Recharge your energy while learning from some of the best. Here are some of the excellent luncheons offered at the 2022 Annual Meeting that you won't want to skip!
Career Development Lunch (for in-person participants)
The Career Development Lunch is an opportunity for trainees to have an opportunity to ask career advice from leaders in the field. Choose from 12 topics across multiple lunch tables covering PhD Careers, Systems-Based Hematology, Laboratory and Translational Hematology, Industry Careers, Government Careers, Adult and Pediatric BMT, and more.
Box lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. This is a trainee-only event.
Saturday, December 10, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., St. Charles Ballroom (Hilton New Orleans Riverside)
Chair: Leidy Isenalumhe, MD, Moffitt Cancer Center
Grassroots Network Lunch
Thanks to ASH’s advocacy efforts and the ASH Grassroots Network, issues important to the future of hematology have been brought to the attention of the U.S. Congress and federal agencies. The ASH Grassroots Network Lunch provides a forum for interested members to learn how they can participate in ASH’s advocacy efforts, communicate with Congress, become effective advocates for hematology, and discuss the Society’s legislative and regulatory priorities. An overview of the Society’s 2022 advocacy accomplishments and a preview of the Society’s 2023 advocacy agenda, as well as a discussion about the potential impact of the 2022 midterm elections on policy related to hematology, will also be provided.
This year's topic will be "The Intersection of Hematology and Gynecology and How to Get Involved," presented by Dr. Veronica Gillispie-Bell.
Saturday, December 10, 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., St. James Ballroom (Hilton New Orleans Riverside)
Chair: Jennifer Holter Chakrabarty, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
ASH Practice Partnership Lunch - A Return to the Classics: The Need for Classical Hematology
Classical hematologists treat conditions such as iron deficiency anemia, and they are expert at identifying and managing life-threatening conditions such as cold agglutinin disease, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, acquired hemophilia, and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Systems-based classical hematologists work within a hospital or health care system on issues such as improving anticoagulation management and perioperative patient blood management. classical hematology is one of the cognitive fields that does not generate revenue by giving chemotherapy or performing procedures. For this reason, classical hematologists face lower reimbursement than their counterparts practicing malignant hematology or oncology. They see fewer trainees interested in joining their ranks, likely due to the lower reimbursement and the low number of fellowship programs or placement opportunities - something ASH is currently working to address through its new Hematology-Focused Fellowship Training Program. And because there are fewer people entering this field, wait times for an appointment are often long, making it difficult for patients to access timely care.
In this session, panelists will explore solutions to the lack of classical hematologists, focusing on three main topics: How to do classical hematology without a hematologist, compensation models in classical hematology, and how to get young hematologists interested in classical hematology.
Sunday, December 11, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., St. James Ballroom (Hilton New Orleans Riverside)
Chair: Chancellor E Donald, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine
ASH Health Equity Rounds Lunch
Health Equity Rounds are interactive, case-based discussions with an interdisciplinary panel to include hematologists, health equity/public health experts, patients, and patient advocates to discuss health equity issues within hematology. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees.
Sunday, December 11, 2022: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Cypress (Marriott New Orleans Warehouse Arts District)
Moderator: Jacquelyn M. Powers, MD, Texas Children's Hospital
