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NANETS’ Multidisciplinary NET Medical Virtual Symposium is a scientific conference for the NET medical community to share and learn new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, optimal multidisciplinary care, and the future of neuroendocrine tumor research. Featured session topics include:

  • Allied Health Pre-Conference Seminar
  • Early Career Pre-Conference Seminar
  • Virtual Happy Hour- Poster Session
  • NET Practice in the midst of the COVID Era
  • Role of Radioembolization in NET liver metastases
  • NET Tumor Board Cases
  • Treatment of metastatic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
  • NANETS/SNMMI PRRT Workshop: Part I & II
  • Management of liver metastases in NETs
  • Research Didactic Session: Cutting Edge Research
  • The Grantees Perspective on NET Research and the Advancement of NET Medicine
  • Special Populations in NETs
  • Abstracts and Young Investigator Oral Presentations
  • Future Directions in NETS

Medical professionals and researchers will have the opportunity to ask questions, review poster presentations, visit the exhibit hall and network among multidisciplinary medical professionals at the forefront of NET care. NET clinics are encouraged to watch sessions as a team to learn, share and discuss presentations.

Early career professionals can virtually engage in "ask the expert" breakout sessions. These extended windows of time provide for valuable small group discussions between emerging leaders and experts in the field.

Why Attend?

Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) disease is both rare and complex. About 15,000 new patients are diagnosed each year in the U.S. – which means many medical professionals will encounter neuroendocrine tumors only a few times in their careers.

The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) is a society of over 500 multidisciplinary medical professionals committed to the support of colleagues in diagnosing and treating NET patients, as well as furthering the cause of NET science and education in North America. With new research, technologies and practices emerging, the landscape of NET treatment is rapidly changing.

We invite you to the 2021 Multidisciplinary NET Medical Virtual Symposium (Nov. 5-6), Allied Health Seminar (Nov. 3), Early Career Seminar (Nov. 5) and the Future of NETs presentation (Dec. 9). In addition to continuing education accredited sessions, gain from cutting-edge NET research in interactive sessions and poster session, and young investigator presentations. NANETS' annual grant awards will be announced during The Future of NETs presentation. Learn more about submitting for NANETS annual grant awards.

Keynote

Karel Pacak, MD, DSc, PhD
Senior Investigator
Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology

Dr. Karel Pacak is an endocrinologist and tenured Chief of the Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH, Bethesda, MD.

Dr. Karel Pacak graduated summa cum laude from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic in 1984. In 1990 he began his postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). In 1995 Dr. Pacak began his residency in internal medicine at the Washington Hospital Center under Dr. L. Wartofsky, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at NIH. He was Board certified in 1998 and 1999 in those disciplines.

In 1998 he established a new Program for Neuroendocrine Tumors focusing on pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma at NICHD. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 and his D.Sc. in 1998 in the field of neuroendocrinology from Charles University. In 2006 he was awarded a lifetime professorship in Internal Medicine at Charles University.

Dr. Pacak is an internationally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroendocrine tumors, especially pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Dr. Pacak also established the International Symposia on Pheochromocytoma. He also helped co-found a new Asian Alliance for the Study of Neuroendocrine Tumors in 2010.

He is a recipient of numerous awards including: the Peter Heimann Memorial Award at Yale University, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons; NIH Director's Mentoring Award; Award for Cure from Pheo & Para Alliance; NICHD Director's Award of Merit; Pincus Taft Memorial Lecture the Highest Award from Endocrine Society of Australia; Jessenius Gold Medal from Slovak Academy of Sciences; and Outstanding Clinical Endocrinologist from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

Dr. Pacak is the author of more than 400 scientific peer-reviewed articles, 120 book chapters, and 5 books.

About NANETS

As the largest neuroendocrine tumor (NET) multidisciplinary NET Medical Society in North America, the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) is dedicated to educating medical and professionals researchers on the diagnosis and treatment of NET disease and supporting research and innovation in the field. NANETS is a 501(C)3 non-profit professional medical organization that hosts medical education conferences across North America, provides research grants to young investigators doing preeminent work in the field of NET research, and standardizing treatment and management of NET disease through the development of consensus guidelines.

