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SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Didactic Sessions Begin @ 8:00 am Level B Ballroom 1 | Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, UT

TUMOR/SKULL BASE

8:00 - 8:15 am
A professional photo of Emma Earl wearing a black top.

An Analysis of the Influence of Social Determinants of Health on Treatment and Survival among Adult Patients with High-Grade Glioma in Utah
Emma Earl, Salt Lake City, UT

Emma Earl, Cody Orton, Samuel Tenhoeve, Clayton Rason, Michael Karsy, Randy Jensen
8:15 - 8:20 am Discussion
8:20 - 8:35 am

Assessing Compliance to Reporting Mandates in Glioblastoma-Related Clinical Trials
Nicholas Kendall, Salt Lake City, UT

Nicholas Kendall, Julian Rechberger, Abdelrahman Hamouda, Mark Cwajna, Sherief Ghozy, Kogulavadanan Arumaithurai, David Kallmes
8:35 - 8:40 am Discussion
8:40 - 8:55 am
Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, MD

Liquid Biopsy in Early Detection and Monitoring of CNS Metastases
Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves, Salt Lake City, UT

Natasha Hongsermeier-Graves
8:55 - 9:00 am Discussion
9:00 - 9:15 am
Professional photo of Kenan Arnautovic wearing glasses and a white coat

Does the Crafted Abdominal Fat Grafting Technique Completely Eliminate Risk to Postoperative CSF Leak in Endonasal Pituitary Surgery? Experience in 168 Cases
Kenan Arnautovic, Memphis, TN

Kenan Arnautovic, Nebojsa Lasica, Emal Lesha
9:15 - 9:20 am Discussion
9:20 - 9:40 am 
Professional photo of Deborah Blumenthal wearing a white coat

Targeted Therapy for Glioma...a Breakthrough!
Deborah Blumenthal, Tel Aviv, Israel

Deborah Blumenthal
9:40 - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 - 10:00 am
Professional photo of Frank Szulzewsky wearing a blue sweater

ERK Signaling Promotes Resistance to TRK Kinase Inhibition in NTRK Fusion-Driven Glioma Mouse Models
Frank Szulzewsky, Salt Lake City, UT

Sebastian Schmid, Zachary Russell, Alex Shimura Yamshita, Madeline West, Abigail Parrish, Julia Walker, Dmytro Rudoy, James Yan, David Quist, Betemariyam Gessesse, Neriah Alvinez, Kimberly  Hill, Larry Anderson, Patrick Cimino, Debra Kumasaka, Ralph Parchment, Eric Holland, Frank Szulzewsky
10:00 - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 - 10:20 am
Howard Colman Neurooncology Huntsman

Eflornithine Improves Survival in Recurrent IDH-Mutant WHO 2021 CNS Grade 3 Astrocytoma
Howard Colman, Salt Lake City, UT

Howard Colman
10:20 - 10:25 am Discussion
10:25 - 10:55 am
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GBM AGILE: A Master Protocol, Adaptive Platform Trial for Late-Stage Glioblastoma Development
Timothy Cloughesy, Los Angeles, CA

Timothy Cloughesy
10:55 - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am Adjourn

 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 2025

FUNCTIONAL SESSIONS

4:00 - 4:15 pm
Professional photo of Jordan Roach wearing a white shirt and tie

The Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase Complex Underlies Selective Dependency in H3 G34-Mutant Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma
Jordan Roach, Memphis, TN

Jordan Roach, Lawryn Kasper, Jared Andrews, Julie Laffy, Masashi Nomura, Frederick Boop, Paul Klimo, Dana Tlais, Jason Chiang, Itay Tirosh, Mario Suva, Suzanne Baker
4:15 - 4:20 pm  Discussion
4:20 - 4:40 pm 
Kris Smith, MD, Phoenix, AZ

Brain Tumor at Barrow
Kris Smith, Phoenix, AZ

Kris Smith
4:40 - 4:45 pm  Discussion
4:45 - 5:00pm
Professional photo of Frank Szulzewsky wearing a blue sweater

Aggressive High-Grade NF2 Mutant Meningiomas Downregulate Oncogenic YAP Signaling via the Upregulation of VGLL4 and FAT3/4
Frank Szulzewsky, Salt Lake City, UT

Abigail Parrish, Sonali Arora, Nayanga Thirimanne, Dmytro Rudoy, Sebastian Schmid, Philipp Sievers, Felix Sahm, Eric Holland, Frank Szulzewsky
5:00 - 5:05 pm  Discussion
5:05 - 5:20 pm

Surgical Resectability of Spheno-Orbital Meningiomas: Surgical Outcome in 93 Cases and a Proposed Clinically Relevant Anatomical Classification
William Couldwell, Salt Lake City, UT

Farshad Nassiri, Cameron Rawanduzy, Kyril Cole, Ashish Jha, William Couldwell
5:20 - 5:25 pm Discussion
5:25 - 5:55 pm
Professional photo of Amol Ghia wearing a suit and tie

Evolution in the Multi-Disciplinary Management of Netastatic and Primary Spinal Tumors
Amol Ghia, Houston TX

Amol Ghia
5:55 - 6:00 pm  Discussion
6:00 - 6:30 pm 
Costas G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD

Combining Intraoperative Detection with Therapy of Glioblastoma: A New Paradigm
Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, Pittsburg, PA
Kasdon Lecturer

Costas Hadjipanayis
6:30 - 6:35 pm  Discussion
6:35 pm  Adjourn

 

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Lanette Dunbar
Email: lanette.dunbar@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-556-2539
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