Basser Center for BRCA 13th Annual Scientific Symposium Agenda for Tuesday, April 22, 2025


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

Gad Rennert, MD, PhD

Young Onset of Breast Cancer in Jews and Arabs- Genetic Landscape and other Risk Factors
 

9:00-9:30 AM  

Sonja A Rasmussen, MD, MS 

Population Screening for Breast Cancer Predisposition Genes

 

9:30-10:00 AM

Alvaro N. Monteiro, PhD

The Universe of BRCA Variants

 

10:00-10:30 AM 

BREAK
 

10:30-11:00 AM

Mark Robson, MD

Management of Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk
 

11:00-12:00 PM

Case Panel moderated by Susan Domchek, MD with: 

Speakers to be announced soon.
 

12:00-12:45 PM

LUNCH
 


AFTERNOON SESSION


12:45-1:15 PM

Heather Zierhut, PhD, MS, CGC

For Good: Shaping the Future of Genetic Counseling Using Health Communication, Service Delivery, and Community-Driven Research
 

1:15-1:45 PM  

Jacqueline Cappadocia, MS, LCGC

Year in Review
 

1:45-2:15 PM

Constance Lehman, MD, PhD

AI and Breast Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities

 

2:15-2:45 PM

Constance Lehman, MD, PhD

AI and Breast Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities

 

End of accredited portion


2:45-3:15 PM 

BREAK

 

3:15-4:30 PM

Patrick Sung, DPhil 

Global Prize Presentation and Keynote 
Mechanism of BRCA1/BRCA2-dependent DNA Damage Repair

 

4:45-5:30 PM

Poster Session