2022 Hematology and Medical Oncology Best Practices Virtual (8 Days)

August 11, 2022 to August 18, 2022
The most comprehensive board review for physicians preparing to take the Hematology and Oncology certification exams or those desiring a comprehensive update of hematology and medical oncology standards of care.
 

Course Features

All registered attendees receive:
 
  • A comprehensive review of Hematology and Oncology exam-focused content guided by the ABIM exam blueprint
  • Instruction by the nation's leading clinician-educators
  • Daily Board Review Sessions- Allows attendees to gauge their knowledge base and become familiar with Interactive case-based board-type questions 
  • Access to Course Electronic Syllabus and Slide Handouts
  • Access to the archived course recordings until Sunday, December 31, 2023 
  • All content can be conveniently accessed from your computer, mobile device, or smartphone
  • CME credits and MOC points 

Target Audience

This course is ideal for physicians preparing to take the Hematology and Oncology certification exams as well as individuals desiring a comprehensive review of hematology and medical oncology standards of care.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the Hematology and Oncology Best Practices course, the successful learner will be able to:

Hematology

  • Understand both established information and recent clinical advances in immunohematology, bone marrow transplantation, and hematopoietic growth factors
  • Understand both established information and recent clinical advances in coagulopathies, anticoagulant and thrombolytic therapies
  • Understand blood and marrow morphology and hematopathology
  • Understand red cell disorders

Hematologic Malignancies

  • Understand the most recent advances in the pharmacology and toxicology of anti-neoplastic drugs
  • Be familiar with the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of hematologic malignancies
  • Identify strategies for taking the board examinations

Oncology

  • Understand the epidemiology of malignant diseases and management of the medical complications of malignancy
  • Comprehend the principles of management of gynecologic and other genito-urinary malignancies
  • Identify the latest advances in cancers of the lung, the breast, and the gastrointestinal tract
  • Recognize principles of new developments in biologic therapy of cancer
  • Contend with complexity of HIV-related malignancies
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 70.25 ABIM MOC 2
  • 70.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 70.25 Completion
Course opens: 
02/15/2022
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
08/11/2022 - 6:00am EDT
Event ends: 
08/18/2022 - 7:00pm EDT
Cost:
$2,000.00
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Course Syllabus

Course Director: Robert S. Siegel, MD

 

Thursday, August 11, 2022- Day 1: Hematology Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

08:00 AM – 08:05 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

08:05 AM – 08:55 AM

Biology of Hematopoiesis

Jerry L. Spivak, MD, MACP

08:55 AM – 09:55 AM

Iron Deficiency and Overload

Victor R. Gordeuk, MD

09:55 AM – 10:15 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM

Hemoglobinopathies

Victor Gordeuk, MD

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Anemia of Chronic Illness

Vera Malkovska, MD

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

12:30 PM – 02:00 PM

Lunch Review Session 1:
Anemias, Hemoglobinopathies,
and Sickle Cell Disease Overview

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. V. Gordeuk | Dr. S. Saraf | Dr. I. Tabbara

02:00 PM – 02:30 PM

Porphyrias

Victor Gordeuk, MD

02:30 PM – 03:15 PM

Megaloblastic and Sideroblastic Anemias

Vera Malkovska, MD

03:15 PM – 04:00 PM

Hemolytic Anemia

Imad A. Tabbara, MD

04:00 PM – 04:20 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

04:20 PM – 05:00 PM

Red Cell Enzymes, Membranes,
and Metabolism

Imad A. Tabbara, MD

05:00 PM – 05:45 PM

Sickling Disorders

Santosh Saraf, MD

05:45 PM – 05:50 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

05:50 PM – 07:00 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

05:50 PM – 09:00 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

    
 
 

Friday, August 12, 2022- Day 2: Hematology Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

08:00 AM – 08:05 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

08:05 AM – 08:45 AM

Mechanisms for Clotting

Nigel Key, MD

08:45 AM – 09:20 AM

The Hemophilias

Nigel Key, MD

09:20 AM – 10:05 AM

Von Willebrand’s Disease

Alice Ma, MD, FACP

10:05 AM – 10:25 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

10:25 AM – 11:10 AM

Acquired Disorders of Coagulation

Alice Ma, MD, FACP

11:10 AM – 12:15 PM

Hypercoagulable States

Kenneth A. Bauer, MD

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

12:45 PM – 02:15 PM

Lunch Review Session 2:
Clotting and Bleeding Disorders

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. K. Bauer | Dr. N. Key | Dr. A. Ma |
Dr. B. Macik | Dr. A. Rao

02:15 PM – 03:00 PM

ITP and Drug-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Robert S. Siegel, MD

03:00 PM – 04:00 PM

Qualitative Platelet Defects

A. Koneti Rao, MBBS

04:00 PM – 04:20 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

04:20 PM – 05:05 PM

Oral Anticoagulants and Antithrombotic Therapy

B. Gail Macik, MD

05:05 PM – 05:40 PM

Parenteral Antithrombotics and Thrombolytic Therapy

B. Gail Macik, MD

05:40 PM – 05:45 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

05:45 PM – 06:45 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

05:45 PM – 08:45 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

 
 

