Lung Cancer & Other Thoracic Malignancies: Advances in the Management and Diagnosis
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Dinner
Friday, March 23, 2012
Hilton Anatole Hotel- Dallas
Keynote Address: Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) and Statewide Clinical Trials Network of Texas (CTNeT): The Present and Future of Clinical Research in Texas -Implications for the Private Practitioner Alfred Gilman, MD, PhD and Charles Geyer, Jr., MD
Agenda
Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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| 7 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8 a.m. | Introduction- Kemp Kernstine, MD, PhD |
| 8:10 a.m. | Screening for Lung Cancer – Deni Aberle, MD |
| 8:30 a.m. | Solitary Pulmonary Nodules & Lung Masses. What to Do, Who to Refer, What to Follow? – Muhanned Abu-Hijleh, MD |
| 8:50 a.m. | Imaging Techniques to Evaluate and Stage Thoracic Cancers – Alexander Bankier, MD |
| 9:10 a.m. | Interactive– Group Leader – Thomas Chiu, MD |
| 9:30 a.m. | Break |
| 9:45 a.m. | Smoking Cessation – Linda Sarna, DNSc, RN |
| 10:05 a.m. | Reflux, Esophagitis and Barrett’s Esophagus: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention – Stuart Spechler, MD |
| 10:30 a.m. | Personalized Medicine in Thoracic Malignancies: Selecting the Most Effective Therapy – David Gerber, MD |
| 10:50 a.m. | Radiation Therapy: Curative Options, Minimizing Side Effects – Hak Choy, MD |
| 11:10 a.m. | Interactive– Group Leader – James Kim, MD, PhD |
| 11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 12 p.m. | Lunch- History Of Lung Cancer – David Johnson, MD |
| 1 p.m. | New Advances in Surgery–The Era of Minimal Access – Kemp Kernstine, MD, PhD |
| 1:20 p.m. | Applying the New Genomics to Identify Multiple New Therapeutic Targets for Curing Lung Cancer – John Minna, MD |
| 1:40 p.m. | Adjuvant Therapy for Lung Cancer: How Far We Have Come and Where We are Going – Joan Schiller, MD |
| 2 p.m. | Interactive– Group Leader – Michael DiMaio, MD |
| 2:20 p.m. | Break |
| 2:35 p.m. | Small Cell Lung Cancer: Increasing Options and Better Results – Puneeth Iyengar, MD, PhD |
| 2:55 p.m. | Thymus Cancers: Addressing the Anterior Mediastinal Mass, Diagnostic,New Staging System and Treatment Options – Patrick Loehrer, MD |
| 3:15 p.m. | Mesothelioma: Differential of Pleural Thickening, Diagnosis, Staging, Treatment Options and Outcomes – Jonathan Dowell, MD |
| 3:35 p.m. | Interactive- Group Leader – Michael Wait, MD |
| 3:55 p.m. | Break |
| 4:10 p.m. | Lung Cancer in the Never Smoker – Adi Gazdar, MD |
| 4:30 p.m. | Esophageal Cancer: Most Rapidly Rising Solid Tumor. Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment & Results – David Wang, MD, PhD |
| 5 p.m. | Closing Remarks- Kemp Kernstine, MD, PhD |