Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific

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

February 22-23, 2025
PACIFICO Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan

About Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific

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.

This meeting has been designed to be a rewarding educational event for hematologists, oncologists, fellows and trainees, allied health professionals, and hematopathologists.

Program Co-Host

ASH is proud to co-host this meeting with the Japanese Society of Hematology.

Program Co-Chairs

The Program Co-Chairs for the Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific are:

Japanese Society of Hematology Program Co-Chairs
- Dr. Akifumi Takaori-Kondo
- Dr. Kinuko Mitani
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- Dr. Jonathan Kaufman
- Dr. Jia Ruan

Program Schedule

The following session topics correspond to the 2025 Highlights of ASH in Asia-Pacific and is subject to change.

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8:00 a.m.	Registration and Exhibits Open
8:30 a.m.	Welcome & Introduction
8:45 a.m.	Highlights in Aggressive Lymphoma
9:15 a.m.	*Highlights in Indolent Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia* Jia Ruan, MD, PhD Weill Cornell Medicine New York, New York
9:45 a.m.	Panel Discussion
10:15 a.m.	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 a.m.	Special ��ѻ��ý Session: T-Cell Lymphoma Moderator: Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto, MD, PhD University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan
	Basic T-Cell Lymphoma Keisuke Kataoka, MD, PhD Keio University Tokyo, Japan
	Clinical T-Cell Lymphoma Dai Maruyama, MD, PhD Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Tokyo, Japan
	T-Cell Lymphoma Won Seog Kim, MD, PhD Samsung Medical Center Seoul, South Korea
12:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion
12:15 p.m.	Lunch with the Experts (Ticketed) Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (All Attendees) Satellite Symposia
1:15 p.m.	*Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes* Moonjung Jung, MD, MS Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
1:45 p.m.	*Aplastic Anemia* Bhumika Patel, MD Prisma Health Cancer Institute, Greenville, SC
2:15 p.m.	*Complement-Related Diseases: Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia* Christopher Patriquin, MD University of Toronto Toronto, Canada
2:45 p.m.	Panel Discussion
3:15 p.m.	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:45 p.m.	*Gene and Cell Therapy for Hematological Diseases: CAR-T* Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD, FACP Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute and Wake Forest School of Medicine Charlotte, North Carolina
4:15 p.m.	*Gene and Cell Therapy for Hematological Diseases: Gene Editing*
4:45 p.m.	*Next Generation Clinical Sequencing and MRD Evaluation*
5:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion
5:45 p.m.	Highlights of ASH® Day 1 Program Adjournment

8:00 a.m.	Registration and Exhibits Open
8:30 a.m.	Welcome & Introduction
8:45 a.m.	Transplant Ran Reshef, MD, MSc Columbia University New York, New York
9:15 a.m.	Bleeding and Platelet Disorders Jorge Di Paola, MD Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri
9:45 a.m.	Panel Discussion
10:15 a.m.	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:45 a.m.	*Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia* Adam Duvall, MD, MPH University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
11:15 a.m./td>	*Acute Myeloid Leukemia* Mary-Elizabeth Percival, MD Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Seattle, Washington
11:45 a.m.	Myeloma, MGUS, and Plasma Cell Disorders Jonathan Kaufman, MD Emory University Atlanta, Georgia
12:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion
12:45 p.m.	Lunch with the Experts (Ticketed) Lunch in the Exhibit Hall (All Attendees) Satellite Symposia
2:00 p.m.	*Hemoglobinopathies* Kelly M. Davidson, MD UVA Health Charlottesville, Virginia
2:30 p.m.	*Thrombotic Disorders* Anita Rajasekhar, MD University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
3:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion
3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
4:00 p.m.	*Myeloproliferative Neoplasms including Chronic Myeloid Leukemia* Jorge Cortes, MD Augusta University Augusta, Georgia
4:30 p.m.	*Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Clonal Hematopoiesis* Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas
5:00 p.m.	Panel Discussion
5:30 p.m.	Highlights of ASH® Adjournment

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