Saturday, August 13, 2022- Day 3: Hematology Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

08:00 AM – 08:05 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

08:05 AM – 09:00 AM

Transfusion Medicine

Speaker- (tba)

09:00 AM – 09:35 AM

Platelet Alloimmunization

Speaker- (tba)

09:35 AM – 10:15 AM

White Cell Disorders

Amy DeZern, MD, MHS

10:15 AM – 10:35 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

10:35 AM – 11:30 AM

Bone Marrow Failure

Amy DeZern, MD, MHS

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Consumptive Thrombohemorrhagic Disorders (DIC, TTP, HUS)

Michele P. Lambert, MD, MSTR

12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

12:30 PM – 02:15 PM

Lunch Review Session 3:
White Cell Disorders, Bone Marrow Failure, TTP, HUS, DIC and HIT

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. A. DeZern | Dr. M. Lambert | Dr. T. Warkentin

02:15 PM – 03:15 PM

DIC, HIT, and Limb Gangrene

Theodore (Ted) Warkentin, MD

03:15 PM – 04:00 PM

Hematologic Complications
of Pregnancy

Robert S. Siegel, MD

04:00 PM – 04:20 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

04:20 PM – 05:10 PM

ABO Incompatibility and Other Transfusion-Related Issues in Hematopoietic Transplantation

Shelley Kalsi, MD

05:10 PM – 05:55 PM

Review of Cellular Morphology

Donald Karcher, MD

05:55 PM – 06:00 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

06:00 PM – 07:00 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

06:00 PM – 09:00 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

 

Sunday, August 14, 2022- Day 4: Hematologic Malignancies Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

06:30 AM – 07:30 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

06:30 AM – 07:30 AM

Breakfast Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

07:30 AM – 07:35 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

07:35 AM– 08:35 AM

Pathology of Lymphomas

L. Jeffrey Medeiros, MD

08:35 AM – 09:35 AM

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

John Leonard, MD

09:35 AM – 09:55 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

09:55 AM – 10:50 AM

Multiple Myeloma, Plasmacytoma,
and MGUS

S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD

10:50 AM – 11:30 AM

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

John Leonard, MD

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Hagop Kantarjian, MD

12:15 PM – 12:45 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

12:45 PM – 02:30 PM

Lunch Review Session 4:
Lymphomas, CLL, ALL, CML, Plasma
Cell Disorders, and MDS

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. M. Davids | Dr. H. Kantarjian | Dr. J. Leonard | Dr. S. Rajkumar | Dr. M. Sekeres

02:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Hagop Kantarjian, MD

03:15 PM – 04:00 PM

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Matthew Davids, MD

04:00 PM – 04:20 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

04:20 PM – 05:05 PM

Myelodysplasia

Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS

05:05 PM – 05:55 PM

Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
and Amyloidosis

Morie A. Gertz, MD, MACP

05:55 PM – 06:00 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

06:00 PM – 07:00 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

06:00 PM – 09:00 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

Monday, August 15, 2022- Day 5: Hematologic Malignancies Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

 

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

08:00 AM – 08:05 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

 

08:05 AM – 09:05 AM

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Richard Stone, MD

 

09:05 AM – 09:50 AM

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Forrest M. Stewart, MD

 

09:50 AM – 10:10 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

10:10 AM – 11:10 AM

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

Ayalew Tefferi, MD

 

11:10 AM – 12:10 PM

Pharmacology I

Edward Chu, MD, MMS

 

12:10 PM – 12:40 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

12:40 PM – 02:30 PM

Lunch Review Session 5:
AML, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Myeloproliferative Neoplasm and Pharmacology

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. E. Chu | Dr. F. Stewart | Dr. R. Stone |
Dr. A. Tefferi

 

02:20 PM – 03:05 PM

Pharmacology II

Edward Chu, MD, MMS

 

03:05 PM – 03:35 PM

Pharmacology III

Edward Chu, MD, MMS

 

03:35 PM – 03:55 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

03:55 PM – 04:40 PM

Palliative Care

Erica Schockett, MD

 

04:40 PM – 05:30 PM

Next Gen Sequencing for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neoplastic Disorders

Howard A. Burris III, MD, FACP, FASCO

 

05:30 PM – 06:10 PM

T Cell Therapies for Cancer

Catherine Bollard, MBChB, MD, FRACP, FRCPA

 

06:10 PM – 06:15 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

 

06:15 PM – 07:15 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

06:15 PM – 09:15 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 16, 2022- Day 6: Oncology Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

06:45 AM – 07:45 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

06:45 AM – 07:45 AM

Breakfast Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

07:45 AM – 07:50 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

07:50 AM – 08:50 AM

Familial Cancer Syndromes

Elizabeth Stark, MS, CGC

08:50 AM – 09:50 AM

Head and Neck Cancer

Julie Bauman, MD, MPH

09:50 AM – 10:45 AM

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Bruce E. Johnson, MD

10:45 AM – 11:05 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

11:05 AM – 11:45 AM

Small Cell Lung Cancer

Bruce E. Johnson, MD

11:45 AM – 12:25 PM

Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

Nancy Davidson, MD

12:25 PM – 12:50 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

12:50 PM – 02:30 PM

Lunch Review Session 6:
Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer
and Neuro-Oncology

