Program

Earn CME Credits | Free Registration:

An application has been made to the Lebanese Order of Physicians to grant CME credits. Online via WebEx exclusively for international guests.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

9:30 - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 - 10:15 AM	Welcome Note Hady Ghanem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
10:15 - 10:45 AM	Lecture 1: Updates on Antifungals Treatments of Neutropenic Fever Speaker Rima Moghnie, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderators Annoir Shayya, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Rita Khoury, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
10:45 - 11:30 AM	Non-CME Satellite Symposium: Sponsored by Johnson&Johnson What’s New in Multiple Myeloma Speaker Hady Ghanem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderator Colette Hanna, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
11:30 - 11:50 AM	Lecture 2: What’s New in AML Young and Fit Patients Speaker Rita Khoury, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderator Michel Saade, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
11:50 - 12:40 PM	Keynote Speaker: Lecture 3:The Exciting Journey of CLL From Bench to Bedside Elias Jabbour, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator Colette Hanna, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
12:40 - 1:00 PM	Lecture 4: Gathering-Meet the Experts-Networking Speakers Elias Jabbour, MD and the LAU Team
1:00 - 1:20 PM	Lecture 5: Is There Still a Role for Stem Cell Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma Treatment? Speaker Colette Hanna, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderator Nour Moukalled, MD - American University of Beirut Medical Center
1:20 - 1:50 PM	Networking Brunch
1:50 - 2:20 PM	Lecture 6: How I Treat ALL: The Specific Situation of the Lebanese Patient Speaker Elias Jabbour, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator Hady Ghanem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
2:20 - 2:50 PM	Lecture 7: What’s New in CML? Speaker Christina Khater, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderator Elias Jabbour, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center
2:50 - 3:20 PM	Lecture 8: How I Treat Elderly AML Patients Speaker Annoir Shayya, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderator Hampig Raphael Kourie, MD - Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine
3:20 - 3:30 PM	Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:00 PM	Non-CME Satellite Symposium: Sponsored by Johnson&Johnson: Role of Bi-specific Antibodies in Hematologic Malignancies Speaker Nour Moukalled, MD - American University of Beirut Medical Center
4:00 - 4:40 PM	Non-CME Educational Activity: Sponsored by Roche DLBCL Uncovered: Understanding the Disease and Innovation in Treatment Speaker Hampig Raphael Kourie, MD - Saint Joseph University Faculty of Medicine
4:40 - 5:00 PM	Joint Nursing/Dietitian Round Table: Lecture 9: The Role of Nutritional Support in Hematologic Cancer Care Speakers Dina Motran, RN - Clinical Coordinator, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital Sandra Akiki, MSc, LD - Clinical Dietitian, LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital Christina Khater, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Moderators Rita Khoury, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine Lea Baaklini, RN - LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital
5:00 - 5:30 PM	Lecture 10: The Cure of ALL, in Our Lifetime? Speaker Elias Jabbour, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator Michel Saade, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
5:30 - 6:00 PM	Lecture 11: What’s New in the Treatment of MDS? Speaker Guillermo Garcia Manero, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center Moderator Hady Ghanem, MD - LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine
6:00 - 6:15 PM	Closing Remarks