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Pathways: Intersection of Solid and Hematologic Malignancies 2026


  • Houston Marriott Medical Center/Museum District 1730 Dryden Rd Houston, TX, 77030 United States (map)

In-Person Access Only | TBD CE/CME Credits

Please read: All programs remain free. Registrations will require a credit card as a cancellation hold. A fee of $99 will only be incurred in the event of a no-show or cancellation within 5 days without written confirmation to the Total Health Program Team. Industry representatives—defined as any individual who is employed by, contracted with, owns, or represents a drug, device, diagnostic, or other healthcare-related commercial entity, regardless of clinical credentials or licensure—are not permitted to attend Total Health events as general attendees. Members of industry must contact exhibits@totalhealthoncology.com

The Pathways: Intersection of Solid and Hematologic Malignancies 2026 meeting will take place on September 25-26, 2026. This innovative and state of the art program will be led by Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, Professor, Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Naval Daver, Director, Leukemia Research Alliance Program, Professor of Medicine, Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Conference Agenda

Saturday, September 25, 2026

7:30 AM
Coffee and Exhibits

7:55 AM
Founding Program Chairs Welcome
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD | UT MD Anderson
Naval Daver, MD | UT MD Anderson

8:00 AM
Targeted Therapies in Myelodysplastic Syndrome in 2025 and Beyond: Present & Future Directions
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD | UT MD Anderson

8:20 AM
Targeting RAS in Solid Tumors in the Phase I Clinic: Emerging Clinical Trials
David Hong, MD | UT MD Anderson

8:40 AM
Panel Discussion: Novel Pathways in MDS and Pancreatic Cancer/Solid Tumors

Naveen Pemmaraju, MD | UT MD Anderson
Naval Daver, MD | UT MD Anderson
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD | UT MD Anderson
David Hong, MD | UT MD Anderson

9:10 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

9:25 AM
Non-CME Breakfast

Session #1: TP53
Moderator: Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD | UT MD Anderson

10:10 AM
Modulating TP53 in Human Cancer : Future Directions and Implications for Clinical/Translational Development
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD | UT MD Anderson

10:25 AM
TP53 DX and Classification in MDS and AML: Hematopathologists' Perspective
Sanam Loghavi, MD | UT MD Anderson

10:40 AM
Targeting TP53 in H&N Cancer
Jeffrey Myers, MD, PhD, FACS | UT MD Anderson

10:55 AM
Targeting TP53 for AML: from Bench to Bedside: Future Directions
Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD | UT MD Anderson

11:10 AM
Venetoclax Treatment in MDS: Biological Insights
Simona Colla, PhD | UT MD Anderson

11:25 AM
Panel Discussion on Targeting RAS/RAF Across Solid and Liquid Tumors
Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD | UT Md Anderson
Jeffrey Myers, MD, PhD, FACS | UT MD Anderson
Simon Colla, PhD | UT MD Anderson

11:55 AM
Emerging Novel Agents in Development for Sarcoma
Neeta Somiah, MD | UT MD Anderson

12:10 PM
Lunch and Exhibits

12:25 PM
Non-CME Lunch

Session #2: Targeting RSA/RAF: The Previously Undruggable Target now Targetable
Moderators: Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD | UT MD Anderson & David Hong, MD | UT MD Anderson

1:10 PM
Targeting RAS/RAF Across Human Malignancies: Progress at the Bench
Tim Heffernan, PhD | UT MD Anderson

1:25 PM
Targeting BRAF in Colon Cancer
Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD | UT MD Anderson

1:40 PM
Panel Discussion: Targeted Therapies in Leukemia & MDS
Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD | UT MD Anderson
Tim Heffernan, PhD | UT MD Anderson
David Hong, MD | UT MD Anderson

2:00 PM
Break and Exhibits

Session #3: Targeting IDH in Heme/Solid Tumors

2:10 PM
Targeting IDH1 & 2 Mutations in AML
Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE | UT MD Anderson

2:25 PM
Targeting IDH Mutations in Cholangiocarcinoma
Milind Javle, MD | UT MD Anderson

2:40 PM
Panel Discussion
Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE | UT MD Anderson
Milind Javle, MD | UT MD Anderson

3:00 PM
Future Directions for CAR-T in Hematologic & Solid Cancers and Autoimmune Diseases
Elizabeth Shpall, MD | UT MD Anderson

3:15 PM
ADJOURN

Saturday, September 25, 2026

7:00 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

7:15 AM
Non-CME Breakfast

8:00 AM
Founding Program Chairs Welcome
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD | UT MD Anderson
Naval Daver, MD | UT MD Anderson

8:05 AM
Remarkable Progress in Targeted Therapies in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 2000-2025
Hagop Kantarjian, MD | UT MD Anderson

8:35 AM
Novel Targeted Therapies/New Pathways of Interest in DLBCL

9:05 AM
Break

Session #4: CAR-T
Moderator: Sattva Neelapu, MD | UT MD Anderson

9:15 AM
CAR-T in Lymphoma: Time to Move into Frontline?
Sattva Neelapu, MD | UT MD Anderson

9:30 AM
CAR-T in B-ALL

9:45 AM
CAR-T in T-ALL

Nitin Jain, MD | UT MD Anderson

10:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Nitin Jain, MD | UT MD Anderson
Sattva Neelapu, MD | UT MD Anderson

10:30 AM
Break and Exhibits

Session #5: Developing Targets in Rare Cancers, Part 1
Moderators: Naval Daver, MD & Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE | UT MD Anderson

10:45 AM
Development of YAP/TEAD Inhibitors: Targeting Hippo Pathway
Tim Yapp, MBBS, PhD, FRCP | UT MD Anderson

11:00 AM
Targeting PPP2R1A Mutations in Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma
Amir Jazaeri, MD | UT MD Anderson

11:15 AM
Panel
Amir Jazaeri, MD | UT MD Anderson
Naval Daver, MD | UT MD Anderson
Tim Yap, MBBS, PhD, FRCP | UT MD Anderson
Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE | UT MD Anderson

11:45 AM
Lunch and Exhibits

12:00 PM
Non-CME Lunch

Session #6: Emerging Targets in Oncology
Moderator: Naveen Pemmarjau, MD | UT MD Anderson

12:45 PM
Novel Approaches for Treatment of Breast Cancer in Setting of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations
Jennifer Litton, MD | UT MD Anderson

1:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD | UT MD Anderson
Jennifer Litton, MD | UT MD Anderson

1:30 PM
Break and Exhibits

Session #7: Antibody and Cell Based Therapies in Heme Malignancies

1:45 PM
Targeting CD123 in Heme Malignancies
Naveen Pemmaraju, MD | UT MD Anderson

2:00 PM
CLOSING REMARKS & ADJOURN

Naveen Pemmaraju, MD | UT MD Anderson
Naval Daver, MD | UT MD Anderson

Agenda Subject To Change. All times are CST.

 
 
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