St. Jude-Viva Forum

PRE-FORUM WORKSHOP

Pediatric Oncology in Developing Countries: Focus on Southeast Asia

Date: Wednesday 6th and Thursday 7th March 2013


“No child should die in the dawn of life.”

- Danny Thomas
Founder of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States

 

LEUKEMIA

Advances in Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring
CAMPANA, Dario, MD PhD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics,
National University of SINGAPORE

Recent Advances in ALL
PUI, Ching-Hon MD
Chair, Department of Oncology
Co-Leader, Hematological Malignancies Program
Fahad Nassar Al-Rashid Chair of Leukemia Research
American Cancer Society Professor
Medical Director, China Program - International Outreach
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

L-Asparaginase in Childhood ALL – Rationale for use in Developed and Developing Countries
RAETZ, Elizabeth MD
Associate Professor
Fellowship Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Department of Pediatrics (Oncology Division)
New York University Langone Medical Center and Cancer Institute
New York, USA

Childhood Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Disorders
RIBEIRO, Raul MD
Director, Leukemia / Lymphoma Division
Director, International Outreach Program
Associate Director for Outreach Program, Cancer Center
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Progress in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric AML
KASPERS Gertjan MD PhD
Head, Pediatric Oncology/Hematology
Deputy Chair, Department of Pediatrics
VU University Medical Center
Chair, Outreach Program Dutch Children’s Oncology Group
Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Development of Targeted New Agents for Children with Cancer
ADAMSON Peter C., MD
Chair, Children's Oncology Group
Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
USA

Clinical Research in the Field of Pediatric Oncology in Low Income Countries
VEERMAN, Anjo MD
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Vrije Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The NETHERLANDS
Visiting Professor of Pediatrics, Gadjah Mada University,
Jogjakarta, INDONESIA

The Science of Surviving - Lessons learned from our Cancer Survivors
BHATIA Smita, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Population Sciences
Ruth Ziegler Chair in Population Research
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Population Sciences
Program Co-Leader, Cancer Control and Population Sciences
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, California, USA

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BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Allogeneic Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors
HANDGRETINGER, Rupert, MD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Hematology/Oncology and General Pediatrics Children’s University Hospital,
Tuebingen, GERMANY

Things to do before and after BMT
LEUNG, Wing, MD PhD
Director, Division of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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SOLID TUMORS

Advances in the Biology and Treatment of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors
RODRIGUEZ-GALINDO Carlos, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director, Solid Tumor Program, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute Medical Director, Pediatric Oncology Clinical Trials
Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Bone Tumors in Children and Young Adults
MISER James, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
City of Hope
Duarte, California, USA

Current Therapy for Wilms Tumor
DOME Jeffrey S., MD PhD
Chief, Division of Oncology
McKnew Professor of Pediatric Oncology
Children's National Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University School of Medicine
Washington, USA

Please note the list of speakers and their topics may be subject to change

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