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Agenda

Day 1: Friday, August 16
All times in Eastern Time

12:30 pm
Registration & Exhibits
1:00 pm
Welcome/Introduction
Truong

Session 1: New Approaches to Melanoma Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Screening
Moderator: Josh Arbesman, MD, Jennifer Ko, MD, James Isaacs, MD, Surgery: Anthony Tufaro, DDS, MD, FACS, Gowri Kabbur, MD

1:05 pm
Case Presentations
Ko/Arbesman/Isaacs
1:25 pm
Liquid Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Advanced Melanoma
Ko
1:45 pm
New Approaches to Melanoma Risk Calculation
Arbesman
2:05 pm
Case Presentations Con’t/Panel Discussion
Drs. Arbesman, Ko, Isaacs, Tufaro, Truong, Kabbur
2:30 pm
Break & Exhibits

Session 2: Modern Peri-operative Management
Moderator: Anthony Tufaro, MD, Thach-Giao Truong, MD, Luke Rothermel, MD, Ankit Mangla, MD, Neil Woody, MD, Anthony Visioni, MD

2:45 pm
Surgical Management of Resectable High-Risk Melanoma/Index Node vs Node Dissection Following MPR with Neoadjuvant Therapy
Mammen
3:05 pm
Surgical Management of Clinically Node-Negative Melanoma
Tufaro
3:25 pm
Peri-operative Systemic Therapy for Resectable Melanoma/Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant Therapy
Truong
3:45 pm
Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
Drs. Tufaro, Truong, Mammen, Visioni, Rothermel, Mangla, Woody, Sam Guild
4:05 pm
Break & Exhibits

Session 3: What is the Best Frontline Therapy for Advanced Melanoma? A Debate Session
Moderator: Jim Isaacs, MD, Thach-Giao Truong, MD, Evan Lipson, MD, Ankit Mangla, MD

4:20 pm
Immunotherapy Combos in 1L
Evan Lipson
4:40 pm
Targeted Therapy Combos 1L
Jim Isaacs
5:00 pm
Panel Discussion/Q&A
Isaacs, Truong, Lipson, Mangla, Guild
5:30 pm
Day 1 Closing Remarks
5:35 pm
Networking Cocktail Hour (open to all attendees, faculty, sponsors)

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Day 2: Saturday, August 17
All times in Eastern Time

8:00 am
Breakfast/Registration

Optional Non-Accredited Patient Symposium
A Collaboration with AIM at Melanoma Foundation in the AM

8:30 am
Welcome
Truong
8:35 am
Tips on Recovering After Surgery
Hannah Burke, NP
8:55 am
Recent Approvals and Clinical Trials in Melanoma
Truong/Isaacs
9:15 am
What to Expect When You Are on Melanoma Immunotherapy
Kennedy
9:35 am
Managing Your Treatment on BRAF/MEK Therapy
Chheng
9:55 am
Peri-operative Patient Survivor Panel Q/A
10:15 am
Break
10:30 am
Long-Term Survivorship After Stage IV Diagnosis
Kuhn
10:45 am
Prevention and Self-Screening, How to Take Charge of Your Care
Wickenheiser
11:05 am
Wellness at Taussig Throughout Your Melanoma Journey
Taussig Patient Resources Team
11:20 am
Stage IV Patient Survivor Panel Q/A
11:45 am
How to Build Your Melanoma Community: A Conversation with Guild
12:00 pm
AM Wrap-Up/Closing Remarks
Truong/Guild
12:05 pm
Networking Lunch (open to all--patients, attendees, faculty, sponsors)

Session 4: Uveal Melanoma
Moderator: Lucy Boyce Kennedy, MD, Arun Singh, MD, Marlana Orloff, MD, Ankit Mangla, MD

12:45 pm
Early-Stage Local Management of UM
Singh
1:05 pm
Updates in Standard Systemic Therapy for UM
Kennedy
1:25 pm
Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Uveal Melanoma
Orloff
1:45 pm
Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
Singh, Kennedy, Orloff, Truong, Mangla

Session 5: Brain Metastases in Melanoma
Moderator: Lucy Boyce Kennedy, MD, Samuel Chao, MD, Kim Margolin, MD

2:05 pm
Local Treatment Options and Combinations for Melanoma Brain Metastases
Chao
2:25 pm
Frontline Therapy for Patients with Brain Metastases
Kennedy
2:45 pm
Novel Systemic Treatment Options in CNS
Margolin
3:05 pm
Cases/Panel Discussion/Q&A
Kennedy, Margolin, Chao, Orloff, Truong, Guild
3:25 pm
Break

Session 6: What Are Our Post-PD1 Options Now for Metastatic Melanoma?
Moderator: Jim Isaacs, MD, Thach-Giao Truong, MD, Diwakar Davar, MD

3:40 pm
IO Combination Therapy vs TIL in 2L
Isaacs
4:00 pm
Microbiome and Other Metabolic Strategies in Melanoma
Davar
4:20 pm
Promising Post-PD1 Treatment Targets
Truong
4:40 pm
Panel Discussion/Q&A
Isaacs, Truong, Davar, Kennedy, Mangla

Closing Panel: New Directions in Multidisciplinary Melanoma Care
Panelists: Thach-Giao Truong, MD, Sam Guild, Neil Woody, MD, Anthony Tufaro, DDS, MD, FACS, Kim Margolin, MD

5:00 pm
Panel Discussion

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