Upcoming 2012 Grant Presentations
The Gist Cancer Research Fund will be giving grants to the labs and institutions doing Gist research. Please join us and learn what research is being done and what new drugs are on the horizon.
Photos from 2012 Grant Presentation at University of Pittsburgh
UPCOMING GRANT PRESENTATIONS
MAY 2nd (Wednesday)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jimmy Fund Auditorium
35 Binney St, Boston, MA
9:30 am Registration and continental breakfast
10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and Overview,
James E. Butrynski, MD, Jonathan A. Fletcher, MD,
Chandrajit P. Raut, MD, MSc
10:05 – 10:20 Advances in GIST Diagnosis and Risk Assessment
Adrián Mariño-Enriquez, MD
10:20 – 10:55 Advances in GIST Sarcoma and Surgery
Chandrajit P. Raut, M
10:55 – 11:15 Advances in GIST Therapy #1
(Targeting KIT/PDGFRA)
David D’Adamo, MD, PhD
Coffee Break
11:30 – 11:50 Advances in GIST Therapy #2
(KIT/PDGFRA Downstream Targets)
James E. Butrynski, MD
11:50 – 12:05 Advances in “Wildtype” and Pediatric GIST
Katherine A. Janeway, MD
12:05 – 12:30 GIST Myth Busters
Amy Pilotte, NP and Kathleen Polson, NP
Lunch served
12:45 – 1:00 Identifying Vulnerabilities in Drug Resistant GIST
Jonathan A. Fletcher, MD
1:00 – 1:20 High-throughput Methods to Identify Drug Targets
Cesar Serrano Garcia, MD
1:20 – 1:50 Advances in Targeted Therapies for non-GIST Sarcomas
Andrew J. Wagner, MD, PhD
1:50 – 2:20 Future Therapeutic Directions for GISTand Conference Wrap Up
Jonathan A. Fletcher, MD, James E. Butrynski, MD
May 15th – 16th (Tuesday – Wednesday)
OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
MacKenzie Hall – Marquam Room
Portland, OR
Tuesday, May 15
3:00 pm GIST Cancer Research Fund Meet-and-Greet
Brian Druker, M.D. (Dr. Druker is the director of the OHSU
Knight Cancer Institute and JELD-WEN Chair of Leukemia Research)
7:30 p.m. Patient Dinner and Get-Together (Vintage Plaza Hotel)
RSVP for Dinner - Gail Mansfield at 503-620-4893
Wednesday, May 16
8:30 a.m. Guests gather for breakfast and mingling (OHSU Mackenzie Hall – Marquam Room)
9:00 a.m. GIST Cancer Research Fund Breakfast & Program
Michael Heinrich, M.D. and Christopher Corless, M.D., Ph.D.
10:30 a.m. Laboratory Tour
RSVP for presentations – Lisa Nolen (supporttheknight@ohsu.edu) 503 494-7071
Thank you for your support in helping to eradicate this rare cancer. All funds were raised through donations. 100% of these funds go to Gist Research.
GCRF – (845) 634-6060
The 3rd Annual "Walk for A Cure" at Sarg Hubbard Park in Yakima, WA on April 14, 2012 was a great success. Thanks to all who participated and to all the volunteers who made the event possible. 
