Sylvester Annual Retreat
Each year, Sylvester’s Annual Retreat gathers over 100 faculty members from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, along with numerous affiliated faculty and staff.
This year’s retreat featured various activities to encourage scientific discussions, spark new collaborations, and support strategic planning across the Cancer Center.
More than 200 Trainees participated alone during the poster session, and over 400 attended the reception and dinner.
View the event page.
Miami Leukemia Symposium
The 4th Biennial Miami Leukemia Symposium is proud to present an exciting group of world-renowned clinicians and researchers to discuss the modern management of patients with acute and chronic leukemia and the role of stem cell transplantation for these patients. This venue will provide clinicians with a forum to discuss a wide range of topics, including the genetic/epigenetic landscape of myeloid neoplasms, the clinical management of acute myeloid leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia, as well as the indications for transplantation in each of these diseases. The 2025 MLS will take place next April 25-27, 2025, at the Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove. More information is coming soon!
Read more about the Miami Leukemia Symposium »Distinguished Collaboration Series
The Distinguished Collaboration Series (DCS) is a new lecture format from a team of distinguished internal speakers. The lectures focus on different aspects of the same scientific/clinical problem and explores the interrelationships between basic cancer research and clinical medicine.
Read more about the Distinguished Collaboration Series »Distinguished Lecture Series
Sylvester’s Distinguished Guest Lecture Series provides a forum for outstanding clinical and translational researcher guest lecturers to interact and ultimately collaborate with Sylvester faculty. The focus of the series is to bring basic science and clinical researchers together to discuss recent advances in the understanding and treatment of human cancer – a realization of the “bench to bedside” ideal. The audience is typically a mix of clinicians, clinical researchers, basic scientists, and physician scientists.
For UM faculty, staff and students who would like to view the video of these lectures, please click on the ones with (*) next to the name of the presenter.
Zubrod Memorial Lecture
The Annual Zubrod Memorial Lecture is held to honor Charles Gordon Zubrod, M.D., a devoted physician-scientist, extraordinary leader and a valued colleague who set high standards in order to create a center of excellence at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
For more information contact the Sylvester Office of Education & Training at 305-243-2287.
Read more about the Zubrod Memorial Lecture »Eckhard Podack Memorial Symposium & Yearly Keynote Speaker Lectures
The Podack Memorial Symposium and Yearly Keynote Guest Speaker Lectures honor an extraordinary individual who was Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. Eckhard Podack, MD, PhD made several seminal discoveries in the fields of immunology and cancer.
For more information contact Silvia Arguelles at sarguelles@med.miami.edu or 305-243-6694.
Read more about the Eckhard Podack Memorial Symposium »Junior Faculty Lecture Series
This lecture series showcases the exceptional work being done by Sylvester junior faculty members and provides a unique opportunity for informal critique and scientific discussion amongst junior and senior faculty members. Several productive collaborations have resulted from these lectures.
Learn more about this and other Faculty Development Program initiatives »Miami Epigenetics & Cancer Symposium
The 6th Biennial Miami Epigenetics and Cancer Symposium will take place at the Ritz Carlton, Coconut Grove, on November 16 and 17, 2024.
This two-day event, organized by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, will bring together renowned epigenetics experts who are helping to advance knowledge and new cancer therapies.
The symposium is designed for scientists at all career stages. We welcome fellows and medical students to join us. Explore various vital topics, including RNA biology, chromatin structure transcriptional regulation, and the interface between cancer and alterations in gene expression. Speakers represent prestigious institutions such as Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, the University of Oxford, the Max Planck Institute, and the University of Cambridge. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with top scientists and stay at the forefront of cancer epigenetics research while immersing yourself in Miami’s vibrant culture.
For more information, visit the event page.
Global Oncology and International Programs videos
ASCO Review – 2017 University of Miami
- Updates on Head & Neck Cancers – Dr. Ikpeazu
- Updates on GU Cancers – Dr. Merchan
- GI Tumor Update – Dr. Pimentel (in Spanish)
- Lung Cancer Update – Dr. Mudad
- Lymphoma/Hem Malignancies Update – Dr. Alencar
- Update on Breast Cancer – Dr. Mahtani
- Update on Melanoma – Dr. Feun
- Update on Sarcoma – Dr. Wilky
- Expert Opinions in Prostate Cancer Brazil 2017 – Dr. Lopes
ASCO 2017 Highlights
- Sarcoma Update - Dr. Trent (ASCO)
- GU Highlights - Dr. Merchan
- Melanoma Highlights - Dr. Acquavella
- Gynecology Updates - Dr. Slomovitz
- Heme Malignancies and Ongoing Research at Sylvester – Dr. Nimer (ASCO)
ASH 2017 Highlights
- Lymphoma Review - Dr. Alencar (ASH 2017)
- ASH 2017 Highlights - Dr. Nimer (ASH 2017)
- ESMO 2017 Presidential
- Presidential Symposium on Lung Cancer, ESMO 2017 – Dr. Jahanzeb
- Webinar with Dr. Lopes, Dr. Mudad, and Dr. Villamizar on updates in lung cancer: (this one even includes a video recording of a surgery!)
- International Tumor Board on sarcoma - Dr. Trent and Dr. Wilky and Instituto Oncologico Heriberto Pieter in the Dominican Republic plus Hospital de Clinicas Porto Alegre in Brazil
- Closing the Cancer Divide: Lessons from Women’s Health - Dr Felicia Knaul
Tumor Biology Symposium
The Tumor Biology Program is excited to announce its 6th Annual Tumor Biology Program Symposium. This event will bring together world-renowned “Immunity and Cancer” experts to share their knowledge and offer their insights on immunotherapy in cancer patients. More information will be available soon. Save the date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025.