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GC-OS 2026 PROGRAM

Valid as of July 9, 2026

Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center VCU logo

Monday, 5 October 2026

Time

Session

Faculty

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival & Registration

8:00 - 8:10 AM

Opening & Welcome

Wendy Bottinor (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA) and Fadi Salloum  (VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA), (Chairs); Michael Fradley (IC-OS President, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

8:30 - 9:00 AM

VCU Welcome

Gregory Hundley (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA), Monica Baskins (VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Patient Perspectives on the Cardio-Oncology Journey

Chair/Moderator: Arnethea Sutton (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Patient Speaker: Alex Marshall (VCU, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

9:00 - 10:10 AM

ESC - IC-OS Joint Session: Global Cardio-Oncology; Experiences Shared from Around the World

Chairs/Moderators: Teresa López Fernández (La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain) and Michael Fradley (Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

Europe

Teresa López-Fernández (La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain)

Brazil and South America

Ariane Macedo (Santa Casa de São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil)

Japan and Asia Pacific

Eri Kato (Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan)

Australia

Aaron Sverdlov (University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)

India

Anuprita Dadi (Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India)

Global Perspectives in Survivorship and Cardiovascular Health Panel

Khalid Matin (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA) (panel member only)

10:10 - 10:30 AM

Tea & Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Looking Toward the Future: The Role of AI in Cardio-Oncology

Chair/Moderator: Dinesh Thavendiranathan (University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and Christine Brezden-Masley (Medical Director, Cancer Program Sinai Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

AI in Cardiovascular Care for Cancer Patients

Joerg Herrmann (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)

AI-model Development and Deployment for Detection and Screening in Cardio-Oncology

Samir Thadani (Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center, South San Francisco, California, USA)

Re-designing Cardiovascular Care Using AI

Efstathia Andrikopoulou (University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA)

Transforming Cardio-Oncology by Leveraging Large Language Model Systems

Avirup Guha (Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA)

11:30 - 12:00 PM

Cardio-Oncology Journal Review: The Best Research of 2026

Joseph Carver (Thalheimer Cardio-Oncology Center - Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

12:00 - 1:00 PM

AstraZeneca- Lunch & Product Theatre

1:00 - 1:30 PM

(Amyloidosis Session 1) Transforming Amyloidosis Care: The Next Era of Diagnosis and Treatment

Amyloidosis Session I Moderator: Jennifer Liu (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA)

Characteristic Cardiac Manifestations of TTR Amyloidosis

Ronald Witteles (Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto, California, USA)

Finding the Clues to a Proper and Prompt Diagnosis

Daniel Lenihan (St. Francis Healthcare, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

Silencers and Stabilizers in ATTR Amyloidosis: Transforming Disease Biology into Therapeutic Opportunity

Joshua Mitchell (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA)

1:30 - 2:00 PM

(Amyloidosis Session 1) Cases

Chair/Moderator: Heather Landau (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA)

Case 1 - AL

Hashim Mann (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Case 2 - Dealing With Diagnostic Challenges

Keyur Shah (VCU Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

2:00 - 2:45 PM

Thomas Force Lecture

Chair/Moderator: Teresa López-Fernández (La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain) 

Ten Laws of Cardio-Oncology

Alexander Lyon (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom)

2:45 - 3:15 PM

Tea & Coffee Break

3:15 - 3:45 PM

IC-OS Updates: Growing the Global Network - IC-OS Initiatives, Achievements, and Future Directions

Michael Fradley (Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) and Stephen Casselli (IC-OS, Tampa, Florida, USA)

3:45 - 4:00 PM

IC-OS Hall of Fame Induction - A Legacy of Leadership and Service - Eric Harrison, MD

Daniel Lenihan (St. Francis Healthcare, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA) and Stephen Casselli (IC-OS, Tampa, Florida, USA)

4:00 - 4:45 PM

YIA Award

Judges: Jennifer Liu (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA)

4:45 - 5:00 PM

Closing Comments

Wendy Bottinor (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA) and Fadi Salloum  (VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

