2025 Annual Updates in Hematology Symposium

Memphis, TN US
March 1, 2025

The 2025 Annual Updates in Hematology Symposium is designed to provide hematology and oncology providers with a state-of-the-art update on hematologic malignancies and blood disorders. It will tackle the latest scientific updates,  innovative ideas, and timeliest questions related to the management and care of these challenging conditions. It is also designed to provide a networking opportunity for healthcare professionals, who care for patients with blood cancers and disorders in the Mid-South, to establish collaborative pathways to improve the management and outcomes of this patient population.

Target Audience

  • Primary care physicians
  • Hematologists
  • Pathologists
  • Medical Oncologists
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Fellows, Residents, Medical students
  • Other healthcare professionals dedicated to treating hematologic cancers and disorders

 

Learning Objectives

  • Develop and execute personalized treatment plans for patients with hematologic malignancies and blood disorders by utilizing guideline recommendations based on the evaluation of molecular and phenotypic biomarkers, along with precise disease sub-classification.
  • Assess the latest clinical trial data on novel agents and emerging strategies for newly diagnosed and relapsed or refractory disease states. 
  • Discuss how to manage treatment-related adverse events through agent familiarity and robust monitoring efforts. 

Desired Outcome

The goal of the 2025 Annual Updates in Hematology Symposium is to provide participants with information to improve patient management and care strategies. This goal will be accomplished by discussing rapidly evolving developments and improved practice paradigms. The symposium will provide learners with enhanced knowledge of evidence-based data related to best practices for treating select blood cancers and disorders and inform them of the indications to refer patients for expert quaternary-level care. Panel discussions, along with question-and-answer sessions that include collaborative sharing of information and research, as well as networking with other healthcare professionals have shown to improve participant knowledge and competency. Additionally, it will build a connected community of hematological care providers across the region.

Additional Information

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.25 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/23/2025
Course expires: 
03/01/2026
Event starts: 
03/01/2025 - 10:30am CST
Event ends: 
03/01/2025 - 2:30pm CST
***This activity has been approved for 3.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1TM Credits.
  2025 Annual Updates in Hematology Symposium 
 Presentation #Friday, March 1, 2025 
Times PresentationSpeaker / Moderator
9:30 - 10:25 AM Registration, Breakfast, ExhibitorsN/A
10:25 - 10:30 AM1Welcome/Opening RemarksNoura Elsedawy, MBBCh
10:30 - 10:45 AM2Setting the Stage: Pre-event QuestionsNoura Elsedawy, MBBCh
10:45 - 11:10 AM3Updates in CML and MDSSwapna Thota, MD
11:10 - 11:30 AM4Updates in the Management of High-Risk Smoldering and Newly Diagnosed Multiple MyelomaMuhamed Baljevic, MD
11:30 - 11:50 AM5Updates in MPNs and Acute LeukemiaAshwin Kishtagari, MD
11:50 - 12:25 PM Lunch, ExhibitorsN/A
12:25 - 12:45 PM6CAR-T Therapy for Multiple Myeloma: ASH Updates and Future DirectionsOthman Akhtar, MD
12:45 - 1:05 PM7Updates in LymphomaMuhammad Saad Hamid, MD
1:05 - 1:25 PM8Updates on Cellular Therapy for Lymphomas and ALLMuthu Kumaran, MD
1:25 - 1:50 PM9Tumor Board Panel Case DiscussionNoura Elsedawy, MBBCh
1:50 - 2:05 PM10A Guided Discussion: Post-event QuestionsNoura Elsedawy, MBBCh
2:05 - 2:20 PM11Question and Answer: All PresentersN/A
2:20 - 2:30 PM Closing RemarksNoura Elsedawy, MBBCh
  Total CME3.25 hours
Mooney Building
875 Monroe Ave.
Memphis, TN 38163
United States

Parking is available in the following two garages:

  • Hamilton Eye Institute Parking Garage (H Lot)
Distance: 7-minute walk
Location: Madison Avenue at Pauline Street
(across from Landau Uniforms)
 
  • GEB Parking Garage (E Lot)
Distance: 5-minute walk
Location: West of the College of Pharmacy building

 

AMA Credit Designation:
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Continuing Education for Non-Physicians:
The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU. 

Accreditation:
The UTCOM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Available Credit

  • 3.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.25 Attendance
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Space is limited. There is no cost to attend this lecture.

Registration closes on February 26, 2025 at 5:00 pm.

If you would like to attend and registration has closed, please check in at the registration desk the morning of the symposium. Thank you!