The HemOnc Pulse

In this podcast episode covering the “HemOnc Pulse” Live meeting in Chicago, an expert panel explores unanswered questions in managing diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The panelists included Grzegorz Nowakowski, MD, a Professor of Oncology and Medicine in the Division of Hematology at the Mayo Clinic; Jane Winter, MD, a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; and Alan Skarbnik, MD, Director of the Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program and of Experimental Therapeutics, Malignant Hematology at Novant Health.

Recorded at the first “HemOnc Pulse” Live meeting in Chicago, this podcast episode features a panel discussion on unanswered questions in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with Elias Jabbour, MD, a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Hematology at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Sangeetha Venugopal, MD, MS, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Recorded at the first “HemOnc Pulse” annual meeting, this podcast episode features a panel discussion on unanswered questions in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with Elias Jabbour, MD, a Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Shira Dinner, MD, an Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology) at Northwestern Medicine; Sanam Loghavi, MD, an Associate Professor of Pathology at MD Anderson Cancer Center; and Wendy Stock, MD, Co-Leader of the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics research program at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Hilal, of the Mayo Clinic, joins Chadi Nabhan, MD, MBA, FACP, on “The HemOnc Pulse” to discuss measurable residual disease (MRD) and the debates surrounding its use for response assessment in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Recorded at the first “HemOnc Pulse” Live meeting, this podcast episode features a panel discussion on unanswered questions in Hodgkin lymphoma with Andrew Evens, DO, MBA, MSc, Director of the Lymphoma Program and Associate Director of Rutgers Cancer Institute; Grzegorz Nowakowski, MD, a Professor of Oncology and Medicine in Division of Hematology at the Mayo Clinic; and Jane Winter, MD, a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Recorded at the first “HemOnc Pulse” Live meeting, this podcast episode features a panel discussion on unanswered questions in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with Rami Komrokji, MD, Vice-Chair of the Malignant Hematology Department at Moffitt Cancer Center; Sanam Loghavi, MD, an Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Jamile Shammo, MD, FACP, FASCP, a Professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Sangeetha Venugopal, MD, MS, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale University.

This podcast episode features a panel discussion on challenges and opportunities for hematology oncology fellows with Megan Melody, MD, a third-year fellow at Northwestern University; Alexandra Rojek, MD, a second-year fellow at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Care Center; Seda Tolu, MD, a third-year fellow at the Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center; Zaker Schwabkey, MD, a third-year fellow at Moffit Cancer Center; Himachandana Atluri, MD, a third-year fellow at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and Hannah Goulart, MD, a first-year fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

“The HemOnc Pulse” goes on the road to Chicago May 3-4 with host Chadi Nabhan, MD, MBA, FACP, for the first live meeting.
This podcast episode features a panel discussion on unanswered questions in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy with Caron Jacobson, MD, MMSc, Medical Director of the Immune Effector Cell Therapy Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Michael Bishop, MD, FACP, FASCO, Director of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Program at the University of Chicago; Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, a Professor in the Applied Cancer Research and Drug Discovery Division at the Translational Research Institute, an affiliate of the City of Hope Cancer Center; and Alan Skarbnik, MD, Director of the Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program and Director of Experimental Therapeutics, Malignant Hematology at Novant Health.

"The HemOnc Pulse" goes on the road to Chicago with host Chadi Nabhan, MD, MBA, FACP.
This podcast episode features a panel discussion on unanswered questions in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with Naval Daver, MD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Leukemia at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Sanam Loghavi, MD, of the MD Anderson Cancer Center; Rami Komrokji, MD, the Vice-Chair of the Malignant Hematology Department at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida; and Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Hematology at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Miami Health. 

On this episode of "The HemOnc Pulse," Alan Skarbnik, MD, of Novant Health, and Manni Mohyuddin, MBBS, of the University of Utah, discuss the concept of measurable residual disease (MRD) in hematologic malignancies and highlight the polarized views surrounding MRD.
They also weigh the implications of MRD negativity, how to harmonize the MRD threshold, and how trials are putting MRD technology to the test.