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San Diego Hematologic Malignancies Symposium 2026: Advancing Evidence-Based Care in Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma

Accreditation: 5.25 Nursing Contact Hours | 5.25 ABIM MOC II | 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ | 5.25 ACPE Pharmacy

Venue: Sheraton San Diego Resort, San Diego, CA, United States

Start Date: September 19, 2026

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Our Speakers

Planning Committee

Binay Shah, MD, MHA

Conference Director

Binaytara

Reema Batra , MD

Conference Co-Chair

Cancer Center Oncology Medical Group

Caitlin Costello, MD

Conference Co-Chair

UC San Diego

Faculty

Bita Fakhri, MD, MPH

Session Chair

Stanford Medicine

Kentson Lam, MD PhD

Session Chair

UC San Diego Health

Vinod Pullarkat, MD

Session Chair

City of Hope

Benjamin Heyman, MD

Session Chair

UCSD Health

Aaron S Rosenberg, MD

Topic Presenter

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Michael Choi, MD

Topic Presenter

UC San Diego

Paul Cheng, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

Marin Xavier, MD

Topic Presenter

Ling Huang

Topic Presenter

Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

Autumn Jeong, MD

Case Presenter

University of California San Diego

Catherine Coombs, MD

Case Presenter

UCI

Lisa Lee, MD

Case Presenter

UCI Health

Tiffany Nicole Tanaka, MD

Case Presenter

Associate Professor

Sarah S Lee, MD, MD

Case Presenter

City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Tamer Othman, MD, MD

Case Presenter

City of Hope Orange County

Geoffrey Shouse, PhD, DO

Panelist

City of Hope National Medical Center

Agenda

Saturday, September 19th, 2026

All timings are in Pacific Time (PDT, GMT-07:00) time.

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast, & Exhibits (Bel Aire Ballroom)

08:00 AM - 08:05 AMWelcome & Opening Remarks (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

08:05 AM - 09:15 AMSession 1: Acute Leukemias (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

Session Chair: Vinod Pullarkat, MD

08:05 AM - 08:20 AM

Evolving Strategies in Acute Leukemias – Vinod Pullarkat, MD

08:20 AM - 08:25 AM

Evolving Strategies in Acute Leukemias (Q&A)

08:25 AM - 08:35 AM

Case 1: Newly diagnosed FLT3+ AML - To Transplant or Not – Tiffany Nicole Tanaka, MD

08:45 AM - 08:55 AM

Case 2: R/R ALL in a young adult — CAR-T vs BiTE vs salvage chemo OR Relapsed/refractory B-ALL – Sequencing of novel immunotherapies – Tamer Othman, MD, MD

08:55 AM - 09:15 AM

Case-Based Discussion

Moderators:

Vinod Pullarkat, MD

Panelists:

Tamer Othman, MD, MD; Tiffany Nicole Tanaka, MD

09:15 AM - 10:00 AMSession 2: MDS & MPNs (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

Session Chair: Kentson Lam, MD PhD

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

Modern Management of MDS and MPNs – Ling Huang

09:30 AM - 09:35 AM

Modern Management of MDS and MPNs (Q&A)

09:35 AM - 09:45 AM

Case: MDS/MPNs - Case Presenter TBD

09:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Case-Based Discussion

Moderators:

Kentson Lam, MD PhD

Panelists:

Ling Huang ; Kristin Elo

10:00 AM - 10:45 AMBreak & Exhibits (Bel Aire Ballroom) - Product Theatre Sponsored by PharmaEssentia (Fairbanks Ballroom D)

10:45 AM - 11:40 AMSession 3: Multiple Myeloma (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

Session Chair: Caitlin Costello, MD

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Emerging Therapies in Multiple Myeloma – Caitlin Costello, MD

11:00 AM - 11:05 AM

Emerging Therapies in Multiple Myeloma (Q&A)

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM

Case 1 - NDMM - role of transplant? PERSEUS vs CEPHEUS – Lisa Lee, MD

11:15 AM - 11:25 AM

Case 2: Early Relapse: CART vs. Bispecific – Sarah S Lee, MD, MD

11:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Case-Based Discussion

Moderators:

Caitlin Costello, MD

Panelists:

Aaron S Rosenberg, MD; Lisa Lee ; Sarah S Lee, MD, MD

11:40 AM - 12:00 PMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Access to Cancer Care (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

12:00 PM - 01:00 PMLunch & Exhibits (Bel Aire Ballroom) - Product Theatre (Fairbanks Ballroom D) Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb - Cell Therapy Advances in Lymphoma by Blake Bruene, PharmD

01:00 PM - 02:00 PMSession 4: High-grade Lymphomas (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

Session Chair: Reema Batra , MD

01:00 PM - 01:15 PM

Current Approaches to R/R Disease – Marin Xavier, MD

01:15 PM - 01:20 PM

Current Approaches to R/R Disease (Q&A)

01:20 PM - 01:30 PM

Case 1: Double-hit DLBCL – Is intensified chemo (DA-EPOCH-R) still standard? – Reema Batra , MD

01:30 PM - 01:40 PM

Case 2: Primary refractory DLBCL – CAR-T vs. Bispecifics – Autumn Jeong, MD

01:40 PM - 02:00 PM

Case-Based Discussion

Moderators:

Reema Batra , MD

Panelists:

Autumn Jeong, MD; Geoffrey Shouse, PhD, DO; Marin Xavier, MD

02:00 PM - 02:15 PMBreak & Exhibits (Bel Aire Ballroom)

02:15 PM - 03:00 PMSession 5: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

Session Chair: Bita Fakhri, MD, MPH

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM

How I Treat CLL: Practical Decision-Making – Michael Choi, MD

02:30 PM - 02:35 PM

How I Treat CLL: Practical Decision-Making (Q&A)

02:35 PM - 02:45 PM

Case: CLL – Catherine Coombs, MD

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Case-Based Discussion

Moderators:

Bita Fakhri, MD, MPH

Panelists:

Michael Choi, MD; Catherine Coombs, MD

03:00 PM - 03:45 PMSession 6: Low-grade Lymphomas (Fairbanks Ballroom A-C)

Session Chair: Benjamin Heyman, MD

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Optimizing Treatment Strategies in Low-Grade Lymphomas – Paul Cheng, MD, PhD

03:15 PM - 03:20 PM

Optimizing Treatment Strategies in Low-Grade Lymphomas (Q&A)

03:20 PM - 03:30 PM

Case: Low-grade Lymphomas – Benjamin Heyman, MD

03:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Case-Based Discussion

Moderators:

Benjamin Heyman, MD

Panelists:

Paul Cheng, MD, PhD

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