Meeting & Venue Details:
Date: Monday, September 14, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM CDT
In-Person Location:
Mays Cancer Center
4th Floor, Mabee Conference Room
7979 Wurzbach Road
San Antonio, TX
Please note that in-person seating capacity is limited to 45 attendees. Lunch will be hosted across the skybridge at UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital.
Virtual Option:
Live broadcast via Microsoft Teams with on-demand recorded access.
Program Highlights & Agenda Overview:
Morning Sessions:
09:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Resident Case-Based Presentations
Neuroblastoma
Wilms Tumor
ATRT
NGGCT
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Beyond Histology: Newly Defined Molecular and Methylation Tumor
Entities Speaker: Maria A. Gubbiotti, MD, PhD (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Focus on the evolution of the WHO classification, implementation of molecular diagnostics in resource-limited settings, and emerging tumor entities.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Break UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital.
Afternoon Sessions:
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Beyond Histology: Newly Defined Molecular and Methylation Tumor
Entities (Part II) Speaker: Andrea Gilbert, DO (UT Health San Antonio)
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Rare Pediatric Malignancies: An Overview of Active Clinical Trials and Therapeutic Innovations
Speaker: Kenneth S. Chen, MD (UT Southwestern / Children’s Medical Center Dallas).
Focus on emerging clinical trials and molecular/genetic drivers of rare pediatric solid tumors.
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM | Tried, True, and New in DIPG: Revisiting Hypofractionation, Reirradiation, ONC201, and Emerging Cellular Therapies
Speaker: Gohar S. Manzar, MD, PhD (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Focus on radiobiology, reirradiation strategies, the ACTION trial/ONC201, and novel intracranial CAR-T cell platforms.
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | Highlights Session: 2026 ISLCC Highlights
Speaker: Rebecca M. Howell, PhD (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Focus on survivorship management, workflow-integrated late-effects risk calculators, cardiac disease modeling, and secondary malignancy data.
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | SIOP San Antonio Scientific Program Highlights
Speaker: Anita Mahajan, MD (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Virtual On-Demand Program Highlights:
ISPNO 2026 Highlights: Updates for the Pediatric Radiation Oncologist
Speaker: Sahaja Acharya, MD (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Comparative Outcomes of Early Focal, CSI, and Omission Protocols for Infants with Embryonal Tumors: Practical Aspects for the Radiation Oncologist
Speaker: Justin Oh, MD, FRCPC (BC Cancer / University of British Columbia)
Focus on salvage re-irradiation field matching, biological dose accumulation, and the mitigation of acute and long-term toxicities.
Registration & Attendance Confirmation:
Given the limited in-person capacity (45 seats) at the Mabee Conference Room, we encourage attendees intending to join in person to register early. Virtual attendance links and instructions will be circulated prior to the event date.
RSVP: Please indicate whether you plan to attend in person or virtually using the link below: