Agenda Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Symposium 2025

7 a.m.                 

Registration, Breakfast & View Exhibits

7:50 a.m.                           

Welcome and Educational Overview

Hugh Greenway, Jr., MD, Benjamin Kelley, MD

8 a.m.                 

Enhanced Melanoma Reporting and The Ohio Model

Brett Coldiron, MD

8:45 a.m.                           

Dysplastic Nevi and Melanoma

Benjamin Kelley, MD

9:05 a.m.                           

Melanoma in the Molecular Age: New Tools for Diagnosis

Gregory Hosler, MD, PhD

9:35 a.m.                           

Melanoma, the Primary Lesion: Biopsy, Excision and Mohs Surgery in Selected Cases

David Kent, MD

10:10 a.m.         

Break & View Exhibits

10:40 a.m.         

Insights into Sentinel Node Evaluation: 2024 Update

Merrick Ross, MD

11:10 a.m.         

Navigating the Complexities of Advanced Melanoma Treatment

Kathryn Bollin, MD

11:30 a.m.         

Tumor Board Case Presentations

Eran Gwillim, MD

John Muzic, MD

Sonali Nanda, MD

Pathology: Rouba Hadi, MD, Beth Palla, MD, and Elina Shustef, DO

Noon                   

Non-CME Lunch Symposium

Hosted by Castle Biosciences

Beyond Traditional Staging: Utilizing Gene Expression Profiling for Patients with Dermatologic Cancers

Edward McClay, MD

1 p.m.                 

A Fresh Look at Oncolytic Immunotherapy

Merrick Ross, MD

1:45 p.m.          

High-Risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma Classification

Travis Blalock, MD

2 p.m.                               

Artificial Intelligence in Prognostication for Melanoma and Cutaneous SCC

Nahid Vidal, MD

2:20 p.m.                           

Surgical Management and Other Considerations for High-Risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Christopher Arpey, MD

2:50 p.m.          

Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging for Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer

Merrick Ross, MD                           

3:15 p.m.                           

Break & View Exhibits

3:35 p.m.          

Molecular Insights into Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Gregory Hosler, MD, PhD

3:55 p.m.                           

Systemic Therapy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer

Kathryn Bollin, MD

4:15 p.m.                           

Ministering to the Melanoma/Skin Cancer Patient (Non-CME)

Reverend Jack Baca

4:30 p.m.                           

Radiation Therapy for Melanoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Prabhakar Tripuraneni, MD

4:55 p.m.                           

Tumor Board Case Presentations

Eran Gwillim, MD

John Muzic, MD

Sonali Nanda, MD

Pathology: Rouba Hadi, MD, Beth Palla, MD, and Elina Shustef, DO

5:20 p.m.                           

Adjourn

7 a.m.                 

Breakfast & View Exhibits

7:45 a.m.                           

Welcome and Announcements

Hugh Greenway, Jr., MD, Benjamin Kelley, MD

7:50 a.m.                           

Histopathology Update on Merkel Cell Carcinoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies

Gregory Hosler, MD, PhD

8:20 a.m.                           

Innovations in Diagnostic Techniques for Melanoma and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer

Travis Blalock, MD

8:50 a.m.                           

Mohs Surgery for Melanoma: Pros, Cons, and Indications

Christopher Arpey, MD

9:20 a.m.                           

Diagnosis and Treatment of Cutaneous Sarcomas

Benjamin Kelley, MD

9:50 a.m.                           

Break & View Exhibits

10:10 a.m.         

Mohs Surgery for Extramammary Paget’s Disease

Nahid Vidal, MD

10:40 a.m.         

High Risk Basal Cell Carcinoma

David Kent, MD

11 a.m.               

Cutting Through Complexity: Surgical Insights in Melanoma of the Head and Neck

Chris M. Bergeron, MD, FACS

11:15 a.m.         

Cutaneous Toxicities of Immune Therapy

Aleksandr Itkin, MD

11:35 a.m.        

Tumor Board Case Presentations

Eran Gwillim, MD

John Muzic, MD

Sonali Nanda, MD

Pathology: Rouba Hadi, MD, Beth Palla, MD, and Elina Shustef, DO

Noon                   

Lunch

12:45 p.m.         

Systemic Workup for High Risk Cutaneous Malignancies

Lisa Fronek, DO

1:05 p.m.                           

CPT Coding for Surgical Treatment of Melanoma and Skin Cancer

Brett Coldiron, MD

1:35 p.m.                           

Controversies in Melanoma: Over Diagnosing, Screening, and Surgery

Panel Discussion: Christopher Arpey, MD, Brett Coldiron, MD, Benjamin Kelley, MD, Merrick Ross, MD, and Nahid Vidal, MD   

2:05 p.m.                           

Melanoma and Moles: Risk Factors, Diagnosis, and Treatment for the Pediatric Population

Caroline Piggott, MD

2:25 p.m.                           

Ocular and Periocular Melanoma

Geva Mannor, MD, MPH

2:45 p.m.                           

Cutaneous Adnexal Carcinomas

Benjamin Kelley, MD

3:05 p.m.                           

Final Adjournment

**Topics, times, and speakers subject to change