2023 New York Oncology Forum
Program Agenda | Young Investigator Travel Awards | Junior Investigator Award | Meeting Organizers | Sponsors & Exhibitors | Support Opportunities
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. 2023 will mark the 10th 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.
Date
Saturday, October 7, 2023 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, October 8, 2023 - 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Sheraton La Guardia East
13520 39th Avenue
Flushing, NY, 11354
Program Agenda
Saturday, October 7, 2023
7:30 - 9:00 am On-site Registration, Exhibitors Visitation
8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast Promotional Talk - Sponsored by Merck
A First-line Treatment Option for Certain Patients with Advanced Esophageal or GEJ Cancer
Speaker: Angela Alistar, MD
Moderator: Minggui Pan, MD – Stanford University
9:00 am – 10:40 am Plenary Session I – Part I
Session Chairs: Bo Zhao, MD, PhD - CAHON President, Virginia Oncology Associates
Ruirong Yuan, MD, PhD - CAHON Board Chair, New Jersey VA Medical Center
9:00 – 9:05 am Welcome Remarks
Delong Liu, MD, PhD - New York Medical College
9:05 – 9:30 am Introduction of Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Ruirong Yuan, MD, PhD - CAHON Board Chair, New Jersey VA Medical Center
9:30 – 10:00 am Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture
10:00 -10:40 am New Agents and Regimens for AML
Speaker: Joseph Jurcic, MD - Columbia University
Moderator: Richard Lin, MD, PhD - MSKCC
10:40 – 11:10 am Break and Visit Exhibitors
11:10 am – 11:50 pm Plenary Session I – Part II
Session Chair: Hong Zheng, MD, PhD – Penn State University
11:10 – 11:50 am Novel Agents and Regimens for Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Speaker: Michael Wang, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Moderator: Jia Ruan, MD, PhD - Weill Cornell Medical College
11:50 am – 1:00 pm Lunch Promotional Talk - Sponsored by AstraZeneca
A Treatment Option for Patients with Resectable NSCLC and Treatment of ES-SCLC
Speaker: Yuanbin Chen, MD, PhD - Cancer & Hematology Centers of Western Michigan
Moderator: Yue Zhang, MD, MPH - Virginia Oncology Associates
1:00 – 1:20 pm Break and Visit Exhibitors
1:20 – 2:20 pm Plenary Session II
Session Chair: Liang Deng, MD, PhD - MSKCC
1:20 – 1:50 pm Novel Agents and Regimens for Lung Cancer
Speaker: Vamsidhar Velcheti, MD - NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center
Moderator: Zujun Li, MD - NYU Langone Health
1:50 – 2:20 pm New Agents and Regimens for Gastric Cancer
Speaker: Yelena Janjigian, MD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Moderator: Ping Gu, MD, PhD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2:20 – 2:40 pm Break and Visit Exhibitors
2:40- 3:40 pm Plenary Session III
Session Chair: Chong-xian Pan, MD, PhD - Harvard University
2:40- 3:10 pm New Agents and Regimens for Breast Cancer
Speaker: Cynthia Ma, MD, PhD. - Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Moderator: Yixing Jiang, MD, PhD - University of Maryland
3:10 - 3:40 pm New Agents and Regimens for GU Cancers
Speaker: Tian Zhang, MD - UT Southwestern Medical Center
Moderator: Haoran Li, MD - University of Kansa Cancer Center
3:40 – 4:00 pm Break and Visit Exhibitors
4:00 – 5:00 pm Case Presentation - Clinical Hematology/Oncology Session
Session Chairs: David Chang, MD, PhD - Virginia Oncology Associates
Hongtao Liu, MD, PhD - University of Wisconsin
Case presenters: Hematology case by Xiaoyang Wang, MD, PhD - Westchester Medical Center
Solid tumor case by Ping Gu, MD, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Discussion Panel: Zhengrui Xiao, MD - Montefiore Medical Center
Jeffrey Pu, MD, PhD – University of Arizona
Faye Yin, MD – RWJ University Hospital Somerset
Yong Ji, MD, PhD - Penn Medicine
Henry Xiong, MD, PhD - The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
William Li, MD - Queens Health Network
Peter Jiang, MD, PhD - John B. Amos Cancer Center, GA
Wendy Wang, MD - The Everett Clinic
Bill Gai, MD - LIFEBRIDGE Health
Chongze Ma, MD, PhD - Danbury Hospital, CT
