14TH ANNUAL TUMORS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS ... - CME

7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast and Registration
Session I - Brain Tumor Imaging & Clinical Presentation
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
14th Annual Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Brain Tumor Management
December 4-5, 2006
Langham Hotel, Boston, MA
Monday, December 4, 2006
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8:00 - 8:10 Welcome ................................................................................................... Peter M. Black, M.D., Ph.D. and Jay S. Loeffler, M.D.
8:10 - 8:30 Introduction to Brain Tumors ........................................................................................................... Frederick H. Hochberg, M.D.
8:30 - 9:00 Brain Tumor Imaging ...................................................................................................................................... Amir Zamani, M.D.
9:00 - 9:30 Neuroimaging in Clinical Context ................................................................................................................... John Henson, M.D.
9:30 - 10:00 Metabolic Imaging for Brain Tumors ................................................................................................................. Ted Treves, M.D.
10:00 - 10:30 Interventional Radiology for Brain Tumors ........................................................................................... Kai Frerichs, M.D., Ph.D.
10:30 - 10:45 Morning Break
Session II - Brain Tumor Pathology & Epidemiology
10:45 - 11:15 Genetic Syndromes in Brain Tumors ............................................................................................................... Scott Plotkin, M.D.
11:15 - 11:45 Brain Tumor Epidemiology .............................................................................................................. Elizabeth Claus, M.D., Ph.D.
11:45 - 12:15 Interpreting Frozen Sections ............................................................................................................... Umberto DiGirolami, M.D.
12:15 - 12:45 Brain Tumor Pathology ..................................................................................................................................... David Louis, M.D.
12:45 - 1:15 Molecular Genetics of Gliomas ........................................................................................................... Mark Johnson, M.D., Ph.D.
1:15 - 2:15 Lunch Break
Session III - Gliomas
2:15 - 2:45 Glioma Development ......................................................................................................................................... Keith Ligon, M.D.
2:45 - 3:15 Surgery for Patients with Malignant Gliomas .................................................................................. Frederick G. Barker, II, M.D.
3:15 - 3:45 Chemotherapy for Patients with Gliomas ............................................................................................. Jan Drappatz, M.D., Ph.D.
3:45 - 4:15 Radiation Therapy for Gliomas .................................................................................................. Naren Ramakrishna, M.D., Ph.D.
4:15 - 4:45 Sterotactic Radiation Techniques for Gliomas........................................................................................ Arnab Chakravarti, M.D.
4:45- 5:15 Targeted Drug Therapies for Brain Tumors .......................................................................................... Patrick Wen, M.D., Ph.D
5:15 - 6:00 Image Guided Surgery & Immune Therapy for Gliomas ......................................................................... Isabelle Germano, M.D.
6:00 - 7:30 Reception
7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast
Session IV - Pediatric Brain Tumors
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
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8:00 - 8:30 Craniopharyngioma Management .............................................................................................................. R. Michael Scott, M.D.
8:30 - 9:00 Medulloblastoma Management .......................................................................................................... Scott Pomeroy, M.D., Ph.D.
9:00 - 9:30 Ependymomas and Other Gliomas ...................................................................................................... Liliana Goumnerova, M.D.
9:30 - 10:00 Radiation Therapy for Children with Brain Tumors ...................................................................................... Nancy Tarbell, M.D.
10:00 - 10:40 Chemotherapy and New Biological Agents for Children ................................................................................. Mark Kieran, M.D.
10:40 - 11:00 Morning Break
Session V - Brain Tumor Basic Science
11:00 - 11:30 Angiogenesis in Brain Tumors ......................................................................................................................... Rakesh Jain, Ph.D.
11:30 - 12:00 Brain Mapping in Glioma Management .................................................................................................... Alexandra Golby, M.D.
12:00 - 12:30 Cellular and Genetic Origins of Gliomas ............................................................................................ Charles Stiles, M.D., Ph.D.
12:30 - 1:00 Novel Biological Therapies for Gliomas ........................................................................................... Santosh Kesari, M.D., Ph.D.
1:00 - 1:30 New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy ..................................................................................... Peter Warnke, M.D., F.R.C.S.
1:30 - 2:30 Lunch Break
Session VI - Benign Tumors
2:30 - 3:15 Meningiomas, Pituitary Adenomas & Vestibular Schwannomas ...................................................... Peter M. Black, M.D., Ph.D.
3:15 - 3:45 Radiation for Benign Tumors ..................................................................................................................... Stephanie Weiss, M.D.
Session VII - Malignant Tumors
3:45 - 4:15 Lymphomas ...................................................................................................................................... Frederick H. Hochberg, M.D.
4:15 - 4:45 Neoplastic Meningitis .................................................................................................................................. Tracy Batchelor, M.D.
4:45 - 5:15 Metastatic Tumors ......................................................................................................................................... Jay S. Loeffler, M.D.
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