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Agenda

Please note that this agenda is preliminary and is subject to change.

Thursday, February 29

4-6 pm – Attendee & Exhibitor Registration
Hotel Lobby

6-7:30 pm – Welcome Cocktail Reception
Beverages and light hors d’oeuvres to be served

Friday, March 1

6:30 am – Breakfast, Registration & Exhibits 
Ballroom Foyer

7:30 am – Welcome Address
Joshua Eisenberg, MD, FACS
Chief Physician Executive, Capital Health

7:40 am – Medical Director Address
Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS
Medical Director, Capital Health Cancer Center

8 am – Breast Radiology
Margarita Zuley, MD, FACR
Chief of Breast Imaging, Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC

8:30 am – Breast Pathology
Alessandro Bombonati, MD
Pathologist, Main Line Health Bryn Mawr Hospital

9 am – Breast Cancer Navigation
Nicole Centers RN, BSN, OCN, CBCN, CN-BN
Executive Director Oncology Service Line, Nurse Leader

9:30 am – Breast Surgery
Emilia Diego, MD
Division Chief of Breast Surgery and Co-Director of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center/Magee Womens Hospital Breast Cancer Program

10 am – Coffee Break & Exhibits
Ballroom Foyer

10:20 am – Palliative Care: Navigating the Road Ahead
Elizabeth J. Lilley, MD, MPH
Surgeon, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

10:50 am – Q&A Panel
Moderator: Lisa Allen, MD
Medical Director, Center for Comprehensive Breast Care, Capital Health

11:10 am – Podium Presentation Session
Moderator: Robert Remstein, DO, MBA, FACP
Chief Academic Officer, Capital Health

12:10 pm – President & CEO Address
Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE
President & CEO, Capital Health

12:20 pm – Lunch & Exhibits
The Stenton Room

1 pm – Keynote Speaker: Eliminating Surgery & Radiation Clinical Trials for Exceptional Responders with Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for Breast Cancer
Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS
Executive Director, Breast Programs, MD Anderson Cancer Network

1:40 pm – Breast Cancer Reconstructive Surgery
Gary A. Tuma, MD
Reconstructive Surgeon & Chief Medical Officer, Capital Health

2:10 pm – The Latest Clinical Developments in Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
Gary M. Freedman, MD
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, Physician, Penn Medicine Radiation Oncology

2:40 pm – Novel Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Breast Cancer: HER2-low, Trop2 and Beyond
Paolo Tarantino, MD
Advanced Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

3:10 pm – Coffee Break & Exhibits
Ballroom Foyer

3:30 pm – Medical Oncology & Clinical Trials
Erica A. Linden, MD
Medical Director, Breast Oncology and Cancer Genetics, Capital Health

4 pm – Cancer: A Primary Care Perspective
Jerrold S. Gertzman, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Capital Health Medical Group

4:30 pm – Q&A Panel
Moderator: Scott Kindsfather, MD
Medical Director of Medical Oncology, Capital Health

5:30-7:30 pm – Conference Dinner
The Stenton Room

Saturday, March 2

6:30 am – Breakfast & Exhibits
Ballroom Foyer

7:30 am – Immunotherapy
Pamela A. Crilley, DO
Medical Oncologist, Capital Health

8:00 am – Microbiome and the Use of AI
Arturo Loaiza-Bonilla, MD, MSEd, FACP
Medical Oncologist & Director of the Office of Clinical Research, Capital Health

8:30 am – Using Artificial Intelligence for Early Cancer Detection and Treatment Planning
Nikhil Thaker, MD, MHA, MBA, PMP, CMQ, FABS, DABR, DABPM
Medical Director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Capital Health

9:00 am – Pain Management in Cancer Care
Jorge E. Alvarez, MD
Director of Interventional Pain Management, Capital Health

9:30 am – Q&A Panel
Moderator: Gopal Desai, MD
Radiation Oncologist, Capital Health

9:50 am – Coffee Break & Exhibits
Ballroom Foyer

10:10 am – Podium Presentation Session
Moderator: Saba Hasan, MD, MACP
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency

12:25 pm – Closing Remarks
Cataldo Doria, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

12:27 pm – Exhibit Hall Passport Raffle Award
Ladan Zarifian, MBA, MHA

12:30 pm – Lunch
The Stenton Room