2025 Schedule
All times listed below are in Central Time.
View the 2025 ASPHO Review Course speaker, planner, and reviewer disclosures here.
Thursday, January 23
9:00 am CST–9:15 am CST
Welcome
Jeff Hord, MD - ASPHO President
Cindy Neunert, MD MSCS - Review Course Chair
Julia Meade, MD- Review Course Vice Chair
9:15 am CST–10:30 am CST
Brain Tumors
Jason R. Fangusaro, MD
Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
10:30 am CST–10:45 am CST
Break
10:45 am CST–12:00 pm CST
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Elizabeth A. Raetz, MD
Hassenfeld Children's Center At NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
12:15 pm CST-1:00 pm CST
Lunch Break and Virtual Networking with Mentor Panel
1:00 pm CST-2:15 pm CST
Acute and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Lauren Pommert, MD MS
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
2:15 pm CST-2:30 pm CST
Break
2:30 pm CST-3:45 pm CST
Lymphoma
Paul D. Harker-Murray, MD PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
3:45 pm CST-4:00 pm CST
Break
4:00 pm CST-5:15 PM CST
Stem Cell Transplantation
Michael A. Pulsipher, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
Friday, January 24
9:00 am CST-10:30 am CST
Clinical Pharmacology and Targeted Therapies
Elizabeth Fox, MD, MS
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
10:30 am CST-10:45 am CST
Break
10:45 am CST-11:20 am CST
Retinoblastoma
Rachel C. Brennan, MD
Logan Health
11:20 am CST-11:35 am CST
Break
11:35 am CST-12:15 pm CST
Germ Cell Tumors
A. Lindsay Frazier, MD
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Boston, MA
12:15 pm CST-12:45 pm CST
Lunch Break
12:45 pm CST-2:00 pm CST
Sarcomas
Bradley D. DeNardo, MD
Brown University Health - Hasbro Children's
Providence, RI
2:00 pm CST-2:15 pm CST
Break
2:15 pm CST-3:15 pm CST
Neuroblastoma
Emily Greengard, MD
University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
Minneapolis, MN
3:15 pm CST-3:30 pm CST
Break
3:30 pm CST-4:30 pm CST
Histiocytic Disorders
Michael B. Jordan, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
4:15 pm CST-4:30 pm CST
Break
4:30 pm CST-5:15 pm CST
Wilms' Tumor and Other Renal Tumors
Jeffrey S. Dome, MD PhD
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC
Saturday, January 25
9:00 am CST-10:20 am CST
Sickle Cell Disease
Susan E. Creary, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, OH
Other Hemoglobinopathies
Timothy L. McCavit, MD
Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology - Dodson Specialty Clinics
Fort Worth, TX
10:20 am CST-10:30 am CST
Break
10:30 am CST-12:00 pm CST
Blood Coagulation Overview and Acquired Hemorrhagic Disorders
Guy Young, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
12:00 pm CST-12:30 pm CST
Lunch Break
12:30 pm CST-2:10 pm CST
Inherited Bleeding Disorders
Guy Young, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
2:10 pm CST-2:20 pm CST
Break
2:20 pm CST-3:35 pm CST
Immunology and Immunodeficiency
Sung-Yun Pai, MD
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
3:35 pm CST-3:50 pm CST
Break
3:50 pm CST-5:00 pm CST
Nutritional Anemias
Jacquelyn M. Powers, MD MS
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Sunday, January 26
9:00 am CST-10:30 am CST
Transfusion Medicine
Rachel S. Bercovitz, MD MS
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
10:30 am CST-10:45 am CST
Break
10:45 am CST-12:00 pm CST
Disorders of Leukocytes
Kelly Walkovich, MD
University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
12:00 pm CST-12:30 pm CST
Lunch Break
12:30 pm CST-1:45 pm CST
Thrombotic Disorders
Sarah H. O'Brien, MD MSc
Nationwide Children's Hospital Abigail Wexner Research Institute
Columbus, OH
1:45 pm CST-2:00 pm CST
Break
2:00 pm CST-3:15 pm CST
Congenital and Acquired Hemolytic Anemias
Rachael F. Grace, MD MMSc
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Boston, MA
Closing Comments/Reminders/Adjorn
Cindy Neunert, MD MSCS - Review Course Chair
Julia Meade, MD- Review Course Vice Chair
On-Demand Sessions
Research Ethics and Quality Improvement
Jennifer C. Kesselheim, MD EdM
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Boston, MA
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Dierdra Terrell, PhD
Hudson College of Public Health
Oklahoma City, OK
Review of Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow Morphology: Non-malignant Hematology
Matthew Oberley, MD PhD
Caris Life Sciences
Review of Peripheral Blood and Bone Marrow Morphology: Malignant Diseases
Mark D. Fleming, MD DPhil
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bone Marrow Failure
Taizo A. Nakano, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Vascular Anomalies
Denise M. Adams, MD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Disorders of Platelets
Cindy Neunert, MD MSCS
Columbia University Medical Center
New York City, NY
Survivorship
Karen E. Effinger, MD MS
Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Palliative and Supportive Care
Katharine E. Brock, MD MS
Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Cancer Predispositions
Julia Meade, MD
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Oncologic Emergencies
Prerna Kumar, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Peoria, IL
Liver Tumors and Other Rare Tumors
Marcio Henrique Malogolowkin, MD
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Myeloproliferative and Myelodysplastic Disorders
Nicole Kucine, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Learn more about the 2025 Review Course here.