Highlights of ASH in Latin America

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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.

Registration for 2025 Highlights of ASH in Latin America is now open!

April 25-26, 2025
Punta del Este Convention & Exhibition Center | Punta del Este, Uruguay

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-Host

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

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

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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 Aggressive 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 Miguel-Angel Perales, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY 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

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