Program
This Blood Cancer Conference (BCC) is one of many programs developed by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to meet the needs of patients, survivors, families and oncology professionals, the people who deal with blood cancer every day and the people who care for them. BCC attendees receive the most current information and access to local resources to help navigate and make informed decisions about their treatment and survivorship.
LLS Patient Access Department
This Is LLS
Nicole Bell, LMSW, Executive Director, Field Patient Access, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Keynote Speakers
A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Chemotherapy
Dan Shapiro, PhD, Vice Dean Faculty Affairs, Penn State College of Medicine
Sessions/Speakers
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
Richard Van Etten, MD, PhD, University of California, Irvine
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Ronald Paquette, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) Low Grade & Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Elizabeth Budde, MD, PhD, City of Hope
Adult Acute Leukemias (ALL & AML)
Matthew Wieduwilt, MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego
Immunotherapy: The Future of Cancer Treatment
John Timmerman, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Nutrition: Fact or Fiction? The Truth Tastes Good
Margaret Martin, RD, MS, LDN, CDE, PearlPoint Nutrition Services, The Nutrition Arm of LLS
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) High Grade & Hodgkin Lymphoma
Sven De Vos, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Michael Choi, MD, University of California, San Diego
Multiple Myeloma
Ann Mohrbacher, MD, University of Southern California
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Catriona Jamieson, MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego
*This is NOT a continuing education (CE) program.