2025 Winter Symposium & Reception

Program Agenda | Organizers | Sponsors & Exhibitors | Young Investigator Awards

Date & Venue

Saturday, December 6, 2025
6:00 - 10:00 pm

Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa
9500 Turkey Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32819

 

REGISTRATION COMING SOON!

 

Program

6:00 - 7:00 pm   Doors and Registration Open, Social Gathering, Visit Exhibit Booths

7:00 – 7:30 pm   CAHON Presentations   
          
                            Opening Remarks and Introduction of VIP Guests
                            Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD – CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

                            CAHON Updates
                            Liang Deng, MD, PhD - CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

                            Updates on CAHON Journals
                            Delong Liu, MD, PhD - Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hematology & Oncology, New York Medical College

7:30 – 8:20 pm   Scientific Presentations

8:20 – 8:35 pm   Young Investigator Award Ceremony
                            Presented by the CAHON Academic Committee

8:35 – 8:40 pm   Closing Remarks    
                            Jing-Zhou Hou, MD, PhD – CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center                    

8:40 – 10:00 pm  Social Gathering

8:40 - 9:10 pm   Career Development Mentoring Session                             
                            Open to all fellows and residents. Meet with Senior CAHON members to discuss career development in academia,
                            clinical practice, industry and government.

10:00 pm - Event Concludes

 

Meeting Organizers

JingZhou Hou, MD, PhD - Chair, CAHON Board Chair, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center       
Liang Deng, MD, PhD – Co-Chair, CAHON President, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

 

2025 Winter Symposium Supporters

 

2025 Corporate Partners

 

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Sponsorship Opportunities

New this year, the Winter Symposium is an exclusive event for our Corporate Partners, Annual Hematology, and other annual supporters. All other companies and industry reps are welcome to join us at the Winter Symposium as a general attendee by registering on the symposium webpage.

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Winter 2025 Young Investigator Award (YIA)          

To foster growth and achievement amongst CAHON’s early career or physician-in-training members, CAHON will award up to five Young Investigator Awards (YIA) based on the scientific merit of abstracts submitted to the 2025 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.

Each awardee will receive $500 and a certificate. International recipients will receive a certificate.

The application deadline is: Friday, October 31, 2025

Eligibility Criteria

1. 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 Member Category, dues $100 USD)
2. Recognized as the first or senior author in the abstract or presentation presented at the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting.
3. Availability to attend CAHON’s Young Investigator Award Ceremony during the 2025 Winter Symposium

Applications should include:

• YIA Application Form
• Accepted 2025 ASH abstract including the abstract category (i.e., clinical, translational, etc.)
• CV, including education and current training level or position

CAHON membership applications available at http://www.cahon.org/membership

Please submit application materials to Rebecca Gasparich at rgasparich@cahon.org

The award winners will be announced in early December by email notification and on the CAHON website. Awards will also be presented to the winners during the CAHON 2025 Winter Symposium in Orlando.