From November 19 to 23, researchers and physicians from NYU Langone Health join colleagues from around the world at the joint meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies and the Society for Neuro-Oncology in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Below are notable sessions featuring our faculty and trainees. For a full list of presentations, visit the World Federation/SNO meeting website.
Friday, November 21
Abstract Presentation
Spatially constrained gliomagenesis: a multi-institutional atlas of glioma localization reveals underlying regional vulnerability
Session: Neurosurgery Abstracts–Session 1
NYU Langone Authors: Hannah Weiss, MD, Minjun Park, John E. Market, Camila Fang, Nader Maarouf, Alexandra M. Miller, MD, John G. Golfinos, MD, Daniel A. Orringer, MD
Time: 10:15–11:15AM
Location: O’ahu 313 ABC
Poster
Trial in progress: phase IB study of concurrent Azeliragon, a RAGE inhibitor, with craniospinal irradiation in patients with leptomeningeal metastases
Session: Poster and Networking Session
NYU Langone Authors: Kara M. Banson, MD, Judith D. Goldberg, ScD, Benjamin Cooper, MD, Joshua S. Silverman, MD, Marissa Barbaro, MD, J Ricardo McFaline Figueroa, MD, PhD, Alexandra M. Miller, MD, Jonathan T. Yang, MD, PhD
Time: 11:30AM–12:45PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Rapid Oral Presentation
Histo-molecular and survival study of high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features
Session: Rapid Oral IV A
NYU Langone Authors: Sarra M. Belakhoua, MD, Varshini Vasdevaraja, Jamin Wu, Eloise Freitag, Chanel Schroff, MD, Neha Dhasmana, PhD, Jonathan Serrano, Matija Snuderl, MD
Time: 11:30AM–12:30PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Poster
Tumor volume at diagnosis predicts survival in IDH-mutant astrocytomas
Session: Poster and Networking Session
NYU Langone Authors: Hannah Weiss, MD, Minjun Park, Camila Fang, Matija Snuderl, MD, Daniel A. Orringer, MD, Alexandra M. Miller, MD
Time: 11:30AM–12:45PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Poster
Anti-Robo1/2 monoclonal antibodies as a novel macrophage-based immunotherapy for glioblastoma
Session: Poster and Networking Session
NYU Langone Authors: Luiz Henrique Medeiros Geraldo, MD, PhD, Maria Luiza Lopes de Oliveira, J Ricardo McFaline Figueroa, MD, PhD, Amanda W. Lund, PhD
Time: 11:30AM–12:45PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Rapid Oral Presentation
Targeting Unc5b induces blood-brain barrier permeability and improves chemotherapy delivery and efficacy in glioblastoma
Session: Rapid Orals Sessions I A
NYU Langone Author: Luiz Henrique Medeiros Geraldo, MD, PhD
Time: 11:30AM–12:30PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Abstracts Session
Neuroimaging Abstracts – Session 1
NYU Langone Moderator: Rajan Jain, MD
Time: 2:45–3:45PM
Location: ‘Emalani Theatre 320
Abstract Presentation
Artificial-intelligence-based morphometric profiling reveals distinctive nuclear characteristics of IDH-mutant vs. IDH-wildtype tumors and non-tumorous tissue at single-cell resolution in label-free Raman imaging
Session: Neuroimaging Abstracts–Session 1
NYU Langone Authors: David Reinecke, MD, Minjun Park, Nicolas Goff, John Markert, Nader Maarouf, Andrew Smith, John G. Golfinos, MD, Daniel A. Orringer, MD
Time: 2:45–3:45PM
Location: ‘Emalani Theatre 320
Abstract Presentation
TAPS liquid biopsy: an ultrasensitive, integrated genomic-epigenetic CSF assay for CNS tumors
Session: Molecular Pathology Abstracts–Session 1
NYU Langone Authors: Camila Fang, Eloise Freitag, Chanel Schroff, MD, Kevin Hadia, PhD, Aditya Deshpande, MPH, PhD, Johnathan Rafailov, Hannah Weiss, MD, Neha Dhasmana, PhD, Daniel A. Orringer, MD, Yiying Yang, Kazimierz O. Wrzeszczynski, PhD, Marcin Imielinski, MD, PhD, Matija Snuderl, MD, Alexandra M. Miller, MD
Time: 4:00–5:00PM
Location: ‘Emalani Theatre 320
Saturday, November 22
Oral Presentation
ctDNA analyses in the CNS: successes and challenges
Session: The Evolving Tool Kit for Diagnosis and Therapeutics in Neurogenetic Syndromes: Current Landscape and Future Directions
NYU Langone Presenter: Alexandra M. Miller, MD
Time: 10:35–11:35AM
Location: Kalakaua Ballroom C
Abstracts Session
CNS Metastases Abstracts – Session 1
NYU Langone Moderator: Jonathan Yang, MD, PhD
Time: 10:35–11:35AM
Location: O’ahu 313 ABC
Poster
Establishing workflows for consistent reproductive education and pregnancy testing in patients with CNS tumors
Session: Poster and Networking Session
NYU Langone Authors: Jennifer Fisher, Jessica Goggin, Emily Rowe, Minerva Utate,
Alexandra M. Miller, MD, J Ricardo McFaline Figueroa, MD, PhD
Time: 11:45AM–1:05PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Poster
Polycomb repressor complex 2, its catalytic subunit EZH2 and its functional partner DNA methyltransferase 1 suppress tumoral MHC class 1 and modulate the tumor immune microenvironment in glioblastoma
Session: Poster and Networking Session
NYU Langone Authors: Andrew D’ Auteuil, J Ricardo McFaline Figueroa, MD, PhD
Time: 11:45AM–1:05PM
Location: Kamehameha Exhibit Hall II & III
Oral Presentation
Advances in Intraoperative Diagnostics
Session: SNO-Tumor Section Joint Session: Evolution of Neurosurgical Brain Tumor Care Over the Last 30 Years
NYU Langone Presenter: Daniel A. Orringer, MD
Time: 4:30–5:30PM
Location: Kalakaua Ballroom B
Sunday, November 23
Abstract Presentation
Development and durability of a peer-led adolescent and young adult (AYA) support group
Session: Survivorship Abstracts Session
NYU Langone Author: Jessica D. Schulte, MD, PhD
Time: 8:30–9:30AM
Location: O’ahu 313 ABC