5:00 - 6:00 PM

Hosted Poster Session with Light Snacks

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Unscheduled Time

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Summit Dinner

Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Time

Topic

Participants

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival & Registration

8:00 - 8:15 AM

Opening & Welcome 

8:15 - 9:15 AM

Precision Exercise: Moving Cardio-Oncology Into the Future and Cases

Chair/Moderator: Michelle Nadler (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and Justin Canada (VCU Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Cardiac-Oncology Rehab; Practical Implementation and Best Practices

Fernando Rivera Theurel (Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Lessons from Allo-Active

Erin Howden (Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Behavioral Lifestyle Programs in Cardio-Oncology

Alexander Lucas (VCU Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

A Universal Starting Point for Autonomic Dysfunction and Cancer Fatigue

Raouf Gharbo (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

9:15 - 10:15 AM

Joint IC-OS and MASCC Session and Panel Discussion

Chair/Moderator: Susan Dent (University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA)

Global Perspectives in Survivorship and Cardiovascular Health

Hannah Ayettey (National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Centre, Accra, Ghana)

Key Highlights of Clinical Practice Statement

Susan Dent (University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA)

Lifestyle and Exercise Matters

Michelle Nadler (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Interactive Panel Discussion

Jose Alvarez-Cardona (NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA)

10:15 - 10:45 AM

Tea & Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:15 AM

(Amyloidosis Session 2) Newest Treatments for Amyloidosis

Chair/Moderator: Keyur Shah (VCU Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Treatment of Light Chain Amyloidosis

Heather Landau (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA)

Depleter Agents

 Morie Gertz (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)

11:15 - 12:15 PM

Beyond Anthracyclines: Cardiovascular Toxicities with New Generation Cancer Therapies

Chairs/Moderators: John McCarty (VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA) and Sebastian Szmit (Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland)

Cardiovascular Toxicities of New Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Husam Abdel-Qadir (Cleveland Clinic Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Cardiovascular Toxicities of Novel Breast Cancer Therapies

Mary Helen Hackney (VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Cardiotoxicities Associated With CAR-T, TIL, and BiTE

Syed Saad Mahmood (Catholic Health of Long Island, New York, USA)

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Alnylam Amyloidosis Hosted Lunch

1:15 - 2:15 PM

Jeopardy Session World Cup

Chair: Joseph Carver (Thalheimer Cardio-Oncology Center - Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

Referee: Charlie Porter (The University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA)

Scorekeeper: Daniel Lenihan (St. Francis Healthcare, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA)

2:15 - 3:15 PM

What Happens After You Ring the Bell: Unique Challenges Facing Cancer Survivors

Chair/Moderator: Kazuhiro Sase (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan) and Susan Hong (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Age is Just a Number: Reproductive Health, Menopause and Cardiovascular Risk in Cancer Survivors

Anne Blaes (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

Congenital Heart Disease and Cancer: What are the Special Considerations

Sangeeta Shah (VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

Enhanced Cardiotoxicity Risk Prediction Using Biomarkers and Strain

Daniel Mulrooney (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA)

Radiation and Valvular Disease

Mo Quader (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

3:15 - 3:45 PM

Tea & Coffee Break

3:45 - 4:45 PM

Getting to the Heart of the Matter: What Is the Future of Cardioprotection for Patients with Cancer?

Chair/Moderator: Daniela Cardinale (European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy) and Anju Nohria (Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

The Role of Statin Therapy

Tomas Neilan (Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

The Role of SGLT2 Inhibitors

Sarju Ganatra (Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA)

Risk Guided Cardioprotection in Patients With Breast Cancer

Ana Barac (Inova Health System, Fairfax, Virginia, USA)

Non Pharmacologic Treatments to Prevent Cardiotoxicity

Siva Tharshini Ramalingam (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom)

4:45 - 5:00 PM

GC-OS 2027 Announcement

Kazuhiro Sase (Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan)

5:00 PM

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Wednesday, 7 October 2026 · Basic Science Symposium

Time

Topic

Participants

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival & Registration

8:15 - 8:30 AM

Opening & Welcome

8:15 - 9:15 AM

Cardiac Immunology

Chair/Moderator: 

