhya Nair, DO
Fred Hutch Cancer Center/University of Washington
L. Christine Fang, MD
Swedish Cancer Institute
Ryan Cassaday, MD
University of Washington & Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Ghulam Rehman Mohyuddin, MD
University of Utah
Lynn Symonds, MD
University of Washington
Brie Chun, MD
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Julia Zhang, MD
the everett clinic
Xiaowen Wang, MD
Providence Regional Cancer Partnership
Emily N Palmquist, MD
University of Washington / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Ning Dong, MD
Swedish Hospital
Akshat Jain, RN
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Jaideep Shenoi, MD
Virgina Mason Medical Center
Mwanasha Hamuza Merrill, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Natasha Kwendakwema, MD
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Peter Jiang, Other
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Darien Reed-Perino, MD, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/University of Washington
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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