Day 1 of the Scientific Symposium Agenda


Located at the Smilow Center for Translational Research Auditorium/Commons at Penn Medicine (enter through Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine).

7:30-8:15 AM

Registration

8:15-8:30 AM

Welcome


 

MORNING SESSION


8:30-9:00 AM

Daniel Lin, MD

The Utility of Enhanced Screening for People with Inherited Risk of Developing Aggressive Prostate Cancer: Initial Results from the PATROL Study
 

9:00-9:30 AM  

Tobias Else, MD 

POT1 Tumor Predisposition Syndrome: Emerging Insights and Evolving Clinical Practice

 

9:30-10:00 AM

Anna Raper, MS, CGC

Germline POT1 

 

10:00-10:30 AM 

BREAK
 

10:30-11:00 AM

Jessica Long, MS, CGC, CGAF

Year in Review
 

11:00-12:00 PM

Case Panel moderated by Susan Domchek, MD with: 

Mark Robson, MD
 

12:00-12:45 PM

LUNCH
 


AFTERNOON SESSION


12:45-1:15 PM

Susan Domchek, MD

Genetics Testing for Cancer Susceptibility in 2026: Which Genes, Which Patients and How 
 

1:15-1:45 PM  

Heather Hampel, MS, CGC

Managing Results from a Point-of-Care Germline Genetic Testing Program: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
 

1:45-2:15 PM

Catharine Wang, PhD, MSc

Patient Engagement and BRCA Testing: Unpacking Contextual Factors Driving Test Uptake

 

2:15-2:45 PM

Theodore Drivas, MD, PhD

Overlooked and Underdiagnosed: Addressing the Genetic Testing Void in Adult Patients

 

End of accredited portion


2:45-3:15 PM 

BREAK

 

3:15-4:30 PM

Ephrat Levy-Lahad, MD 

Global Prize Presentation and Keynote 
Population Screening for BRCA: From One to Many

 

4:45-5:30 PM

Poster Session