Saturday, March 3, 2007

7:30 am            Registration, Breakfast, Exhibits

8:30 am            Welcome and Introductions
                        Jose Lutzky, MD, FACP, Conference Medical Doctor
                        Director,Mt.Sinai Melanoma Program
                        Co-Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
                        Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL
                       

8:45 am            Biology of Melanoma:  Opportunity for Prevention
                        Elizabeth A. Grimm., PhD
                        Frances King Black Memorial Professor of Cancer Research
                        Deputy Chair, Department of Experimental Therapeutics
                        The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
                        Houston, TX

9:45 am            New Developments in the Histopathology of Melanoma
                        David Elder, MD
                        Professor, Division of Anatomic Pathology
                        University of Pennsylvania
                        Philadelphia, PA

10:45 am          Coffee Break and Exhibits – Starlight Room

11:15 am          Surgical Approach to Primary and Metastatic Melanoma
                        Charles M. Balch, MD
                        Professor of Surgery and Oncology
                        Department of Surgery
                        Johns Hopkins Medical Center
                        Baltimore, MD

12:15 pm          Sentinel Node Biopsy: The Controversy Remains
                        Merrick I. Ross, MD, FACS
                        Professor of Surgery
                        Chief of the Melanoma Section
                        Department of Surgical Oncology
                        University of Texas
                        MD Anderson Cancer Center
                        Houston, TX

1:00 pm            Meet the Faculty Lunch and Exhibits – Starlight Room

2:00 pm            Adjuvant Treatment of Malignant Melanoma
                        David H. Lawson, MD
                        Professor of Hematology/Oncology
                        Winship Cancer Institute
                        Emory University School of Medicine
                        Atlanta, GA

2:45 pm            Questions and Discussion

3:00 pm            Immunotherapeutic Approaches in Melanoma
                        Paul Chapman, MD
                        Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine
                        Head, Melanoma/Sarcoma Service
                        Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
                        New York, NY

3:45 pm            Questions and Discussion

4:15 pm            Adjourn

Sunday, March 4, 2007

8:00 am            Continental Breakfast – Starlight Room

9:00 am            Targeted Therapy of Malignant Melanoma
                        Frank Haluska, MD, PhD
                        Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
                        Harvard Medical School
                        Director, Melanoma Research Program
                        Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care
                        Boston, MA

9:45 am            Questions and Discussion

10:15 am          Approach in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain
                        Kim A. Margolin, MD
                        Associate Director for Clinical Research
                        Division of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research
                        City of Hope Cancer Center
                        Duarte, CA

11:15 am          Questions and Discussion

11:30 am          Metastatic Ocular Melanoma
                        Tamaki Sato, MD
                        Associate Professor, Medical Oncology   
                        Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
                        Philadelphia, PA

12:30 pm          Questions and Discussion

12:45 pm            Final Comments and Adjourn