The K12 Paul Calabresi Symposium is an annual event that brings together current and former K12 Scholars to share their experiences and learn from and network with internal and external clinical research leaders.
The Symposium is open to the Sylvester and University of Miami communities. It features a keynote speaker, K12 Scholar presentations, and panels on research, mentorship, and career development.
2024 Sylvester K12 Calabresi Symposium
Friday, June 21, 2024, 9:00am – 1:00pm
| 9:00 – 10:10am: Keynote – "Bedside to Bench Research in Small Cell Lung Cancer" |
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| Afshin Dowlti, M.D. | Professor of Medicine; Associate Director for Clinical Research Case Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| 10:20 – 11:50am: K12 Scholar Presentations | |
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Katherine Amin, M.D. Urology |
Survivorship and Pelvic Floor InterventioNs (SPIN) Program for Women with Bladder Cancer: A Feasibility and Proof of Efficacy Pilot Study |
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Benjamin Diamond, M.D. Myeloma |
Minimal Residual Disease and Genomics to Adapt Therapy in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma |
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Coral Olazagasti, M.D. Medical Oncology |
GUIAR: Promoting Lung Cancer Screening in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors |
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Ashish Shah Neurosurgery |
A Novel Phase 2 Biomarker Driven, Study of DB107, a Retroviral Replicating Vector, Combined with 5-FC in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma or Anaplastic Astrocytoma |
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Benjamin Spieler, M.D. Radiation Oncology |
The Miami UAdapt Molecular Characterization Trial |
| 12:00 – 1:00pm: Physician Scientist Career Development Panel | |
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| Saro Armenian, D.O., MPH | Professor and Chair of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Outcomes Research, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Namrata Chandhok, M.D. | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine |
| Eric Tkacyzk, M.D., Ph.D. | Director, Vanderbilt Dermatology Clinic; Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Biomedical Informatics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering |
| Jeffrey Ward, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine |