Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Emergencies in the Cancer Patient 2025

Date & Location: Saturday, September 6, 2025, 8:15 AM – Sunday, September 7, 2025, 3:50 PM, Zuckerman Research Center, 417 East 68th Street, New York, NY
Specialties – Critical Care, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology, Neurology, Neuro-Oncology, Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery, Nursing, Pain Medicine, Surgical Oncology
Overview
The field of oncologic emergencies has evolved rapidly over the past 15+ years, advancing in parallel with the ongoing development of cancer treatments and interventions. While complications from traditional chemotherapies remain common, the rise of novel cancer treatments has introduced a broader and more complex spectrum of patient presentations—many of which are now increasingly encountered in emergency departments across the country. With few dedicated cancer-specific emergency rooms, these patients are often inappropriately triaged, misdiagnosed, under-treated, or redirected to their oncologists without adequate resolution of their urgent concerns.
Now in its seventh year, this course brings together specialists from across all areas of the cancer treatment spectrum to provide emergency department providers and staff with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively manage both common and uncommon oncologic emergencies. Each session features didactic lectures followed by a live panel discussion and Q&A with expert faculty. Additionally, attendees will receive access to an online syllabus after the course concludes, which will include recorded videos of the presentations/lectures.
Topics include:

Pain Control & Palliation in the Cancer Patient
A Practical Approach to the Evaluation & Management of Fever in the Cancer Patient
A Practical Approach to the Evaluation & Management of Dyspnea in the Cancer Patient
A Practical Approach to the Evaluation of Abdominal Pain in the Cancer Patient
Central Nervous System Emergencies
Urgent Radiation Treatment
Stem Cell Transplant / Targeted Therapy / Experimental Therapeutics
Hematologic Emergencies
Interventional Radiology Emergent Procedures
Dermatologic Side Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatments

In addition to our keynote speaker, Dr. Christopher Baugh of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, who will present Accelerating Hospice Initiation, we are also pleased to welcome Dr. Syed Saad Mahmood of St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center, who will speak on Cardiac Complications.
This course is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses involved in the treatment and management of patients with active malignancies/cancers who present with acute complaints in an emergent room setting.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, learners will be able to:

Identify and recognize the most common presenting complaints of cancer patients in emergency rooms.
Discuss current and developing cancer therapeutics with respect to their side-effects and complications.
Recognize the current limitations and challenges that remain in efficiently addressing cancer patient emergencies.

 
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Saturday, September 6, 2025

8:25AM – 8:55AM The Oncologic Emergency Department Adam Klotz, MD
8:55AM – 9:25AM General Emergency Department vs. Cancer Hospital Emergency Department Mark Melrose, DO
9:25AM – 9:30AM Case Presentation Craig D Blinderman, MD, MA
9:30AM – 10:00AM Rapid Goals-of-Care Conversations in the Emergency Setting Corita Grudzen, MD
10:00AM – 10:30AM Accelerating Hospice Initiation Christopher W Baugh, MD, MBA, FACEP
10:30AM – 11:00AM Cancer Pain Crisis Management Reggie Saldivar, MD
11:00AM – 11:30AM Interventional Pain Management Benjamin Biewen, MD
11:30AM – 11:40AM Q&A and Discussion
12:20PM – 12:25PM Case Presentation Rachna Sultanian, MD
12:25PM – 12:55PM Neutropenic and Non-Neutropenic Fevers Peter Mead, MD
12:55PM – 1:25PM Resuscitation of the Cancer Patient Sanjay Chawla, MD
1:25PM – 1:55PM Cytokine Release Syndrome Management Gilles Salles, MD, PhD
1:55PM – 2:05PM Q&A and Discussion
2:15PM – 2:20PM Case Presentation Robin T Kim, MD
2:20PM – 2:50PM Bronchoscopic Emergencies Robert P. Lee, MD, FCCP, DAABIP
2:50PM – 3:20PM Malignant Pleural Effusions Rastko Rakocevic, MD, MS
3:20PM – 3:50PM Cardiac Complications of Cancer and Cancer Treatments Syed S. Mahmood, MD
3:50PM – 4:00PM Q&A and Discussion

Sunday, September 7, 2025

8:20AM – 8:25AM Case Presentation Mark Schattner, MD, FASGE, AGAF
8:25AM – 8:55AM Malignant Bowel Obstructions Iris H. Wei, MD
9:25AM – 9:55AM Abdominal Pain in the Setting of Check-Point Inhibition Rachel Niec, MD, PhD, MS
9:55AM – 10:05AM Q&A and Discussion
10:15AM – 10:45AM Malignant Spinal Cord Compression W. Christopher Newman, MD, MPH
10:45AM – 11:15AM Leptomeningeal Disease Adrienne Boire, MD, PhD
11:15AM – 11:45AM Indications for Urgent Radiation Treatment Amy Xu, MD, PhD
12:25PM – 12:30PM Case Presentation Sandy Nath, MD
12:30PM – 1:00PM BMT Complications Mohammad Alhomoud, MBBS
1:00PM – 1:30PM Targeted and Immunotherapy Side Effects Fernando Santini, MD
1:30PM – 1:40PM Q&A and Discussion
1:50PM – 2:20PM Acute Leukemia Eytan Stein, MD
2:20PM – 2:50PM Hypercoagulation and Thrombosis in the Cancer Patient Avi Leader, MD
2:50PM – 3:20PM Interventional Radiology Emergent Procedures in the Cancer Patient Jonathan Latzman, MD, Physician
3:20PM – 3:50PM Dermatologic Side Effects of Cancer and Cancer Treatments  Allison Gordon, MD