Event Schedule/Speakers

Friday, November 12, 2010
6:30p Cocktail Party for Attendees – Dangerbird Records

Saturday, November 13, 2010
8:00a Check-in opens – Continental Breakfast

9:00a Welcome – Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine/University of Southern California
Director, Clinical Trials Office, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

9:10a Wilms Tumor Biology: What are the Missing Pieces of the Puzzle?
Jeffrey S. Dome, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Oncology
Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s National Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine

10:00a Surgical Issues with Wilms Tumors
Michael La Quaglia, MD, FACS, FAAP, FRCS (Ed Hon)
Chief, Pediatric Surgical Service
Joseph H. Burchenal Chair in Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

10:50a Critical Issues in the Pathologic Classification of Wilms Tumors
Elizabeth J. Perlman, MD
Pathologist-in-Chief, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago

11:45a LUNCH

12:45p All About The Pablove Foundation
Jeff Castelaz, Chairman and Co-Founder of The Pablove Foundation

1:00p Radiation Therapy in Wilms Tumor:
Current Approaches and Future Plans
John Kalapurakal, MD
Co-director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, Falk Brain Tumor Center, Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

1:50p Role of Chemotherapy in Wilms Tumor:
What Clinical Trials Have Taught Us
Marcio H. Malogolowkin, MD
Division Head, Hematology-Oncology for Clinical Affairs and Clinical Research Director, Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Program, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine/University of Southern California

2:40p Late Effects of Treatment for Wilms Tumor
Daniel M. Green, MD
Member, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

3:30p COFFEE BREAK

3:45p End of Life (Pediatric Hospice and Bereavement)
Gay Walker RN, CHPN
Manager of Trinity Kids Care Hospice

4:30p Parent Forum – Q and A
Speakers joined by Pediatric Oncology Nurse Patricia Rios RN, BSN, CPON

5:00p Closing

Registration is free! Breakfast, lunch, and refreshments will be provided for all attendees. Free parking or a one-day Metro pass will also be provided to all registrants for the day of the symposium.