Symposium Goals

NANETS Multidisciplinary NET medical Symposium provides a forum for members of the professional neuroendocrine community to come together to discuss new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, optimal multidisciplinary care, and the future of neuroendocrine tumor research. NANETS NET disease educational programming is designed exclusively for medical professionals, by leading medical professionals in the field. 

Symposium Schedule

Wednesday, November 3

3:00pm - 6:00pm Guidelines Working Meetings

6:00pm - 8:00pm Pre-Conference Workshop- Allied Health

Moderator:

Sheila Lindsay
NP, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Speaker:

Mei Ka Fong
PharmD, BCOP, CPP, Carolinas Medical Center and Levine Cancer Institute

Kaushal B. Nanavati
MD FAAFP, ABOIM, ABIHM, Upstate University Hospital

Jackie Sexton
BSN, RN, OCN, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Rahul Gosain
MD, Guthrie Corning Hospital

Nicole Ross
MSN, CRNP, AOCNP, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Thursday, November 4

3:00pm - 6:00pm Guidelines Working Meetings

4:00pm - 5:30pm Virtual "Happy" Hour- Poster Reception

6:00pm - 8:00pm Pre-Conference Workshop- Early Career

Moderator:

Chandrikha Chandrasekharan
MBBS, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Speaker:

Christopher Heaphy
PhD, Boston University School of Medicine

Julie Hallet
MD, MSc., FRCSC, Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Jennifer Chan
MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Herbert Chen
MD, FACS, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Friday November 5

9:00am - 10:00am Poster Hall Open

9:00am - 10:00am Exhibit Hall Open

10:00am - 10:45am NET Year in Review

Speaker:

Diane Reidy-Lagunes
MD, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

10:50am - 11:35am NET Medical Session 1: NET Practice in the midst of the COVID Era

Moderator:

Thorvardur R. Halfdanarson
MD, Mayo Clinic

Speaker:

Alexandra Gangi
MD, Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Cancer Center

David Childs
MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health

Sushanth Reddy
MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

11:40am - 12:40pm Young Investigators Oral Presentations

Moderator:

Christos Fountzilas
MD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Speaker:

Catherine G Tran
MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Nikolay A. Ivanov
BS, Weill Cornell Medicine

Damian Jacenik
PhD, University of Utah and University of Lodz

Jorge Zarate Rodriguez
MD, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine

Sandhya Manohar
MBBS , Mayo Clinic

Aman Chauhan,
MD, University of Kentucky

12:40pm - 1:30pm Visit Poster Hall or Booth Exhibit Hall | Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm NET Medical Session 2: Role of Radioembolization in NET liver metastases (SIO Collaboration)

Moderator:

Sarah White
MD, MS, FSIR, Medical College of Wisconsin; Cancer Center -Froedtert Hospital

Speaker:

Gaby Gabriel
MD, University of Kentucky

Marnix Lam
MD, PhD, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands

Siddharth Padia
MD, UCLA Medical Center

Karen Brown
MD, University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics

2:20pm - 3:20pm NET Tumor Board

Case Presenter:

Sri Harsha Tella MD
FACP, Mayo Clinic

Namrata (Neena) Vijayvergia,
MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Panelist:

Satya (Nanu) Das
MD, MSCI, Vanderbilt University

Huma Q. Rana
MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Ronadip Ralph Banerjee
MD, PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Mary A Maluccio
MD, MPH, FACS, Ochsner Health

Karyn A Goodman
MD, MS, Mount Sinai

3:20pm - 4:05pm NET Medical Session 3: Treatment of metastatic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma

Moderator:

Kimberly Perez
MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Speaker:

Lauren Fishbein
MD, PhD, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Jaydira Del Rivero
MD, National Cancer Institute

Camilo Jimenez
MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

4:10pm - 4:55pm Abstracts 1 (Basic/Translational Science)

Moderator:

Renata Jaskula-Sztul
PhD, University of Alabama

Speaker:

