12th Annual New York Oncology Forum
The CAHON annual New York Oncology Forum (NYOF) is a one and a half day educational program that includes presentations on new developments and updates from the latest ASH, ASCO and SITC meetings including novel agents for Hematology and Oncology. 2025 will mark the 12th anniversary for this annual event which draws more than 100 clinicians, researchers, medical students, clinical fellows as well as laboratory and health care related scientists working in the hematology and oncology.
Program Agenda | Travel Awards | Meeting Organizers | Sponsors & Exhibitors | Sponsorship Opportunities
Date
Saturday, October 4, 2025 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Sheraton La Guardia East
13520 39th Avenue
Flushing, NY, 11354
Program Agenda
Saturday, October 4, 2025
7:30 - 9:00 am On-site Registration, Exhibitors Visitation
8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast Promotional Talk - Sponsored by Eli Lilly
Peer insights to help identify and manage candidates for treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor. © Lilly USA, LLC 2025.
All rights reserved.
9:00 – 10:20 am Plenary Session I – Part I
Session Chairs: Liang Deng, MD, PhD - CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD - CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
9:00 – 9:05 am Welcome Remarks
Delong Liu, MD, PhD - New York Medical College
9:05 – 9:15 am Introduction of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD - CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
9:15 – 9:44 am Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture
Robert S. Negrin, MD – Stanford
9:45 -10:15 am Current and Future Therapies for Myeloma
10:15 – 10:35 am Break and Visit Exhibitors
10:35 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session I – Part II
10:35 – 11:05 am New Agents and Regimens for Lung Cancer
11:05 – 11:35 pm Melanoma 2025 and beyond: Are Asians Left Out?
Speaker: Michael K. Wong, MD, PhD, FRCPC - Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
11:35 – 12:05pm Current and Future Therapies for MPN
Speaker: John Mascarenhas, MD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:05 – 1:00 pm Lunch Promotional Talk - Sponsored by Exelixis
An Exelixis Product for the Clinical Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors
Speaker: Lingling Du, MD - Ochsner Benson Cancer Center
1:00 – 1:20 pm Break and Visit Exhibitors
1:20 – 2:40 pm Plenary Session II
1:20 – 1:50 pm Latest Update for KRAS Inhibitors
1:50 – 2:20 pm Topic To Be Determined
2:20 – 2:50pm New Agents and Regimens for GU Cancer
2:50 – 3:05 pm Break and Visit Exhibitors
3:05- 5:00 pm Plenary Session III
3:05 - 4:30pm Case Presentations - Clinical Hematology/Oncology Session
4:30 - 4:40 pm CAHON Updates
Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD - CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Liang Deng, MD, PhD - CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4:40 – 5:00 pm CAHON 2024-2026 Executive Team Updates
Moderator: Cynthia Ma, MD, PhD - Washington University
7:00 – 11:00 pm Members Only 20th Anniversary Celebration in the Phoenix Ballroom at The Sheraton
Sunday, October 5, 2025
8:00 - 9:15 am On-site Registration, Exhibitors Visitation
8:15 – 9:15 am Breakfast Promotional Talk – Sponsored by Agios
Updates in Thalassemia
Speaker: Norland Ng, MD - Rendr
9:15 am – 12:00pm Plenary Session IV
9:15 – 9:45am Travel Grant Awardee & JIA Introduction
9:45 – 10:00 am Break and Visit Exhibitors
10:20 – 11:00 am Clinical development of CAR-T, ADC and BITE: Challenges and Solutions
11:00am – 12:00pm Bridging Clinical Trial and Research Collaboration
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Promotional Talk - Sponsored by Novartis
Advancing Treatment in mCRPC: What Medical Oncologists Should Know About PLUVICTO, the First and Only PSMA-Targeted
Therapy After One ARPI
1:00 pm Closing Remarks
Yiwu Huang, MD, PhD - Maimonides Medical Center
Organizing Committee
Delong Liu, MD, PhD – NYOF Chair, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hematology & Oncology, New York Medical College
Yiwu Huang, MD, PhD – NYOF Co-chair, Maimonides Medical Center
Liang Deng, MD, PhD – CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Bo Zhao, MD – CAHON Immediate Past President, Virginia Oncology Associates
NYOF Young Investigator Travel Awards
To foster growth and achievement amongst CAHON's early career or physician-in-training members, CAHON will award up to 10 travel awards for current fellows or residents invested in the CAHON community. If you are interested in attending this exciting event and meeting with CAHON members in New York, please consider applying for this travel award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Current CAHON member - Available to physicians-in-training, including residency or fellowship training (Associate Membership Category, waived dues) or, physicians within 3 years of fellowship training at the level of instructor or assistant professor (Regular Membership Category, dues $100 USD).
Membership applications available at https://www.cahon.org/membership
- Availability to attending CAHON's New York Oncology Forum (October 4-5, 2025).
Application Instructions
The application window will open in August 2025.
Applications should include:
- Application Form
- CV, including education and current training level or position
- Short bio (3 sentences long)
Junior Investigator Awards
CAHON is pleased to announce that we will also be offering Junior Investigator Awards (JIAs) this year. The Junior Investigator Award recognizes the achievements of outstanding Asian/Asian American high school and college student leaders. Through this award, CAHON wishes to encourage young students to participate in scientific research.
Recipients of the JIA will be honored during CAHON’s New York Oncology Forum on October 4-5, 2025. Awardees will receive an award of $500 and an official Certificate of Award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Outstanding high school or college student from the Asian community in the United States.
- Non-Asian individual in the United States with a keen interest in Asian culture.
- Demonstrated interests in biomedical career.
- Availability to attend CAHON’s Award Ceremony during the New York Oncology Forum on the morning of Sunday, October 5th.
Application Instructions
The application window will open in August 2025.
Applications should include:
- JIA Application Form completed by the student
- Academic transcript from last semester
- One-page personal statement describing career and educational goals
- One letter of recommendation from school counselor, teacher, or research mentor
Sponsors & Exhibitors
2025 Corporate Partners
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2025 Oncology Supporter
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Becoming a sponsor is a unique opportunity to connect with the most influential group of Chinese hematologists and oncologists. The content of this event is designed to attract medical professionals from every career level and to share the latest scientific findings, methods, technologies to facilitate their practice. Exhibits are likely to sell out quickly this year! Please contact Annie McSherry to reserve a spot amcsherry@cahon.org