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2024 AGENDA

THURSDAY APRIL 4TH, 2024

Oncoplastic Partnership Hands On Workshop (For surgeons, a separate registration is required, see registration page)

Thu sessions are in Frontenac Ballroom C

7:00 AM – 7:30 AM Breakfast and Registration – Frontenac Foyer/Frontenac Ballroom B
7:30 AM – 7:40 AM Opening Remarks – Dr. Marianna Kapala- Frontenac Ballroom C
7:40 AM – 8:30 AM Introduction to Oncoplastics – Dr. Marianna Kapala
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM HANDS-ON PART 1

Crescent Mastopexy-De-Epithelialization and Level 1 Defect Closure – All Faculty

Drs. Kapala, Brackstone, Hanrahan, Richardson

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM Level 2 Round Block – Dr. Jeannie Richardson
9:20 AM – 9:40 AM Level 2 Racquet – Dr. Jeannie Richardson
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM BREAK – Frontenac Foyer
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM HANDS-ON PART 2- Frontenac Ballroom C

Round Block and RacquetAll Faculty

Drs. Kapala, Brackstone, Hanrahan, Richardson

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM V and J Mammoplasty Techniques Dr. Muriel Brackstone
11:15 AM – 11:45 AM HANDS-ON PART 3

V-J Mammoplasty – All Faculty

Drs. Kapala, Brackstone, Hanrahan, Richardson

11:45 AM – 12:25 PM LUNCH – Frontenac Ballroom B
12:25 AM – 12:45 PM Markings for Level 3 Reduction Mammoplasty – Dr. Renee Hanrahan
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM Level 3 Reduction Mammoplasty – Superior Pedicle – Dr. Renee Hanrahan
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Level 3 Reduction Mammoplasty – Inferior Pedicle – Dr. Renee Hanrahan
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM HANDS-ON PART 4

Level 3 – Superior and Inferior Pole Reduction Mammoplasty – All Faculty

Drs. Kapala, Brackstone, Hanrahan, Richardson

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM BREAK- Frontenac Foyer
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Complications – Dr. Muriel Brackstone- Frontenac Bllrm C
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Small Group Case Discussions – All Faculty

Drs. Kapala, Brackstone, Hanrahan, Richardson

Participants to bring cases for discussion

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Closing Remarks – Dr. Marianna Kapala
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Learners will complete the online program evaluation and feedback

FRIDAY APRIL 5TH, 2024

Canadian Breast Cancer Conference

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Registration – Frontenac Foyer
12:00 PM – 12:10 PM Opening Remarks – Dr. Wendy Lam
Frontenac Ballroom AB
12:10 PM – 12:50 PM Precision Medicine – Chair: Dr. Karen Gelmon
12:10 PM – 12:40 PM Precision Medicine in US – Dr. Hope Rugo
12:40 PM – 12:50 PM Questions with Audience – Dr. Karen Gelmon & Dr. Hope Rugo
12:50 PM – 2:10 PM Update in the Neoadjuvant Management of Early Breast Cancer – Chair: Dr. Vanessa Bernstein
12:50 PM – 1:10 PM Surgical Oncologist Perspectives – Dr. Muriel Brackstone
1:10 PM – 1:30 PM Medical Oncology Perspectives in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
Dr. Vanessa Bernstein
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM Incorporating Radiation in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer – Dr. Iwa Kong
1:50 PM – 2:10 PM Panel Discussion and Questions with the Audience –
Chair: Dr. Vanessa Bernstein
Panel: Dr. Iwa Kong, Dr. Muriel Brackstone
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM Break – Frontenac Foyer
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM Adjuvant Management of Early Breast Cancer – Chair: Dr. Christine Simmons
Frontenac Ballroom AB
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Debate: The Axilla Should be Surgically Assessed in the Majority if ER+/HER2- Early Breast Cancers
Yes – Dr. Christine Simmons
No – Dr. Elaine McKevitt
3:00 PM – 3:10 PM Question Period with Audience and Voting
3:10 PM – 3:30 PM Partial Breast and Hypofractionation: Why, Who and How? – Dr. Theodora Koulis
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM ER + Early Breast Cancer: The Next Chapter – Dr. Debjani Grenier
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM Panel Discussion and Question Period with Audience –
Chair: Dr. Christine Simmons
Panel: Dr. Debjani Grenier, Dr. Theodora Koulis, Dr. Elaine McKevitt
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM Metastatic Breast Cancer – Chair: Dr. Debjani Grenier
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Best Practice Integrating ADCs in Breast Cancer – Dr. Shanu Modi
4:30 PM – 4:50 PM Optimal Treatment of ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer Post CD4/6 Inhibitors
Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur
4:50 PM – 5:15 PM Panel Discussion with Case Discussion with Audience
Chair: Dr. Debjani Grenier
Panel: Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur & Dr. Shanu Modi
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Symposium – Dr. Hope Rugo and Dr. Karen Gelmon
Frontenac Ballroom C
6:15 PM – 7:30 PM Welcome Reception – (Reception Style Dinner)
Frontenac Foyer

