BMT Pharmacists Conference

(Supported by a grant from PDL BioPharma, Inc.
– with additional support from Amgen, Inc.; Astellas Pharma US, Inc;
Merck & Co., Inc.; Pfizer Inc; nd Sanofi-Aventis)

DAY ONE – Wednesday, February 15

7:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am
Welcome and Overview 
Helen Leather, BPharm, University of Florida, Conference Chair
– Cindy Ippoliti, PharmD, Cornell Hospital, Conference Co-Chair
– Tracey Walsh, PharmD, Tripler Army Medical Center, Conference Co-Chair

8:10 am
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia – Autologous  vs. Allogeneic
Fred Appelbaum, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

9:00 am
Fungal Infections – Emerging Pathogens and How to Treat Them
Kieren Marr, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

9:50 am
Gram Positive Infections in HSCT Patients – Same Old Same Old . . . or Something New?
James Lewis, PharmD, University of Texas Heath Science Center, San Antonio

11:00 am
American Society of Hematology Meeting Rehash
Jill Leslie, PharmD, St. Francis Hospitals and Healthcare, Indianapolis

11:50 am
Interscience Conference of Anti-infective Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) Rehash
Ashley Morris Engemann, PharmD, Duke University Medical Center

12:40 pm
Lunch

1:30 pm
Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome Following HSCT – DAH, BOOP and Beyond
Kenneth Cooke, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center

2:20 pm
Chronic GvHD – Any Closer to an Answer?
Introduction to Chronic GvHD and Its Complications
Overview of the New NIH Grading System
    Daniel Couriel, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Non-Myeloablative Transplantation – Less Chronic GvHD?
    Corey Cutler, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Center
Rituximab
    Dr. Cutler
Mycophenolate Mofetil
   Paul F. Martin, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Sirolimus/Tacrolimus Combinations
    Cindy Ippoliti, PharmD, Cornell Hospital

5:00 pm
Best Pharmacist Papers Session
Supported by a grant from Amgen, Inc.

6:00 pm
Adjourn

DAY TWO – Thursday, February 16

6:30 am
Breakfast Symposium

8:30 am
Cord Blood Transplantation
Pooled Cord Transplantation
    K. Scott Baker, MD, University of Minnesota
Non-Myeloablative Cord Transplantation
    Dr. Baker
Cord Blood Transplantation for Adults
    Nelson Chao, MD, Duke University Medical Center

10:30 am
Transplantation Candidates with Inflammatory and Fibrotic Liver Disease:  Contraindication or Modification? 
George McDonald, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

11:20 am
Clinical Controversies
CMV Antigenemia/PCR Positivity – The Best Treatment Approach Based on the Data
    Joe Bubalo, PharmD, Oregon Health Science Center
Daily versus Twice Daily G-CSF.  Which Is Better?
    Laura Wiggins, PharmD, Shands Heathcare at the University of Florida

12:00 noon
Luncheon Symposium 
 
2:00 pm
HSCT for Lymphoma
NST for Mantle Cell Lymphoma
    Koen van Besien, MD, University of Chicago
Autologous vs. Allogeneic vs. NST – Who, Why and When
    Issa Khouri, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

2:50 pm
Quality of Life Following Transplantation – It's All About Me . . . or Is It?
Michelle Bishop, PhD, University of Florida

3:30 pm
Adjourn

DAY THREE – Friday, February 17

6:30 am
Breakfast Symposium

8:30 am
Controversies in HSCT
Granulocyte Transfusions for Fungal Infections – Show Me the Data
    Michael Westmoreland, PharmD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
VOD.  Prophylaxis or Treatment.  Which Is the Better Strategy?
    Casey Williams, PharmD, Hem-Onc Associates of Kansas City

9:20 am
BMT Preparative Regimens
BU Followed by CY . . . or CY Followed by BU.  Does It Matter?
    George McDonald, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
BU-FLU – The New Gold Standard for Leukemia?
    Borje Andersson, MD, PhD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

10:30 am
Oral Abstracts

12 noon
Luncheon Symposium with Physicians

2:00 pm
Viral Infections in HSCT
Michael Boeckh, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

2:50 pm
How To Get Your Manuscript Publlshed – Helpful Tips from an Editor
John Wingard, MD, University of Florida, editor of Blood and Marrow Transplantation Reviews

3:50 pm
Donor Lymphocyte Infusions – Do They Fulfill the Hope?
Sergio Giralt, MD, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

4:50 pm
Adjourn

Pharmacy posters will be displayed throughout the day Friday, and presented by their authors in Poster Session I from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.