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–9:15 am
Welcome
Jeff Hord, MD - ASPHO President
Cindy Neunert, MD MSCS - Review Course Chair
Julia Meade, MD- Review Course Vice Chair
9:15–10:30 am
Brain Tumors
Jason R. Fangusaro, MD
Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
10:30–10:45 am
Break
10:45–12:00 pm
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Elizabeth A. Raetz, MD
Hassenfeld Children's Center At NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
12:00-1:00 pm
Lunch Break and Virtual Networking with Mentor Panel
1:00-2:15 pm
Acute and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Lauren Pommert, MD MS
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
2:15-2:30 pm
Break
2:30-3:45 pm
Lymphoma
Paul D. Harker-Murray, MD PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
3:45-4:00 pm
Break
4:00-5:15 PM
Stem Cell Transplantation
Michael A. Pulsipher, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, UT
Friday, January 24
9:00-10:45 am
Clinical Pharmacology and Targeted Therapies
Elizabeth Fox, MD, MS
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
10:45-11:00 am
Break
11:00 am-11:30 pm
Retinoblastoma
Rachel C. Brennan, MD
Logan Health
11:45 am-12:15 pm
Germ Cell Tumors
A. Lindsay Frazier, MD
Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Boston, MA
12:15-12:45 pm
Lunch Break
12:45-2:00 pm
Sarcomas
Bradley D. DeNardo, MD
Brown University Health - Hasbro Children's
Providence, RI
2:00-2:15 pm
Break
2:15-3:15 pm
Neuroblastoma
Emily Greengard, MD
University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center
Minneapolis, MN
3:15-3:30 pm
Break
3:30-4:30 pm
Histiocytic Disorders
Michael B. Jordan, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
4:15-4:30 pm
Break
4:30-5:15 pm
Wilms' Tumor and Other Renal Tumors
Jeffrey S. Dome, MD PhD
Children’s National Hospital
Washington, DC
Saturday, January 25
9:00-10:15 am
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
10:15-10:30 am
Break
10:30-12:00 pm
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 am-12:30 pm
Lunch Break
12:30-2:00 pm
Inherited Bleeding Disorders
Guy Young, MD
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
2:00-2:15 pm
Break
2:15-3:30 pm
Immunology and Immunodeficiency
Sung-Yun Pai, MD
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD
3:30-3:45 pm
Break
3:45-5:00 pm
Nutritional Anemias
Jacquelyn M. Powers, MD MS
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Sunday, January 26
9:00-10:30 am
Transfusion Medicine
Rachel S. Bercovitz, MD MS
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
10:30-10:45 am
Break
10:45 am-12:00 pm
Disorders of Leukocytes
Kelly Walkovich, MD
University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
12:00-12:30 pm
Lunch Break
12:30-1:45 pm
Thrombotic Disorders
Sarah H. O'Brien, MD MSc
Nationwide Children's Hospital Abigail Wexner Research Institute
Columbus, OH
1:45-2:00 pm
Break
2:00-3:15 pm
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.