08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:30

Welcome speeches

Oliver Bogler, PhD (Houston, TX, USA) – Senior Vice-President, Professor of Neuro-oncology, Director of Brain Research Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:

Armen Minassian, MD – Manager of the Foundation’s Affairs of the IDeA Foundation

Nune Yeghiazaryan, MPH, PhD – President of the Harvard Club of Armenia, Country Director of the Armenian EyeCare Project

Hagop Kantarjian, MD (Houston, TX, USA) – Chairman and Professor of Leukemia Department, Associate Vice President for Global Academic Programs, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:
Mihran Nazaretyan, MD, PhD, DrSc – 1 ^st Minister of Health of Armenia (1990-1991), Hematologist, Medical Director of the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry

Lilit Sargsyan, MD – Pediatric hematologist/oncologist, Clinic of Chemotherapy of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU, Lecturer of Oncology of YSMU, CEO of the City of Smile Foundation

Agop Bedikian, MD (Houston, TX, USA) – Professor Emeritus of Melanoma Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:

Artur Avetisyan, MD, PhD – Chief Physician of the National Oncology Center

Lilit Harutyunyan, MD – Medical Oncologist, Clinic of Chemotherapy of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU, President of the Young Oncology Group of Armenia

Leslie Lehmann, MD (Boston, MA, USA) – Clinical Director of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Center and Medical/Faculty Director of the Global Health Initiative at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorder Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard School of Medicine

Moderators:

Davit Zohrabyan, MD – Medical Oncologist, Clinic of Chemotherapy of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU, European Society of Medical Oncology National Representative in Armenia

Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD – Pediatric hematology/oncology Fellow, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center (Boston, MA, USA)

Ara Vaporciyan, MD, F.A.C.S, MHPE (Houston, TX, USA) – Chairman and Professor of Cardiothoracic Department, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Director of American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Moderators:

Mher Kostanyan, MD, PhD – Interim chairman of the Department of Oncology of YSMU, Oncologist at the National Oncology Center

Liana Safaryan, MD – Medical Oncologist, Clinic of Chemotherapy of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU

Avo Artinyan, MD (Houston, TX, USA) – Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Simulation Center, Baylor College of Medicine

2016 President of the Armenian Association of Hematology and Oncology

Moderators:
Armen Avagyan, MD – Interim chief of the Clinic of Chemotherapy of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU, CEO of the Armenian Association of Hematology and Oncology

Hovhannes Vardevanyan, MD – Head of Radiology Department, Armenian-American Wellness Center

12:40 – 13:40

Lunch

Hanns Funk Annual 2016 Award

Moderators:

Irini Albanti, DrPH (cand), MPH, MA – Director of the Global Health Initiative at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Instructor of Practice at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston, MA, USA)

Aleksandr Shagafyan – CEO of the US Alumni Association of Armenia

Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD (Houston, TX, USA) – Professor at the Departments of Leukemia and Stem Cell Transplantation, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:

Tamara Sarkisian, MD, PhD, DrSc – Chairman of the Department of Genetics of YSMU, Director of the Center of Medical Genetics and Primary Healthcare

Kristina Poghosyan, MD – Hematologist/oncologist, Hematology Center

Maro Ohanian, DO (Houston, TX, USA) – Assistant Professor at the Department of Leukemia, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:

Lusine Hakobyan, MD – Hematologist/oncologist, Clinic of Chemotherapy of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU

Aline Aywaz, MSc – Head of Immunophenotyping and Cytogenetic Departments, Hematology Center

Carlos Bueso-Ramos, MD, PhD (Houston, TX, USA) – Professor at the Department of Hematopathology, Chief of Diagnostic Bone Marrow, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Moderators:
Armen Mkhitaryan, MD, PhD –  Chief pathologist of Yerevan city, Chief of Pathology Department of Muratsan Hospital Complex of YSMU

Parandzem Khachatryan, MD, PhD – Chief of Pathology Department of Heratsi Hospital Complex of YSMU

Kathleen (Kathy) Houlahan, MSN, MHA, RN (Boston, MA, USA) – Nurse Director of the  Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and member of the Global Health Initiative

Moderators:

Narine Movsisyan, MD – Palliative care specialist, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology of YSMU

Nune Dolyan, MD – Health Program Manager, Children of Armenia Fund (COAF)

Brian Delaney, PsyD (Boston, MA, USA) – Director of Psychology Fellowship in Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology, Senior Psychologist and member of the Global Health Initiative at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School
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Jorge Fernandez, LICSW (Boston, MA, USA) – Senior Member of the Division of Pediatric Psychosocial Oncology and member of the Global Health Initiative at  Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Moderators:

Anna Balyan, MD, PhD – Head of Heratsi Outpatient Clinic

Edgar Gyanjumyan – Famous Composer and Leukemia Survivor