Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific
About Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific
By attending Highlights of ASH, you will get a comprehensive review of significant scientific updates in clinical and translational hematologic research, learn how these updates directly affect the study and practice of hematology, and discover how new research can be translated into cutting-edge patient care.
Through participation in this meeting, you will be able to:
Explore a program that covers the latest and most influential topics in hematology curated from the premier science presented at the ASH annual meeting.
Actively engage in interactive panel discussions with speakers and attend small group lunch sessions with experts in the field.
Connect with a community of individuals who share common goals and hold a mutual appreciation for the scientific advancements.
This meeting has been designed to be a rewarding educational event for hematologists, oncologists, fellows and trainees, allied health professionals, and hematopathologists.
Program Co-Host
ASH is proud to co-host this meeting with the Malaysian Society of Hematology.
Program Co-Chairs
The Program Co-Chairs for the Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific are:
- Malaysian Society of Hematology Program Co-Chairs
- Dr. Gin Gin Gan
- Dr. Haris Abdul Rahman
- American Society of Hematology Program Co-Chairs
- Dr. Payal Desai
- Dr. Eric Tse
Program Schedule
The following session topics correspond to the 2026 Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific and is subject to change.
| 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. | Registration and Exhibits Open | |
| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Introductions | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Acute Myeloid Leukemia Katherine Tarlock, MD University of Washington Seattle, WA |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Adele K Fielding, MBBS, PhD Hull York Medical School Hull, England |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Panel Discussion |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Hemoglobinopathies & Red Blood Cell Disorders
Payal Desai, MD Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC |
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| 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Artificial Intelligence & Informatics in Hematology Practice Improvement Barbara Lam, MD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, WA |
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| 12:15 - 12:45 p.m. | Panel Discussion | |
| 12:45 - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (All Attendees) | |
| Lunch with the Experts (Ticketed) | ||
| 2:00 - 3:15 p.m. | Tumor Board: Plasma Cell Disorders Gin Gin Gan, MD Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Shaji Kumar, MD Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Hang Quach, MBBS, MD St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia |
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| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall | |
| 3:45 - 4:15 p.m. |
Histiocytic Disorders Gaurav Goyal, MD University of Alabama Birmingham, AL |
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| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. |
Immune Cytopenias Michael A. Cole, MD, Dphil Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MD |
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| 4:45 - 5:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion | |
| 5:15 - 5:20 p.m. | Highlights of ASH Day 1 Closing Remarks | |
Nationwide Children's
Columbus, OH
| 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. | Registration and Exhibits Open |
| 8:45 - 9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Introductions |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Bleeding Disorders Ross Baker, MBBS Perth Blood Institute Perth, Australia |
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Women's Health |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Case-Based Presentation: Thrombosis Panelist 1: Ponlapat Rojnuckarin, MD, PhD Bumrungrad International Hospital Bangkok, Thailand Panelist 2: Jeffrey Weitz, MD McMaster University Ontario, Canada Panelist 3: Lee Lai Heng, MBBS, MD Singapore General Hospital Singapore |
| 12:15 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (All Attendees) |
| Lunch with the Experts (Ticketed) | |
| 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. | Indolent Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Jia Ruan, MD, PhD Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY |
| 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | Aggressive Lymphoma Steven Park, MD Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC Eric Tse, MBBS, PhD Hong Kong University |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall |
| 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | Transplant Robert Negrin, MD Stanford University Stanford, California William Hwang, MBBS National Cancer Center Singapore |
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Myelodysplastic Syndromes & Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Harry Gill Singh, MBBS HKU Med Hong Kong |
| 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| 5:30 p.m. | Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific Closing Remarks |