Ligeng Tian, MD, PhD - Virginia Oncology Associates
Xiao Su, MD, PhD - Saratoga Hospital, NY
Meng Xu Welliver, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
Lan Mo, MD, PhD - Maimonides Medical Center
Shuang Fu, MD, PhD - Jackson Hematology Oncology
Qi Feng, MD, PhD - Brooklyn, NY
Songchuan Guo, MD, PhD - Brooklyn, NY
Zili He, MD, PhD - Flushing Hospital, NY
Xinhua Zhu, MD, PhD - Zuckerberg Cancer Center, NY
Spring Kong, MD, PhD - Hong Kong University
6:00 – 10:00 pm Members Only Meeting and Reception at New Mulan Restaurant
Sunday, October 8, 2023
8:00 - 9:30 am On-site Registration, Exhibitors Visitation
8:30 – 9:30 am Breakfast Promotional Talk - Sponsored by Genentech
Advancement in the 1L Treatment of Unresectable or Metastatic HCC
Speaker: Minsig Choi, MD - St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Moderator: Jingsong Zhang, MD, PhD - Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, FL
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Plenary Session IV
Session Chair: Hui Chen, MD, PhD - Duke University
9:30 – 10:00 am Travel Grant Awardee Introduction
Session Chair: J. Christine Ye, MD, PhD - University of Michigan
10:00 – 10:20 am Break and Visit Exhibitors
10:20 – 11:00 am Clinical development of CAR-T, ADC and BITE: Challenges and Solutions
Moderator: Sen Zhuang, MD, PhD – Janssen
Discussion panel: Jingzhou Hou, MD, PhD - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Hongtao Liu, MD, PhD - University of Chicago
Richard Lin, MD, PhD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Shenhong Wu, MD, PhD - Stony Brook University
Tong Dai, MD, PhD - Westchester Medical Center
11:00 am– 12:00 pm Bridging Clinical Trial Collaboration
Moderators: Wenru Song, MD, PhD - Kira Pharmaceutical
Ke Liu, MD, PhD - Marengo Therapeutics
Discussion panel: Cynthia Taub, MD - SUNY Upstate
Kai He, MD, PhD - Ohio State University
Max Ning, MD, PhD - CAHON
Yuxia Jia, MD, PhD - CAHON
Tianhong Li, MD, PhD - UC Davis
Siwen Hu-Lieskovan, MD, PhD - University of Utah
Li Xu, MD, FACOG - Transcenta Holding
David Liu, MD, PhD – CMO at Nuvation
Jianda Yuan, MD, PhD – Merck
Weijing Sun, MD - University of Kansas Medical Center
12:00 pm Closing Remarks
Yiwu Huang, MD, PhD - Maimonides Medical Center
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 Member Category, waived dues) or, physicians within 3 years of fellowship training at the level of instructor or assistant professor (Active Membership Category, dues $100 USD).
Membership applications available at https://www.cahon.org/membership
- Availability to attending CAHON's New York Oncology Forum (October 7-8, 2023) and the CAHON members only-reception, which will take place the evening of Saturday, October 7.
Application Instructions
Applications should include:
- Application Form
- CV, including education and current training level or position
- Short bio (3 sentences long)
Please submit all application materials to Eli Rehorst at egonzalez-rehorst@cahon.org by Friday, September 8, 2023.
Junior Investigator Awards
CAHON is 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 7-8, 2023. 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 evening of Saturday, October 7.
Application Instructions
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
Please submit all application materials to Eli Rehorst at egonzalez-rehorst@cahon.org by Friday, September 15, 2023.
Meeting Organizers
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
Bo Zhao, MD – CAHON President, NYOF Co-chair, Virginia Oncology Associates
2023 NYOF Sponsors & Exhibitors
Corporate Partners
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Annual Supporters
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Silver Sponsors
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Bronze Sponsors
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Exhibitors
| AbbVie | Daiichi Sankyo |
| ADC Therapeutics | Eli Lilly & Co. |
| Agios Pharma | Foundation Medicine |
| Alexion | GSK |
| Astellas | Janssen Oncology |
| Bayer | Pfizer |
| Bristol Myers Squibb | Rigel Pharmaceuticals |
| Coherus Biosciences | Seagen |
| CTI Biopharma | Taiho Oncology |