IHE Rising Stars Conference 2027 Agenda
Friday, March 12th, 2027
From Emerging Evidence to Confident Clinical Decisions
Program Director: Ruemu E. Birhiray, MD
Program Chair: Rami Komrokji, MD
Program Co-chair: Naseema Gangat, MBBS
Morning Program
| Time | Event/Topic |
|---|---|
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Fellows Advisory Board: Shaping the Future of Hematology Education and Practice Fellows / faculty |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast Product Theater |
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Beyond the Blood Count: Risk, Biology, and Treatment Decisions in MDS and MPN Rami Komrokji, MD |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Acute Leukemias, Critical Choices: Building a Treatment Strategy in AML and ALL Naseema Gangat, MBBS |
| 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM | When Innovation Meets Toxicity: Recognizing and Managing Adverse Effects of Cellular Therapy in Lymphoma Tycel Phillips, MD |
| 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | Fast-Moving Disease, Forward-Thinking Care: Treatment Decisions in Aggressive Lymphomas John Leonard, MD |
| 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM | One Chromosome, Two Playbooks: Targeted Treatment Strategies for Philadelphia Chromosome–Positive ALL and CML Elias Jabbour, MD |
| 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Luncheon Product Theater |
Rising Stars Abstract and Poster Competition
Submit an abstract for poster presentation. Three abstracts will be selected for oral presentations of 8 minutes each. One finalist will receive the $1,000 grand prize. The oral competition is scheduled for 4:30–5:00 PM, with 24 minutes of presentations and 6 minutes of questions and discussion.
Afternoon Program
| Time | Event/Topic |
|---|---|
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Beyond the Rare Diagnosis: Turning New Evidence into Action in Systemic Mastocytosis Naveen Pemmaraju, MD |
| 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Choosing with Purpose: Targeted Therapy Selection and Sequencing in CLL Nitin Jain, MD |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Living Therapies, Lasting Impact: Patient Selection and Sequencing in Lymphoid Malignancies Lorenzo Falchi, MD Assistant Attending Physician Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | The Myeloma Roadmap: Building Initial Therapy and Planning the Next Best Move Speaker TBD¹ |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Between Bleeding and Clotting: Practical Decisions in Coagulation Disorders Speaker TBD² |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | The Long View in Indolent Lymphoma: When to Treat, What to Choose, and How to Plan Ahead Nancy Bartlett, MD |
¹ Myeloma speaker options: Luciano Costa, MD, PhD; Kenneth Anderson, MD; or Joselle Cook, MBBS.
² Coagulation speaker options: Alice Ma, MD; or Angela Weyand, MD.
Fellows Showcase and Evening Program
| Time | Event/Topic |
|---|---|
| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Rising Stars on the Podium: Fellows Abstract Competition and Questions Three selected fellows |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Dinner Product Theater |
| 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Meet the Professor: The Questions That Shape a Career Available visiting faculty |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Your Next Chapter: Job Fair, Poster Networking, and Open Bar Reception |
Meet the Professor will include conference speakers arriving early for Saturday’s program. Product theater sponsors receive a table and poster display opportunity at the job fair reception; reception sponsorship also includes a table.