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ONCOLOGY UPDATE in South Florida ...ONCOLOGY UPDATE in South Florida

Experts Convene for Third Miami Cancer Institute Summit

of the Americas on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies

BY GEORGI PIPKIN M.D., Ph.D., deputy director York, where in 1973, the world’s first suc- launched in July of 2019. It hit the 100-
and chief of Blood & Marrow cessful allogeneic transplant was per- patient milestone in just 18 months. In
Thanks to the collabo- Transplant and Hematologic formed. A pioneer in allogeneic stem cell addition, in July of 2020, as the program
ration of physician scien- Oncology at Miami Cancer transplantation and immunotherapies, continued to expand, Hope Tower
tists, patients with blood Institute, a part of Baptist Dr. Koehne believes the Summit offers a opened on the Baptist Hospital campus,
cancers are benefitting Health. “But to maintain our unique opportunity particularly for adjacent to the Institute. With 39 private
from rapidly evolving forward progress we must oncologists, hematologists, pharmacists, rooms on 6 Hope and 45 private rooms
research, advances in not do our research in silos. oncology nurses and other specialists to on 5 Hope dedicated tor bone marrow
immunotherapy and tar- We must share so that we can hear directly from those responsible for and immunotherapy patients, the new
geted molecular therapy. build upon what we have treatment breakthroughs. facility gives patients who face lengthy
When some of the nation’s learned.” “Treatments are becoming more hospital stays because of their compro-
top experts gather in The in-person program, sophisticated and every day we are learn- mised immune systems a spacious
January at the Third Dr. Guenther Koehne Jan. 21 and 22, features a ing more about how to target treatment accommodation that includes a refrigera-
Miami Cancer Institute powerhouse faculty that to the individual,” he said. “By dis- tor, microwave, large bathroom and even
Summit of the Americas on includes physicians from Memorial Sloan cussing the most recent research, we room to exercise.
Immunotherapies for Hematologic Kettering, Harvard Medical School, move science forward, ultimately offer- At the Summit, Dr. Koehne will share
Malignancies, it’s with the knowledge Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, MD ing more options to patients and improv- his research and the Institute’s experi-
that sharing their findings will lead to Anderson Cancer Center, Columbia ing their outcomes.” ence.
even more options at the bedside. University’s Herbert Irving Compre - Among the symposium topics are
Some 186,400 people in the U.S. are hensive Cancer Center, the Abramson advances in immunologically and molec-
expected to be diagnosed with leukemia, Cancer Center at the University of ular based system therapies, new targeted To register, or for more information on
lymphoma, myeloma and other blood Pennsylvania and other leading institu- diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for Miami Cancer Institute’s Third Annual
cancers this year, according to the tions. Approximately 300 physicians and lymphoma, myeloma and leukemia, the Summit of the Americas on
American Cancer Society. Thousands other healthcare providers attended last role and timing of hematopoietic cell Immunotherapies for Hematologic
more are already in treatment. year’s virtual Summit. transplantation and the latest on CAR Malignancies, held at the Ritz Carlton
“The speed at which the field is Dr. Koehne came to Baptist Health’s cell therapies. Coconut Grove, go to
advancing is very encouraging,” said Miami Cancer Institute from Memorial Miami Cancer Institute’s Blood and https://cmeonline.baptisthealth.net/
symposium director Guenther Koehne, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New Marrow Transplantation program was immunotherapy-symposium.

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