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2025 Highlights of ASH® in Latin America

Highlights of ASH in Latin America


Join the world's leading hematology experts at Highlights of ASH in Latin America, a two-day program that highlights the most influential research presented at the latest ASH annual meeting, the premier event in malignant and classical (non-malignant) hematology. 

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:

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Access a program curated from highlights of the ASH annual meeting which covers the latest and most influential topics in hematology.

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Engage in interactive panel discussions with speakers and attend small group lunch sessions with experts in the field.

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Network with experts, exhibitors, and peers in a close-knit setting.

Program Co-Chairs

The Program Co-Chairs for the Highlights of ASH in Latin America are:

  • SHU Program Co-Chairs
    • Dr. Mariana Stevenazzi 
    • Dr. Virginia Lema 
  • ASH Program Co-Chairs
    • Dr. Kristen Pettit 
    • Dr. Jonathan Kaufman

Program Schedule

8:00 a.m. Registration and Exhibition Opens 
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:00 a.m.

Targeted Therapies in Acute Myeloid Leukemia  

Jerald Radich, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA

9:30 a.m.

Complications of Transplantation and CAR-T Therapy

Tania Jain, MBBS 
Johns Hopkins 
Baltimore, MD 

10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 a.m. 

Tumor Board: Acute Leukemias and New Therapeutic Horizons

Courtney DiNardo, MD,MSc  
MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Kristen Pettit, MD 
University of Michigan 
Ann Arbor, MI

Mariana Stevenazzi, MD (Moderator) 
Sociedad de Hematologia del Uruguay 
Montevideo, Uruguay

Elvira Velloso, MD 
University of São Paulo 
São Paulo, Brazil 

12:00 p.m.

Satellite Symposia

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (All Attendees)

1:15 p.m.

Aplastic Anemia

Mrinal M. Patnaik, MBBS 
Mayo Clinic Rochester 
Rochester, MN 

1:45 p.m.

Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia

Annemarie Fogerty, MD 
Massachusetts General 
Boston, MA

2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion  
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m.

Targeted Drug Therapy in Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Carla Casulo, MD  
University of Rochester  
Rochester, NY

Carolina Oliver, MD  
The British Hospital  
Montevideo, Uruguay 

3:45 p.m.

High-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Courtney DiNardo, MD,MSc   
MD Anderson Cancer Center  
Houston, TX

Elvira Velloso, MD  
University of São Paulo  
São Paulo, Brazil 

4:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion

5:00 p.m. Highlights of ASH Day 1 Program Adjournment  
8:00 a.m. Registration and Exhibition Open
8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:00 a.m.

Lymphoma and Imaging in Treatment Monitoring: Management of T-Cell Lymphoma

Neha Mehta-Shah, MD, MSCI 
Washington University St. Louis 
St. Louis, MO 

9:30 a.m.

Multiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis

Jonathan Kaufman, MD 
Emory University 
Atlanta, GA 

10:00 a.m. 

Panel Discussion

10:30 a.m. Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 a.m.

Tumor Board: Complex Cases of High-Grade Lymphoma

Carla Casulo, MD   
University of Rochester   
Rochester, NY   

Neha Mehta-Shah, MD, MSCI   
Washington University St. Louis   
St. Louis, MO 

Virginia Lema, MD (Moderator)  
Sociedad de Hematologia del Uruguay  
Montevideo, Uruguay 

Carolina Oliver, MD   
The British Hospital   
Montevideo, Uruguay

12:00 p.m.

Lunch with the Experts (Ticketed)

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (All Attendees)   

1:15 p.m.

Sickle Cell Disease

Maureen Okam Achebe, MD, MPH 
Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Boston, MA 

1:45 p.m.

Consultative Hematology: Challenging Classical Hematology Consults

Jori May, MD 
The University of Alabama at Birmingham 
Birmingham, AL 

2:15 p.m. Panel Discussion
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m.

Transplantation

TBD 

Andres Gomez de Leon, MD  
Autonomous University of Nuevo León 
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 

3:45 p.m.

New Paradigms and Challenges in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Jorge E. Cortes, MD 
Augusta University 
Augusta, GA 

Carolina Pavlovsky, MD  
Fundaleu 
Buenos Aires, Argentina 

4:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
5:00 p.m. Highlights of ASH in Latin America Program Adjournment

Program Co-Host

ASH is proud to co-host this meeting with the Hematology Society of Uruguay (SHU). 

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