CLL Society Educational Forums

The CLL Society is pleased to offer an annual series of Patient and Caregiver Educational Forums.

We wanted to let everyone know that we have been diligently monitoring the evolving issues related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). At this time the Patient Educational Forum in NY is being postponed to a later date. We will continue to update you via our Weekly Alerts and on our website as the situation changes.

2019-2020 Dates and Locations

Join us for the 2019-2020 Forums

Date	Location	Faculty	Registration
Nov 9	Salt Lake City, UT: Huntsman Cancer Institute	Dr. Deborah Stephens	Registration closed
Jan 11	Duarte, CA: City of Hope	Dr. Steve Rosen	Registration closed
Feb 29	Dallas, TX: UT Southwestern	Dr. Farrukh Awan	Registration closed Download agenda
Mar 7 Postponed	New York, NY: Memorial Sloan Kettering	Dr. Anthony Mato	Registration Closed Download agenda
Apr 25 Postponed	Louisville, KY: Norton Cancer Institute	Dr. Joseph Flynn
Apr 25 Postponed	Minneapolis, MN: Mayo Clinic	Dr. Neil Kay
Apr 25 Postponed	Phoenix, AZ: Mayo Clinic	Dr. Jose Leis
May 2 Postponed	Boston, MA: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	Dr. Matt Davids
May 9 Postponed	Orange, CA: UC-Irvine	Dr. Susan O’Brien
May 15 Postponed	Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health (NIH)	Dr. Adrian Weistner
May 16 Postponed	Charlotte, NC:Levine Cancer Institute & Novant Health	Dr. Ryan Jacobs & Dr. Alan Skarbnik
June 27	Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University	Dr. John Byrd

About the Forums

These forums have a duration of approximately 4 hours, during which CLL patients and their caregivers receive cutting-edge education about CLL from a speaker panel which is comprised of CLL experts as well as patients and caregivers relating their experiences. We also invite various local representatives to share information about their local resources and programs; this includes CLL Society Support Group representatives and often representatives from LLS and/or the hosting medical institution, when applicable. A generous amount of time is allotted throughout the event for patient and caregiver questions.

We begin our programming late in the calendar year and extend it into the first half of the following year so that late-breaking research from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting can be presented.

Each Forum is Unique:

Each CLL Society Patient and Caregiver Educational Forum is unique, featuring a different CLL expert physician speaker at each Forum, while highlighting local research, services, and available trials. We encourage you to attend more than one Forum if you’re able. Likewise, you can check out our archived recordings, and maximize your experience!

Participant Feedback

Attendees of the 2018-2019 CLL Society Patient & Caregiver Educational Forums were invited to complete a survey. Among the results:

99% of respondents rated the overall value of the meeting as Good or Excellent.
97% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they learned new information they would share with their physicians.
99% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they are now more aware of reliable sources of information about CLL.
96% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that they now feel more connected to the CLL patient and caregiver community.

Register

Registration is currently closed due to the threat of coronavirus.

On Demand

Selected 2018-2019 Patient & Caregiver Education Forums are available on demand now!

CLL Society Patient Education Forum at the National Institutes of Health, April 5, 2019

CLL Society Patient Education Forum at City of Hope, February 9, 2019

Updated January 14, 2019