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Agenda - Conference of the Oncofertility Consortium

PRE-CONFERENCE AGENDA - Sunday, November 5, 2023 (Registration Closed)

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Pre-Conference Hands-On Workshops on Ovarian & Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation at the Orwig lab, Magee-Womens Research Institute. Attendance capped at 16. Lunch will be provided

Agenda: Day 1 - Monday, November 6, 2023
7:00 - 8:00 AM

Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Breakout Sessions & Workshops

TimeWestmoreland RoomCambria RoomSomerset RoomFayette Room

8:00 – 10:00 AM

Female Oncofertility

Male Oncofertility

ECHO Training Workshop

Fellow Education Day-A

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Pediatric Initiative Network

Breakout Session 6

ECHO Training Workshop

Fellow Education Day-A

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Practice Committee

Startup + SOAR Committee

Patient Navigation Workshop

Fellow Education Day-B

3:00 – 5:00 PM

Surgery Committee

Non-Oncology Fertility Preservation

Patient Navigation Workshop

Fellow Education Day-B

5:30 - 6:00 PM
BOARD SHUTTLES IN FRONT OF THE WESTIN TO TRAVEL TO THE ASSEMBLY

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
RECEPTION - THE ASSEMBLY, 5051 CENTRE AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15213

6:30 PM
Welcome

- Robert Edwards (UPMC and University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Updates from the NICHD Ovarian Nomenclature Workshop
- Veronica Gomez-Lobo (National Institutes of Health, USA)

Position Statement on Fertility Preservation by Three Nursing Organizations
- Barbara A. Lockart (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, USA)
- Kyle Stempert (Cleveland VA Hospital, USA)

8:15 PM
BOARD SHUTTLES IN FRONT OF THE ASSEMBLY TO RETURN TO THE WESTIN

Agenda: Day 2 - Tuesday, November 7, 2023
8:00 – 8:15 AM
Welcome: Conference Chairs
- Molly Moravek (University of Michigan, USA)
- Julie Rios (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
- Michael Annichine (CEO, Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation, USA)

8:15 – 9:00 AM

Keynote Speaker

Advances in Male Fertility Preservation
- Kyle Orwig (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

[TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION MORNING SESSION - MODERATOR: Isabelle Demeestere, MD, PhD, University of Brussels, Belgium]

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation (OTC): Experiences from Around the World

Panelists:

- Rebecca Flyckt (University Hospitals, USA)
- Claus Yding Andersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Debra Gook (Royal Women's Hospital, Australia)
- Sherman Silber (St. Luke's Hospital, USA)

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Reimplantation of Malignant Tissue

- Dror Meirow (Sheba Medical Center, Israel)

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Break, Poster Set-up


10:45 – 11:30 AM

Ovarian Cancer Tissue Cryopreservation (OTC): Experiences from Around the World
Debate: Vitrification vs Slow Freeze
- Sherman Silber (St. Luke's Hospital, USA) (VIT)
- Debra Gook (Royal Women's Hospital, Australia) (SF)

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Tissue Cryopreservation for Patients with Differences in Sex Development

- Monica Laronda (Northwestern University, USA)

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch/Networking, View Posters


[‘EXPERIMENTAL’ TREATMENTS AND TECHNIQUES AFTERNOON SESSION – Molly Moravek, MD, University of Michigan]

1:00 – 1:45 PM

Debate: GnRH Agonist for Ovarian Protection: Pros and Cons

- Matteo Lambertini (University of Genova, Italy) (Pros)
- Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) (Cons)

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Uterine Flipping

- Romina Pesce (Hospital Italiano de Bueno Aires, Argentina)

2:15 – 2:45 PM

In Vitro Maturation

- Claus Yding Andersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

2:45 – 3:15 PM

Break/View Posters


3:15 – 3:45 PM
Uterine Transplant

- Rebecca Flyckt (University Hospitals, USA)

3:45 - 5:00 PM

Patient and Advocate Panel

Panelists:

- Megan Scherer (Care giver, Worth the Wait Charity)
- Mike Scherer (Cancer survivor, sperm cryo, father, Worth the Wait Charity)
- Danya Kaye (Cancer survivor, OTC, OTT, two children, Alliance for Fertility Preservation Contributor)
- Whitney Gastmeyer (Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation)
- Jaiwen Hsu (Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation)

5:00 – 7:00 PM
Poster Session/Social at the Westin Pittsburgh
Agenda: Day 3 - Wednesday, November 8, 2023
7:30 – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast/Networking


[CLINICAL CONUNDRUMS MORNING SESSION – Leslie Appiah, MD, University of Colorado]

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Fertility Preservation in the Context of Low-Resource Settings

- Dana Kimelman (Hospital Britanico, Uruguay)

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Fertility Preservation for Low/Medium Risk Youth

- Isabelle DeMesteere (University of Brussels, Belgium)

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Oral Abstract Presentations and Awards

Assessing attitudes and understanding of ovarian tissue cryopreservation at annual follow up: A telephone interview survey

- Alexandra Piselli (Georgetown University, USA)

Vitrification preserves follicle and oocyte functionality in an encapsulated in vitro follicle growth system

- Jiyang Zhang (Rutgers University, USA)

Does fragment size affect follicular survival following slow-freeze and thaw in the bovine model?

- Jennia Michaeli (University of Toronto, Canada)

Dreaming big: Providing ASCO guideline concordant oncofertilty care for AYA patients

- Sarita Pathak (New York University, USA)

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break/View Posters


10:30 – 11:15 AM

Debate: Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation vs Oocyte Cryopreservation

- Julie Rios (University of Pittsburgh, USA) (oocyte)
- Dror Meirow (Sheba Medical Center, Israel) (OTC)

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Ethical Dilemmas in Fertility Preservation

- Gwendolyn Quinn (NYU Langone Health, USA)

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch/Networking



[FERTILITY PRESERVATION IN NON-ONCOLOGIC POPULATIONS AFTERNOON SESSION – Julie Rios, MD, University of Pittsburgh]

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Fertility Preservation for Patients at Risk for Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

- Veronica Gomez-Lobo (NIH, USA)

1:30 - 2:00 PM

Klinefelter Syndrome

- James Kashanian (Weill Cornell Medicine, USA)

2:00 – 2:45 PM

Fertility Preservation in Non-Oncologic Populations - Sickle Cell Disease in Females and Males

Panel:
- Leena Nahata (Ohio State University College of Medicine, USA) (male)
- Jacquie Maher (NIH, USA) (female)

2:45 – 3:30 PM

Fertility Preservation for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Molly Moravek (University of Michigan, USA)
Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

3:30 - 3:45 PM

Wrap-Up


3:45 PM

Meeting Adjourns