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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, March 14, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET
    Narrative Medicine Workshop

    Moderator: Ria Mulherkar, MD – UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Moderator: Eulanca Y. Liu, MD, PhD – UCLA

    Speaker: Matthew J. Farrell, MD, MFA – UCLA

    Moderator: Puja S. Venkat, MD – UCLA

  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
    Registration Desk Open
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM ET
    SEAL Welcome Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Speed Networking for Residents & New Practitioners
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    Welcome Breakfast
  • 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM ET
    INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM: Varian
  • 8:30 AM – 8:55 AM ET
    SEAL Welcome, Ice Breaker and Conference Overview
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
    Welcome and Opening Remarks

    Moderator: Dwight Heron, MD, MBA, FACRO, FACR, FASTRO – Bon Secours Mercy Health

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Luther Brady Lecture

    Speaker: C. Norman Coleman, MD – National Cancer Institute, NIH

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    CNS: Neuro-Cognitive Protection: A Giant Leap from Whole Brain Radiation Therapy
    Speaker: Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego
    Speaker: Paul Brown, MD – Mayo Clinic
    PhysicianResident
     CME 1 Credits
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Organizational Adaptations for the Future
    SEAL
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Meet Your ACRO Exhibitors
  • 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Poster Walk with Professors

    Moderator: Michael Bernstein, MD FACRO – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM ET
    INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM: Sumitomo Pharmacy & Pfizer Oncology
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM ET
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lunch
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM ET
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM ET
    SEAL Lunch
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    GI: Shifting Practices: Standard of Care Evolution for GI Cancers
    Speaker: Nina N. Sanford, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern
    Speaker: Michael F. Bassetti, MD PhD – University of Wisconsin
    PhysicianResident
     CME 1 Credits
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM ET
    Strategy
    SEAL
  • 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM ET
    ACRO GREC: Addressing Health Policy Head On: A Call to Action

    Presenter: Jason S. McKitrick, MBA – Liberty Partners Group

    Presenter: Tarita Thomas, MD, FACRO

    Panelist: Heath Mackley, MD

    Panelist: Dwight Heron, MD, MBA, FACRO, FACR, FASTRO – Bon Secours Mercy Health

    Panelist: Christopher D. Jahraus, MD, FACRO – Generations Radiotherapy & Oncology PC

    Presenter: Joseph Wilding, n/a – Virginia Commonwealth University

  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM ET
    ECONTOUR: Finding or Avoiding Your Bowels Appropriately
    Speaker: Nina N. Sanford, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern
    Speaker: Michael F. Bassetti, MD PhD – University of Wisconsin
    PhysicianResident
     CME 1 Credits
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
    Workforce Transitions and Employee Retention
    SEAL
  • 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Cancer Care Leadership Panel (Industry Panel)
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM ET
    INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM: Elekta
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM ET
    Reception in the Exhibit Hall
  • 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Quick Pitch Oral Presentations

    Moderator: Isabelle Choi, MD – New York Proton Center

  • 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
    ACRO Happy Hour, Quizzo & Corporate Partner Appreciation