Program

Session 1
Friday, 6 April 2018
Classification of Lymphoid Malignancy

TIME

TOPICS

SPEAKER

7.30am to 2pm

REGISTRATION

8.30am to 8.45am

Welcome Remarks

Dr. Ibrahim Al Hijji
Head of Hematology, NCCCR
Dr. Hareth Al Khater
Deputy Medical Director, NCCCR

8.45am to 9.30am

Classification of Lymphoid Malignancies

Dr Adam Bagg
(U. Pennsylvania, USA)

9.30am to 9.45am

Epidemiology of Lymphoid Malignancy in Qatar

 

Dr. Halima El Omri
Dr. Ruba Taha
(NCCCR HMC, Qatar)

9.45am to 10am

Diagnostic Genomics & Lymphoid Malignancies

Dr. Susanna El Akiki
(HMC, Qatar)
10am to 10.20am Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
10.20am to 11am Application of Genetic Studies in the Assessment of Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas Dr. Adam Bagg
(U. Pennsylvania, USA)
11am to 11.30am Current Approaches in the Treatment of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphomas Prof. Massimo Federico
(U. Modena, Italy)

11.30am to 1.30pm

Prayer & Lunch

Session 2

1.30pm to 1.45pm

Double-Expressor Aggressive

B Cell Neoplasms in Qatar

Dr. Dina Sameh
Dr. Amna Gamil 
Dr. Ruba Taha
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

1.45pm to 2pm

Nervous System Involvement in Lymphomas

Dr. Safaa Al Azewi
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

2pm to 2.30pm

Transformed Follicular Lymphoma:

Not All Fit in One

Prof. Massimo Federico
(U. Modena, Italy)

2.30pm to 3pm Transplantation for Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma Prof. Stephen Mackinnon
(U. College London, UK)
3pm to 3.20pm Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
3.20pm to 3.50pm T Cell Lymphoma: Where we are and where we would like to move forward Prof. Massimo Federico
(U. Modena, Italy)

3.50pm to 4.05pm

Challenging Case of Gamma Delta T-cell Lymphoma with Precursor T-cells and Marked Eosinophilia

Dr. Samah Kohla
Dr. Ahmad Al Sabbagh
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)
Saturday, April 2018
Session 3

8.30am to 9.15am

Application of Genetic Studies in the Assessment of Small B-cell Lymphomas

Dr. Adam Bagg
(U. Pennsylvania, USA)

9.15am to  9.45am

Therapeutic Approaches

for Patients with CLL

Dr. Sylvain Choquet
(H. Pitié-Salpêtrière, France)

9.45am to 10am

Adverse Effects of Target Agents in Indolent Lymphomas

Dr. Rola Ghasoub
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

10am to 10.15am

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

10:15am to 10.45am

Therapeutic Approaches for Patients with Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

Dr. Sylvain Choquet
(H. Pitié-Salpêtrière, France)

10.45am to 11am

Clinical and Pathological Profile  of Multiple Myeloma in Qatar

Dr. Hisham El Sabbah (NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

11am to 11.30am

Role of PET CT in Lymphoid Malignancies

Dr. Zsolt Lengyel
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

11.30am to 1pm

Prayer & Lunch

Session 4

1pm to 1.30pm

CD 19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor

T-Cell Therapy (CAR-T)

Dr. Gianfranco Pittari
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

1.30pm to  2pm

Transplantation for Relapsed and Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma

Prof. Stephen Mackinnon
(U. College London, UK)

2pm to 2.15pm

TBI Conditioning in Lymphoid  Malignancies 

Dr. Saju Divakar
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

2.15pm to 2.30pm

PTLD Case Series

Dr Afaf Al Battah
Dr Ruba Taha
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

2.30pm to 2.45pm

Clinical Outcomes of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Qatar

Dr Afra Fadul
Dr Mohamed Bakr
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)

2.45pm to 3pm

Closing Remarks

Satellite Symposia
Friday, 6 April 2018

1pm to 1.30pm

Update on Management of Follicular Lymphoma (ROCHE)

Dr. Salem Al Shemmary
(KCC, Kuwait)

4.15pm to 4.45pm

Role of IMIDs in the Management of Multiple Myeloma (Biologix)

Prof Mohamed Mohty
(U. Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Saturday, 7 April 2018

12.30pm to 1pm

Immunology-Oncology: An emerging modality in Hodgkin lymphoma treatment (BMS)

 Dr Ruba Taha
(NCCCR, HMC, Qatar)