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. N. Davidson | Dr. M. Gilbert | Dr. C. Isaacs |
Dr. B. Johnson

02:30 PM – 03:15 PM

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Claudine Isaacs, MD

03:15 PM – 03:35 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

03:35 PM – 04:20 PM

Neuro-Oncology

Mark Gilbert, MD

04:20 PM – 04:50 PM

Metastatic Disease to the Brain, Spine, Carcinomatous Meningitis

Mark Gilbert, MD

04:50 PM – 05:40 PM

Endocrine Malignancies

Ann Gramza, MD

05:40 PM – 05:45 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

05:45 PM – 06:45 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

05:45 PM – 08:45 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

 

Wednesday, August 17, 2022- Day 7: Oncology Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

 

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

07:00 AM – 08:00 AM

Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

08:00 AM – 08:05 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

 

08:05 AM – 08:50 AM

Renal Cell Cancer

Dean F. Bajorin, MD, FACP

 

08:50 AM – 09:50 AM

Prostate Cancer

Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching, MD, FACP

 

09:50 AM– 10:10 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

10:10 AM– 10:55 AM

Bladder Cancer

Dean F. Bajorin, MD, FACP

 

10:55 AM – 11:40 AM

Testicular Cancer and Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors

Darren Feldman, MD

 

11:40 AM – 12:40 PM

Ovarian Cancer

Andrea Wahner-Hendrickson, MD

 

12:40 PM – 01:05 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

01:05 PM – 02:25 PM

Lunch Review Session 7:
Renal Cell, Prostate, Bladder, Testicular, Ovarian and Endometrial Tumors

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. J. Aragon-Ching | Dr. D. Bajorin |
Dr. D. Feldman | Dr. A. Wahner-Hendrickson

 

02:25 PM – 02:55 PM

Endometrial Cancer

Andrea Wahner-Hendrickson, MD

 

02:55 PM – 03:55 PM

Cancer of the Cervix, Vulva, Vagina
and Gestational Trophoblastic Tumors

Speaker- (tba)

 

03:55 PM – 04:15 PM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

04:15 PM – 05:00 PM

Pancreatic Cancer

Hedy Lee Kindler, MD

 

05:00 PM – 05:45 PM

Mesothelioma

Hedy Lee Kindler, MD

 

05:45 AM – 06:40 PM

Melanoma

F. Stephen Hodi, MD

 

06:40 PM – 06:45 PM

Closing Reminders for the End of the Day

 

 

06:45 PM – 07:45 PM

Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

06:45 PM – 09:45 PM

Dinner Product Forum Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

 

 

 
 

Thursday, August 18, 2022- Day 8: Oncology Session

TIME

TOPIC

PRESENTER

06:30 AM – 07:30 AM

Breakfast | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

06:30 AM – 07:30 AM

Product Theater Hosted by (tbc)

Exhibitors | Attendees

07:30 AM – 07:35 AM

Welcome | Housekeeping Notes

Robert S. Siegel, MD

07:35 AM – 08:20 AM

Carcinoid Tumors, Carcinoid Syndrome and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Diane Reidy-Lagunes, MD

08:20 AM – 09:00 AM

Esophageal Carcinoma

David Ilson, MD, PhD

09:00 AM – 09:50 AM

Gastric Cancer

David Ilson, MD, PhD

09:50 AM– 10:10 AM

Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

10:10 AM – 10:35 AM

Metastatic Therapy for Colon
and Rectal Cancer

John L. Marshall, MD

10:35 AM – 11:40 AM

Adjuvant Therapy for Colon and Rectal Cancer

Speaker- (tba)

11:40 AM – 12:05 PM

Anal Cancer

Speaker- (tba)

12:05 PM – 12:25 PM

Lunch | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

12:25 PM – 01:40 PM

Lunch Review Session 8:
GI Oncology and Sarcomas

Moderator: Dr. R. Siegel
Dr. M. Agulnik | Dr. Kindler | Dr. D. Ilson |
Dr. J. Marshall

01:40 PM – 02:25 PM

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Speaker- (tba)

02:25 PM – 02:55 PM

Sarcomas

Mark Agulnik, MD

02:55 PM – 03:00 PM

Closing Remarks

 

03:00 PM– 04:00 PM

Farewell Break | Visit Exhibit Hall

Exhibitors | Attendees

Accreditation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician CME Credit 

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 70.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 70.25 ABIM MOC 2
  • 70.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 70.25 Completion

Price

Cost:
$2,000.00
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When you register for the HEMONC Best Practices course, the registration fee includes:

  • Access to the LIVE Educational Sessions and Board Review Sessions 
  • Access Online to the Course Materials (course electronic syllabus and PDF slide handouts)
  • Access to Archived Session Recordings until Saturday, December 31, 2023
  • CME Credit and MOC Points

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HEmONC Best Practices
(8-day course)

 

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