Vanderbilt Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Symposium

Emerging Applications of Novel Therapies in Hematologic Disorders and Solid Tumors
About this Event

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center would like you to join us at our 2026 Vanderbilt Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Symposium, with focus on current advances in stem cell transplantation and cancer cell therapy, emerging applications of these novel therapies in hematologic disorders and solid tumors.

Moderator: Adetola Kassim, MD, SCT Symposium Chairman

Agenda

🕑: 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
🕑: 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Statements
Host: Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD
🕑: 08:15 AM - 08:50 AM
Strategies to Improve Lymphoma CAR19 Efficacy
Host: David Miklos, MD, PhD
🕑: 08:55 AM - 09:10 AM
Cellular Engineering Strategies to Overcome the Tumor Microenvironment
Host: Andrew P. Jallouk BS, MD, PhD
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Orca-T vs allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Precision-T)...
Host: Bhagirathbhai Dholaria, MD, FACP
🕑: 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Break
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:20 AM
CARs in solid tumors “Bench to bedside”
Host: Daniel W Lee, III, MD
🕑: 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM
Germline mutations in heme malignancies
Host: Kateryna Fedorov, MD
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Prevention of post-transplant relapse “Intercept Clinic”
Host: Somedeb Ball, MD
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 12:00 PM
Myeloma Novel Therapies
Host: Ajay K. Nooka, MD MPH
🕑: 12:40 PM - 12:55 PM
Bispecifics vs CAR T-cell therapy in Multiple Myeloma
Host: Eden Biltibo, MD
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Approaches to Treating Relapsed and Refractory AL Amyloidosis
Host: Salyka Sengsayadeth, MD
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:55 PM
Fratricide, Aplasia, and Efficacy: The CAR T Balancing Act in T cell Malign...
Host: Sattva S Neelapu, MD
🕑: 01:55 PM - 02:10 PM
Break
🕑: 02:10 PM - 02:25 PM
Current Transplant Strategies in Bone Marrow Failure
Host: Jim Connelly, MD
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Clonal Hematopoiesis in Sickle Cell Disease-clinical implications
Host: Ashwin Kishtagari, MD, MSCI
🕑: 02:50 PM - 03:10 PM
PANEL & QUESTIONS: State of the Art Therapy in CAR T cells

Info: Dr. Sattva Neelapu
Dr. David Miklos
Dr. Daniel Lee
Dr. Oluwole Olalekan
Nancy Long, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC

🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
PANEL & QUESTIONS: State of the Art Stem Cell Therapy for malignant and Non-Ma

Info: Dr. Adetola Kassim
Dr. Bipin Savani
Dr. Salyka Sengsayadeth
Dr. Jim Connelly

🕑: 03:50 PM - 04:00 PM
Closing Remarks