Location: University of Texas at San Antonio – Downtown Campus – 501 W. César Chávez Blvd, San Antonio, TX
Date: Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:10 PM
Description of Event:
MOLA is pleased to present the LHS+ (Latinx,Hispanic,Spanish-speaking and related identities) cancer disparities event scheduled for Thursday, November 6th at this year’s NAMS-MOLA conference in San Antonio, TX . This academic event promises to be an enlightening and impactful gathering aimed at addressing critical issues surrounding leukemia diagnoses experienced by the LHS+ community, and fostering education, awareness, and collaboration. The series aims to connect practicing physicians, researchers, and other cancer services providing professionals and students.
Objectives:
Target Audience: We are expecting around 500-800 LHS+ and Latinx affirming health professionals, practicing MDs in primary care and several specialties, faculty, residents, researchers, and students.
Agenda:
| 11:00 AM | Opening Remarks (Jonathan Moreira, MD) |
| 11:10 AM | Keynote Speaker: Efforts to expand pathway programs for vulnerable populations in Hematology; past successes and future directions
Belinda Avalos, MD Atrium Health American Society of Hematology |
| 11:40 AM | Predisposing biological factors and compounding barriers to care amongst Latino, Hispanic and Spanish speaking patients with ALL
John Molina, MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation Case Western Reserve University |
| 11:45 AM | Dismantling barriers to access to care in the era of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for chronic myelogenous leukemia |
| 12:15 PM | Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation : indications and barriers to transplant
Matias Sanchez, MD University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 25 minutes | Speaker panel/Q+A |
| 10 minutes | Concluding Remarks |