NINTH ANNUAL GIST SUMMIT, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Welcome

Neeta Somaiah, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sarcoma Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

9:05 a.m. GIST 101: Much to Learn About GIST

Jonathan C. Trent, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Sarcoma Medical Research Program and Professor of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, Miami, FL

10:00 a.m. Coffee Break

10:20 a.m. GIST 201: The Pathology of GIST

Alexander Lazar, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Selective (Soft Tissue) Pathology Fellowship Training Program, Houston, TX

11:15a.m. Management of Imatinib-Resistant GIST

Michael C. Heinrich, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon

12:00 p.m. Group Photo

12:15 p.m. Lunch: Filming Patient Testimonials – Poster Display – Visiting with Speakers and Pharmaceutical Representatives

1:45 p.m.  Novel Therapeutic Strategies for GIST: Targeting the Tumor and Treating the Whole Patient

Anette Duensing, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute,                       Hillman Cancer Center Research, Pittsburgh, PA

2:45 p.m. Coffee Break

3:15 p.m. Novel Surgical Approaches for GIST and The Genomics of Wild-Type GIST

Jason Sicklick, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, California

4:30 p.m. Ask the Experts—All GIST Expert Physicians

Remarks by Robert S. Benjamin, M.D., P.H. and Fay E. Robinson Distinguished Professor, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas Center, Houston, TX, who will also chair the panel discussion

6:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjourn to Dinner