MIAMI FL

7th - 9th Nov 2025 | Miami, Florida

The Glioblastoma Summit

Join us in Miami, FL on November 7-9, 2025 for 3 days of connecting with the glioblastoma community. Over the course of 3 days, attendees will be able to connect with other community members, learn about research advancements in the field, listen to panel talks from the worlds best neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists, participate in Q&A’s, engage in specialized breakout rooms, and so much more.

Included in your ticket: Welcome packet, Friday night welcome reception (food and drink), Saturday summit programming (breakfast, coffee and snack breaks, all panels/presentations/q&a’s, lunch by Sweetgreen, and all onsite activations), Sunday summit programming (same as Saturday)

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NOV 7th-9th 2025

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2025 Programming

    • 3:00pm Registration opens at the Arlo Hotel

    • 6-8pm Welcome reception at the Arlo Hotel Wynwood

    • 8am: Summit check in & breakfast onsite

    • 8:55am: Welcome Introduction by Amber Barbach

    • 9am: Guided Meditation by Miami Sound Baths

    • 9:15am: GBM 101: Understanding the Challenges presented by John Boockvar, MD from Lenox Hill Neurosurgery

    • 9:30am: “Project Build On” Update presented by Steven Millward, MD from MD Anderson Cancer Center

    • 10am: Personalized Functional Precision Medicine with High-Throughput Drug Screening for GBM presented by Soma Sengupta MD, PhD, MBA, FRCP(UK), FAAN, FANA, from Tufts Medical Center

    • 10:30am: Break

    • 11am: Surgical Decision Making in Difficult Tumor Locations / Awake Craniotomy in Patient Experience presented by John Boockvar, MD, and Randy D’Amico, MD from Lenox Hill Neurosurgery

    • 11:30am: Glioblastoma Author Panel moderated by Holly Gainsboro featuring Maria Quiban, Laura Dill, and Leila Segal

    • 12pm: Lunch provided by Sweetgreen

    • 1pm: Work in Novel RNA Therapeutics for GBM presented by George Calin, MD from MD Anderson Cancer Center

    • 1:20pm: Next-Gen GBM Treatments: Implantable Tumor Treating Fields for Continuous Therapy presented by Shane Shahrestani, MD from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    • 1:40pm: Real World Data for Surveillance and Discovery in Brain Tumors presented by Quinn Ostrom, PhD from the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke

    • 2pm: Permission to Grieve Workshop facilitated by Rebecca Feinglos from Grieve Leave

    • 2:45pm: Break

    • 3pm (Breakout): Patient Support Group facilitated by Holly Gainsboro from Golden Heart Grief Support

    • 3pm (Breakout): Caregiver Support Group facilitated by Laura Dill from Slay Society

    • 3:45pm: Break

    • 4pm: Love Beyond Time Sizzle Reel Screening and Q&A with Jordan Lovelis and Susie Gannon Clark

    • 4:30pm: Wind-Down/Break

    • 5:30pm: Wrap and explore Miami!


      PROGRAMMING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

    • 8-9am: Summit check in & breakfast onsite

    • 9am: The New Mindfulness - Connectomic Strategies and GBM presented by Randy D’Amico, MD from Lenox Hill Neurosurgery

    • 9:30am: Extending Quality Living with GammaTile presented by Na Tosha N. Gatson, MD, PhD, FAAN from Living Oncology 501(c)(3) & Indiana University Health

    • 10am: New Frontiers in Pediatric Gliomas presented by Mara Vinci, PhD, from Bambino Gesù Children's Hospitaland Vidya Gopalakrishnan, PhD from MD Anderson Cancer Center

    • 10:30am: Break

    • 11am (Breakout Room): Survivorship Beyond Treatment: Navigating work, relationships, and identity changes after treatment facilitated by David Fitting, 22+ year GBM survivor

    • 11am (Breakout): Grief Conversations for Medical Providers facilitated by Holly Gainsboro from Golden Heart Grief Support

    • 11:30am: Clinical Trials and New Therapies for GBM panel featuring Morana Vojnic, MD, from Rutgers Cancer Institute,Rebecca Brown, MD, PhD, from University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Alexandra Miller, PhD from NYU Langone Health

    • 12pm: Lunch provided by Sweetgreen

    • 1pm: Overcoming Barriers to Drug Delivery to Brain Tumors presented by Michael Vogelbaum, MD from Moffitt Cancer Center

    • 1:30pm: Continuing to Have Hope After Many Negative Clinical Trials in Glioblastoma: A Neuro-Oncologist/Trialist’s Perspective presented by Annick Desjardins, MD from the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke

    • 2pm: Targeting Ancient Viruses Hidden in Our Genes presented by Ashish Shah, MD from University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center

    • 2:15pm (Breakout): Loss of a Loved One Support Group moderated by Holly Gainsboro

    • 2:30pm: Break

    • 3pm: From Loss to Lifesaving: The Power of Brain Donation in Glioblastoma Research presented by Christina Piersol from University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank

    • 3:30pm: Novel Metabolic Targets for Glioblastoma Research and Treatment presented by Christopher Hine, PhD from Cleveland Clinic

    • 4pm: Guided Sound Healing Meditation by Miami Sound Baths

    PROGRAMMING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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