Highlights from ASH24 Day 2

The 66th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, is being held from December 7-10, 2024, in San Diego, California.

It brought together over 30,000 health professionals, clinicians, researchers, educators, and industry leaders from around the world. As the most comprehensive hematology event of the year, the meeting offered a unique opportunity for attendees to engage with the latest advancements in blood-related disorders, treatment innovations, and groundbreaking research.

The conference featured a wide range of sessions, including scientific presentations, educational symposia, and hands-on workshops, designed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange across various sectors of hematology. Participants had access to cutting-edge research findings, emerging therapies, and best practices in patient care, making it a vital event for professionals looking to stay at the forefront of the field.

Doctors and healthcare professionals shared their highlights on social media:

Naveen Pemmaraju:

“ASH24 at President’s Reception.

Kudos to ASH and Mohan Narla for a lovely reception!”

Rahul Banerjee:

“A pleasure to meet Amylou Dueck, in real life!! Biostats faculty provide the glue that hold our studies together.”

Sawyer Bawek:

“Final panel discussion is on Leukemia, MDS, and CML!

Tune in to hear all the recent ASH24 updates and their impact on patient care!”

James Wu:

“Blessed to have won the CAHON (Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network) Young Investigator Award and to be honored with all the other great young investigators at the CAHON Winter Symposium last night! (Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network) Young Investigator Award and to be honored with all the other great young investigators at the CAHON Winter Symposium last night!”

C. Ola Landgren:

“ASH24 annual meetings a great meeting for hematology/oncology experts and trainees. All the world experts gathered under one roof for a few days. Sharing data and ideas. Networking and generating new collaborations!”

Jess Silva-Fisher:

“Excited to see my name on the ASH awards wall. Thank you for the support. Congratulations to all the awardees.”

Akshat Jain:

“ASH2024 run this morning was extra special with dear friend Don Kohn of USC one of the pioneers of gene therapy!!”

Beth Faiman:

“My favorite selfie of ASH24 with the most AMAZING haematologist, mentor and ASH royalty Dr. Lichtin!”

Chenyu Lin:

“Thanks to the ASH24 organizers for a great meeting and the chance to reconnect with old friends and collaborators!

Grateful for the opportunity to co-chair the ALL/lymphoma CAR-T session with National Cancer Institute, Kathryn Cappell. See you all in FL for ASH25!”

Mohamad Mohty:

“End of another ASH24 day.

Presidential glow,
Science blooms in every talk,
ASH lights up the way.”

Mina L Xu:

“What joy to catch up with old friends, mentors and mentees and get encouraged by their passion for improving the lives of our patients.”

Stephen Oh:

“Strong work by Molly Brakhane pulling double duty yesterday presenting at the poster walk and poster session!”

Nihar Desai:

“It’s always great catching up with friends at ASH24.

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre colleagues who have now moved to Mayo clinic and will soon be back to Saudi Arabia.

Some of the brightest and kindest colleagues I’ve worked with.”

Uma Borate:

“What a fantastic ASH24 Presidential Reception celebrating all the wonderful science in hematology and Bollywood!”

Indraneel Deshmukh:

“I was at a restaurant today and my server saw my ASH24 batch and said that he was a radiation oncologist for 30 years before retiring to take up this job and keep himself busy. Never thought I’d be served food by a seasoned and senior physician so casually in my life.”

Mohamad Mohty:

“A flavor of the Presidential reception at ASH24.”

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Chalothorn “Sai” Wannaphut:

“Thank you so much Pallawi Torka for your invaluable insights on career development in Hematology—your guidance is truly inspiring!”

Avi Harisingani:

“Great talk by Urvi Shah at ASH24 presenting the effects of a High-Fiber Dietary intervention and how it can slow progression in Myeloma patients! Nutrition in Heme/Onc can truly be revolutionary!”

Rishabh Singh:

“Missed this session, but glad to run into you!

Thanks for the encouragement, and some solid advice for staying original!

Mumbai docs are killing it everywhere!”

Johanna Richter:

“Very interesting update on the cohort of 35 patients with refractory autoimmune diseases (lupus, myositis, systemic sclerosis) receiving CD19-CAR T cell therapy presented by Fabian Müller at ASH24.”

Naveen Pemmaraju:

“Lovely to spend time with dear friends at the intersection of multiple myeloma and leukaemia with Ajai Chari, Nina Shah.”

Aaron Goodman:

“Most Important Abstract!

An abstract on what patients actually care about in multiple myeloma (not us doctors)

When patients are appropriately consented (explained in simple terms what the results of our studies mean)

1. 50% don’t want quad induction
2. 50% don’t want an auto transplant
3. 84% want single drug maintenance over 2 drugs
4. 93% of patients do not want selinexor!”

Diana Passaro:

“I really enjoyed taking part into a panel discussion on time management at ASH24 with tremendous colleagues, including TRTH peer Jyoti Nangalia, who I loved catching up with after 8 years.”

Indraneel Deshmukh:

“ASH24 isn’t complete without a Mentor – Mentee picture and I managed to bump into Naval Daver amongst the chaos . Extremely grateful to be mentored by one of the leading physician scientists in the field and an IMG inspiration!”

Highlights from ASH24 Day 1