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Home / News / Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer

Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer

In collaboration with the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases

February 28, 2022

In collaboration with the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases
Luskin Conference Center
April 23, 2022
8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Schedule

8:30 am – 9:00 am Check-in
9:00 am – 9:20 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Agi Hirshberg, Founder & CEO
Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Vay Liang W. Go, MD
Chair of the Hirshberg Foundation Scientific Advisory Board
University of California, Los Angeles
O. Joe Hines, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
9:20 am – 9:40 am Pancreatic Cancer Progress Report: Where are we?
Mark D. Girgis, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
9:40 am – 9:45 am  Q & A
9:45 am – 10:15 am Pancreatic Cancer Screening and Surveillance in High-Risk Individuals
Marcia (Mimi) Canto, MD, MHS
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
10:15 am – 10:25 am Q & A
10:25 am – 10:40 am Break
10:40 am – 11:10 am Nutritional Myths with Pancreatic Cancer
Zhaoping Li, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
11:10 am – 11:20 am Q & A
11:20 am – 11:50 am Understanding the Gut and Tumor Connection in Pancreatic Cancer
Vikas Dudeja, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Q & A
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm Survivor Photo
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Precision Medicine vs. Standard of Care for Treatment
O. Joe Hines, MD & J. Randolph Hecht, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
1:30 pm – 1:40 pm Q & A
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm UC Pancreatic Cancer Consortium: Collaboration at Work
Timothy Donahue, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm Q & A
2:10 pm – 3:00 pm Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Survivors and Caregivers
Moderator:
Judy Fortin
Executive Director of Communications
UCLA Health
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