January 23, 2018

Friends,

What a great weekend it was in Nashville and we were thrilled to meet everyone who attended the CLL Educational Forum at this past Saturday and thankful to Dr. Ian Flinn and Dr. Sydney Hester for their great presentations. It was all fantastic!

On Friday, I’ll be flying to the Raleigh/Durham area for our next CLL Educational Forum on Saturday with Dr. Brander so you’ll have a nice preview of her in my posting this week. We spoke at the ASH 2017 meeting about the use of Umbralisib (TGR 1202) for CLL in patients who were intolerant of ibrutinib or idelalisib. You can read my summary and view our interview here. We look forward to seeing you there!

The CLL Society has friends and partners all over the world. We have included a link to an important short survey that will help inform hematologists and other decision makers in the CLL community about what is important to CLL patients. Please help by completing the survey here. I think you find some of the questions pretty interesting.

CLL Patient Support Group Meetings Coming Up

Tuesday, January 23^rd at 7:00 PM in Berea, OH – The Northeast Ohio CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society, will be meeting. More information here.

Thursday, January 25^th at 7:00 PM in Plainview, NY – The Long Island CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society, will be meeting. More information here.

Friday, January 26^th at 1:30 PM in Montreal, Canada – The Montreal CLL Support Group – Groupe de soutien de la LLC de Montréal, sponsored by Lymphoma Canada in partnership with the CLL Society, will be meeting. More information here.

Saturday, January 27^th at 1:00 PM in Newton Lower Falls, MA – The Boston CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society, will be meeting. More information here.

Potential New Support Groups – New Interest Surveys Just Added – Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR! Check out the areas where other CLL Patients have requested that new support groups be started. Complete the interest survey and let’s see if we can get one going! See what other cities are looking to form support groups by clicking here. Not listed, but interested in starting one? Email us at support@cllsociety.org Thanks!

CLL Patient Education Meetings

CLL Society Sponsored Meetings

Saturday, January 27th from 8:00 – 12:00 PM at Duke Cancer Institute in Durham, NC

The CLL Society invites you to attend a CLL Patient Educational Forum being held at Duke University Cancer Institute with Dr. Danielle Brander.  Dr. Brian Koffman and Stephen Feldman from the CLL Society will also be presenting. More information here. Register here.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Sponsored Meetings

Saturday, January 27th from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM in San Francisco, CA

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) invites you to attend the Northern California Blood Cancer Conference being held at the Hyatt Regency-San Francisco. This event is free but registration is required. Find out more information and register here.

 Lymphoma Research Foundation Sponsored Meetings

Thursday, January 25th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Miami, FL

The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE dinner meeting Ask the Doctor: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at Courtyard Miami Downtown / Brickell Area featuring Jonathan H. Schatz, MD from the University of Miami Health System. Find out more information and register here.

Wednesday, February 7th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Nashville, TN

The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE dinner meeting Ask the Doctor: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at Hilton Nashville Downtown featuring Ian Flinn, MD, PhD from Sarah Cannon Research Institution. Find out more information and register here.

Thursday, February 8th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in La Jolla, CA

The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE dinner meeting Ask the Doctor: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at San Diego Marriott La Jolla featuring Thomas Kipps, MD, PhD from Moores Cancer Center at UCSD. Find out more information and register here.

Thursday, February 15th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Dallas, TX

NOTE NEW DATE! The Lymphoma Research Foundation invites you to attend a FREE dinner meeting Ask the Doctor: Updates on Lymphoma and Treatment Options at Embassy Suites Dallas Near the Galleria featuring Thomas Froehlich, MD, MSHA from UT Southwestern. Find out more information and register here.

The Ohio State University and CLL Society Sponsored Meeting

Monday, January 29th from 6:00 – 7:30 PM in Columbus, OH or Streaming

The James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University and the CLL Society invite you to attend Being Your Own Advocate: A CLL Patient’s Perspective being held in the Wasserstrom Family Conference Room L035. Dr. Brian Koffman will share what he has learned from his journey as a doctor turned CLL patient/cancer survivor and founder of the nonprofit CLL Society. He will discuss how to become your own advocate, and why that is important to your care. More information here. Register here.

In the meantime….

Stay strong.

We are all in this together.

Brian Koffman, MD