Clinical and Translational Approaches in Inflammation and the Inflammasome in Cardio-Oncology

Antonio Abbate (UVA Health, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA)

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Assocated Myocarditis

Stéphane Ederhy (Hospital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France)

Pericardial Disease in Patients with Cancer

Georgia Thomas (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

9:15 - 10:15 AM

Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease: Shared Mechanisms and Bidirectional Relationship

Chair/Moderator: 

Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, and Cancer

Kathryn Moore (NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA)

Clonal Hematopoiesis

June-Wha Rhee (City of Hope, Duarte, California, USA)

Heart Failure and Cancer

Rudolf de Boer (Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

10:15 - 10:45 AM

Tea & Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:45 AM

Body Composition Phenotypes and Targeted Interventions in Patients with Cancer and CVD

Chair/Moderator: Salvatore Carbone (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA)

Body Composition Assessment: Clinical Implementation

Sarah Peterson (Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenia, Sarcopenic Obesity, Cachexia & Malnutrition

Rocco Barazzoni (University of Trieste, Italy)

Dietary Quality, Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life in Cancer Survivors: Weight Loss is Not Always the Answer

Salvatore Carbone (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA)

Cachexia and Malnutrition: Cardiac vs. Cancer and Therapeutic Approaches

Markus Anker (Charité  - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)

11:45 - 12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45 - 1:45 PM

LeDucq Network of Excellence: Cardiovascular Toxicities of Anthracycline Chemotherapy

Chairs/Moderators: Aarti Asnani (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA) and Alexander Lyon (Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom)

Understanding Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity: Omics, Screening and Mechanisms

Yue Qin (Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom)

EPAC1 Links Iron Overload and Tumor Sensitization in Cardio-Oncology

Frank Lezoualc’h (Inserm / University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France)

Using hiPSC to Unravel the Genomic Basis of Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity

Paul Burridge (Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

1:45 - 2:45 PM

Cutting Edge Science in Cardio-Oncology

Chair/Moderator: 

Translating Mechanisms of Anthracycline Cardiotoxicity to the Clinic

Doan Ngo (University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)

Translational Approaches in ICI Myocarditis

Han Zhu (Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA)

2:45 - 3:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Wednesday, 7 October 2026 · APP Symposium

Time

Topic

Participants

7:00 - 8:00 AM

Arrival & Registration

8:15 - 8:30 AM

Opening & Welcome

Delia Yanes (VCU Health, Colonial Heights, Virginia, USA), Amanda Donaldson (Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia, USA), Anne Mauck (Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Tracing the Roots of Cardio-Oncology Nursing: A Journey of Innovation and Care

Anecita Fadol (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA)

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Look at How Far We Have Come! The Richmond Cardio-Oncology Program

Amanda Donaldson (Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia, USA) and Emily Hulburt-Baker (VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Nurse Navigation: Bridging the GAP in Cardio-Oncology: A Case Study in Care

Janet Celli (Advent Health Cardiovascular Institute, Longwood, Florida, USA)

10:00 - 10:15 AM

Q&A

10:15 - 10:45 AM

Tea & Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:15 AM

Using Nursing-Related Quality Indicators to Optimize Nursing Care

Gerri Lee (Zoom) (University College Cork, Ireland) and Delia Yanes (VCU Health, Colonial Heights, Virginia, USA)

11:15 - 11:45 AM

Protecting Young Hearts: Multidisciplinary Approach to Cardio-Oncology

Amanda Donaldson (Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia, USA) and Anne Mauck(Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia, USA)

11:45 - 12:45 PM

Lunch

12:45 - 1:00 PM

A Cardiology and Oncology Education Toolkit For Our Nursing Workforce

Lisa Nodzon (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida USA)

1:00 - 1:15 PM

Shaping the Future of Cardio-Oncology

Anecita Fadol (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA)

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Pharmacology Update

Sarah Maryon Hayes (North Memorial Health Hospital, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA)

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Multidisciplinary Approach to Cardio-Oncology

Olga Toro-Salazar (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee USA)

2:15 - 3:00 PM

Roundtable Discussion on all Above Topics

All Speakers

3:00 PM

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