Neali Armstrong
PhD, Stanford University

Ume Salma Shaik Amjad
PhD, University of Iowa

Yichen Guo
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Xavier M Keutgen
MD, FACS, University of Chicago Medicine

4:55pm - 6:00pm Meet the Experts - Early Career Mentoring Session* | Visit Poster Hall or Booth Exhibit Hall | Break

6:00pm - 7:05pm Featured Workshop- NANETS/SNMMI PRRT Workshop | Part I

Moderator:

Daniel Halperin
MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Speaker:

Courtney Lawhn-Heath
MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Heather Jacene
MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Erik S Mittra
MD, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University

7:10pm - 8:30pm Featured Workshop- NANETS/SNMMI PRRT Workshop | Part II

Moderator:

Arvind Dasari
MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Speaker:

Bhavana Konda
MD, MPH, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Yuni Dewaraja
PhD, University of Michigan

Amir Iravani
MD, Washington University

Yusuf Menda
MD, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Saturday November 6

9:00am - 10:00am Poster Hall Open

9:00am - 10:00am Exhibit Hall Open

10:00am - 10:45am Keynote Presentation

Pheochromocytoma:

a Neuroendocrine Tumor in the era of precision medicine

Keynote Speaker:

Karel Pacak
DSc, PhD, MD, Senior Investigator, Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, NICHD/DIR, National Institutes of Health

Moderator:

Jennifer Eads
MD, University of Pennsylvania

10:50am - 11:45am NET Medical Session 4: Management of liver metastases in NETs

Moderator:

Scott K. Sherman
MD, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Speaker:

Gagandeep Singh
FACS, MD, City of Hope

Callisia N. Clarke
MD, MS, FACS, FSSO, The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin

Panelist:

Nitya Raj
MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

James Howe
MD, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Nishita Kothary
MD, Stanford Hospital and Clinics; Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Jonathan E McConathy
MD, PhD, The University of Alabama at Birmingham

11:50am - 12:35pm Research Didactic Session

Moderator:

Dawn Quelle
PhD, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Speaker:

Patricia Dahia
MD, PhD, UT Health San Antonio

Justin Annes
MD, PhD, Stanford Medicine

Michael K Schultz
PhD, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

12:35pm - 1:20pm Visit Poster Hall or Booth Exhibit Hall | Break

1:25pm - 2:30pm Abstracts 2 (Clinical)

Moderator:

Robert Ramirez
DO, FACP, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker:

Daniel M. Halperin
MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Diane Reidy-Lagune
MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Bassel F El-Rayes
MD, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University

Rodney F. Pommier
MD, FACS, Oregon Health & Science University

Lin Shen
MD, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute

Jennifer A Chan
MD, MPH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

2:35pm - 3:20pm The Grantees Perspective on NET Research and the Advancement of NET Medicine

Moderator:

Ghassan El-Haddad
MD, Moffitt Cancer Center

Speaker:

Heloisa Soares
MD, PhD, Huntsman Cancer Center, University of Utah Health

Brendan Finnerty
MD, Weil Cornell Medicine

Xavier Keutgen
MD, University of Chicago Neuroendocrine Tumor Center

3:20pm - 3:40pm Visit Poster Hall or Booth Exhibit Hall | Break

3:45pm - 4:30pm NET Medical Session 5: Special Populations in NETS

Moderator:

Rebecca Wong
MBChB, FRCPC, MSc, Princess Margaret Cancer Center University of Toronto

Speaker:

J. Bart Rose
III, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Stefanie Thomas
MD, MS, Cleveland Clinic

Kathryn Glaser
MA, PhD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

4:35pm - 5:15pm Future Directions in NETS | Closing Remarks

Moderator:

Emily K. Bergsland
MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Speaker:

Jonathan R. Strosberg
MD, Moffitt Cancer Center

Pamela L. Kunz
MD, Yale School of Medicine

Simon Singh
MD, MPH, FRCPC, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

2020 Attendee Survey Responses

92%

92% were somewhat or very satisfied with the Symposium

93%

93% said their learning objectives were met

90%

90%  said the Symposium met their expectations

91%

91% said the format and structure of the Symposium were satisfactory

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