Past Melanoma CME Events

Fighting Melanoma On All Fronts: Early Detection and Multidisciplinary Management

May 18, 2019
OHSU Robertson Life Sciences Building, Portland, Ore.

OHSU experts and keynote Vernon Sondak, M.D., from the Moffitt Cancer Center will discuss a wide range of topics on melanoma early detection and multidisciplinary management.

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Vernon Sondak, M.D.
Chair, Department of Cutaneous Oncology
Moffitt Cancer Center
Disclosures: consultant for Merck, BMS, Novartis, Array, Polynoma, Pfizer

Elizabeth Berry, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
OHSU
Disclosures: nothing to disclose.

Dale Han, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
OHSU
Disclosures: nothing to disclose.

Rajan Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Dermatology, OHSU
CEDAR Member, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Disclosures: nothing to disclose

Justin Leitenberger, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Co-director Mohs micrographic surgery, high-risk non-melanoma skin cancer clinic
OHSU
Disclosures: nothing to disclose.

Matthew Taylor, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute phase 1 clinical trials
OHSU
Disclosures: consultant for: BMS, Eisai, Array Biopharma, Blueprint Medicine, Bayer, LOXO oncology, Arqule, Novartis; speaker for BMS, Risai (honorarium)

Reid Thompson, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Medicine
OHSU
Disclosures: nothing to disclose.

John T. Vetto, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
OHSU
Disclosures: Speaker for Castle Biosciences (Honorarium) and spouse/partner of Genentech employee.

Agenda

7:30 a.m.     Registration and breakfast

8:00 a.m.     Welcome and introduction
Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D. and Elizabeth Berry, M.D.

8:10 a.m.     Shifting the paradigm in melanoma
John Vetto, M.D., F.A.C.S.

8:30 a.m.     Emerging treatment options for advanced melanoma
Matthew Taylor, M.D.

8:50 a.m.     50 shades of gray (Gy)
Reid Thompson, M.D., Ph.D. 

9:10 a.m.     Surgical management of melanoma
Dale Han, M.D.

9:30 a.m.     Break

9:50 a.m.     Current and future technologies for melanoma early detection
Rajan Kulkarni, M.D., Ph.D.

10:10 a.m.   The role of modified mohs for melanoma management
Justin Leitenberger, M.D.

10:30 a.m.   Multidisciplinary dreams and reality. The OHSU experience
Elizabeth Berry, M.D.

10:50 a.m.   Keynote: Neoadjuvant therapy and the future of melanoma surgery
Vernon K. Sondak, M.D.

11:50 a.m.   LUNCH - Pick up boxed lunches to take to noon lecture

Noon (optional session)           War on Melanoma™: a combined effort of leading dermatologists in the U.S. to end melanoma
Sancy Leachman, M.D., Ph.D.
Hear about each institutions role in the War on Melanoma™. Featuring panelists:
Susan Swetter, M.D., Stanford University
Clara Curiel, M.D., University of Arizona
Lynn Cornelius, M.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Kelly C. Nelson, M.D., MD Anderson Cancer Center
Emily Smith, M.D., University of Missouri
Rhoda Alani, M.D., Boston University School of Medicine
Debjani Sahni, M.D., Boston University School of Medicine
Tracy Callahan, Polka Dot Mama Melanoma Foundation

1:00 p.m.     Adjourn