SATURDAY APRIL 6TH, 2024

Canadian Breast Cancer Conference

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast/Symposium – Dr. Alan Nichol, Dr. Nancy Nixon, Dr. Simon Yu
Frontenac Ballroom C
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM Opening Remarks – Dr. Wendy Lam
Frontenac Ballroom AB
9:05 AM – 10:30 AM Metastatic Disease – Chair: Dr. Anil Abraham Joy
9:05 AM – 9:25 AM SBRT for Breast Cancer: Is there a Role in the Management of Local and Oligometastatic Disease?
Dr. Andrew Bang
9:25 AM – 9:45 AM Surgery for Primary Breast Cancer in De Novo Metastatic Disease: Who and When?
Dr. Elizaveta Vasilyeva
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Challenging Breast Cancer Cases and Discussion with Audience
Chair: Dr. Anil Abraham Joy
Panel: Dr. Andrew Bang, Dr. Mita Manna, Dr. Ann Partridge,
Dr. Elizaveta Vasilyeva, Dr. Simon Yu
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Break – Frontenac Foyer
11:00 AM – 12:45 PM Breast Cancer in Select Populations – Chair: Dr. Jeff Cao
Frontenac Ballroom AB
11:00 AM – 11:25 AM Young Women with Breast Cancer: Special Considerations – Dr. Ann Partridge
11:25 AM – 11:45 AM De-Escalation of Systemic Therapy – Dr. Mita Manna
11:45 AM – 12:05 PM De-Escalation and Omission/Optimization of RT – Dr. Jeff Cao
12:05 PM – 12:45 PM Panel Discussion with Case Discussion with Audience –
Chair: Dr. Jeff Cao
Panel: Dr. Mita Manna, Dr. Ann Partridge
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch/Symposium – Dr. Hope Rugo, Dr. Mita Manna, Dr. Shanu Modi
Frontenac Ballroom C
1:45 PM – 1:50 PM Introduction – Frontenac Ballroom AB
1:50 PM – 3:10 PM Survivorship – Chair: Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur
1:50 PM – 2:05 PM Survivorship: A Patient Perspective – Zuri Toppin (she/they)
2:05 PM – 2:10 PM Question and Answer Period with Audience
2:10 PM – 2:25 PM Fertility & Pregnancy in Patients with Breast Cancer – Dr. Ann Partridge
2:25 PM – 2:30 PM Question and Answer Period with Audience
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Optimizing Cardiovascular Health During and After Breast Cancer Treatment
Dr. Margot Davis
2:45 PM – 2:50 PM Question and Answer Period with Audience
2:50 PM – 3:05 PM Integrating Lifestyle Changes in Treatment of Breast Cancer and Survivorship
Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur
3:05 PM – 3:10 PM Question and Answer Period with Audience
3:10 PM – 3:40 PM Break – Frontenac Foyer
Keynote Chair: Dr. Wendy Lam
3:40 PM – 3:55 PM Keynote: Breast Cancer Research: Back to the Future with CWTA and PARS
Dr. John Mackey
Frontenac Ballroom AB
3:55 PM – 4:00 PM Question and Answer Period with Audience
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Future Challenges to Treating Breast Cancer – Dr. Karen Gelmon
4:15 PM – 4:20 PM Question and Answer Period with Audience
4:20 PM – 4:30 PM Closing Remarks – Dr. Wendy Lam