Fateeha FurqanSpeaker
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston CAR-T vs Bispecifics in LBCL: What the future looks like
About the Conference
Dear friends and colleagues,
It is with immense pleasure that we welcome you, to "Practice changing updates in hematology & Society of Hematologic Oncology Pakistan: Treatment Sequencing insights from ASH® 2024, EHA 2025, ASCO® 2025". The scientific programme offers a selection of the latest advances in hematology and cutting-edge educational sessions with world experts. It will also provide a unique opportunity to share local data , real world experiences and challenges of developing countries. The event is organized by Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre(AFBMTC), located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Established in 2001, AFBMTC is the only dedicated transplant centre of the country performing over 200 transplants per year. AFBMTC is also the only centre of Pakistan to have a cellular therapy programme and an in house mesenchymal stem cell culture facility since 2015. We are delighted to welcome our friends and participants from all over the world to "Practice changing updates in hematology: Treatment Sequencing insights from ASH® 2024, EHA 2025, ASCO® 2025".
This year marks a significant milestone as the Pakistan Blood & Marrow Transplant (PBMT) group collaborates with the Society of Hematologic Oncology Pakistan (SOHO) to host the first-ever SOHO Pakistan meeting. This important initiative aims to foster collaboration, raise awareness, and streamline clinical practices in hematologic oncology across the country. By bringing together leading experts, clinicians, and researchers, the meeting is poised to enhance operational standards and significantly improve the quality of patient care in Pakistan.
We hope that this event will increase knowledge, skill, networking with new friends and colleagues and, last but not the least, to enjoy the Pakistani culture.
OUR SPEAKERS/ PANELISTS
Haitham AbdelhakimPanelist
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics University of Kansas Medical Center - USA
Ishfaq Ahmed ShahPanelist
Khyber Teaching Hospital
Kishwar SultanaChairperson
PATHWEL, Rawalpindi
M Usman ShaikhPanelist
Aga Khan University
Nadia SajidPanelist
Consultant Haematologist Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology (Inmol), Lahore - PK
Rabia ShahidSpeaker
AFBMTC, Rawalpindi CV line management in HCT
Shaheen ButtCo-Chair
AFPGMI, Rawalpindi
Shahid IqbalSpeaker
AFBMTC, Rawalpindi
Aamir Aslam AwanModerator
Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Abdul MannanSpeaker, Panelist
Consultant Hematologist & Director Haemophilia Centre Glan Clwyd Hospital, Bodelwyddan - UK
Aisha JamalModerator
Consultant Hematologist NIBD, Karachi - PK
Alessandro BuscaSpeaker
Head of Stem Cell Collection (Responsabile Prelievo) Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy
Amjad KhanPanelist
Medical Oncologist Combined Military Hospital, Lahore - PK
Amjad ZafarPanelist
Medical Oncologist Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore
Ammad AkramModerator
AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - Pakistan
Ammara NaqviModerator
AFBMTC
Amy Elizbeth DezernSpeaker
Professor of Oncology and Medicine The John Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD - USA
Ayalew TefferiSpeaker, Panelist
Professor & Medical Director Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences, Rochester, MN - USA
Ayesha IftikharSpeaker, Moderator
Consultant Hematologist Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
Ayisha ImranCo-Chair
Head of Hematopathology Chughtai Institute of Pathology, Lahore - PK
Aysha KhanPanelist
Consultant Hematologist AFIP, Rawalpindi
Azhar ShafiPanelist
Consultant Oncologist Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
Bushra MoizChairperson
Professor of Hematology The Aga Khan University, Karachi - PK
Courtney DiNardoSpeaker, Panelist
Professor of Medicine MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas - USA
David PorterSpeaker
Director, Cell Therapy and Transplant University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA - USA
Dietger NiederwieserSpeaker, Panelist
Professor of Medicine, Head of Haematology & Medical Oncology University of Leipzig, Germany
DilnasheenSpeaker
NIBD & BMT, Karachi Comprehensive Nursing Care of BMT Patients
Elias JabbourSpeaker, Panelist
Professor of Medicine in the Department of Leukemia MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX - USA
Faisal MahmoodPanelist
CMH Rawalpindi
Farrukh Ali KhanChairperson, Panelist
Assistant Professor & Head of Department Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - PK
Farrukh ShahSpeaker, Panelist
Consultant Hematologist Whittington Hospital, London - UK
Farrukh T. Awan Speaker
Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX - USA
Ghassan Umair Shamshad Speaker
Consultant Hematologist & Director Blood Bank Jazan Armed Forces Hospital, Jizan - KSA
Hagop KantarjianChairperson, Panelist
Professor and Chair of the Department of Leukemia MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas - USA
Haider NisarModerator
Consultant Child Specialist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK
Hammad JavedModerator, Panelist
Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Haris AliPanelist
Associate Professor, Division of Leukemia City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA -USA
Humera MahmoodPanelist
Consultant Oncologist & HOD Oncology Radiology Departments Nuclear Med. Oncology & Radio Therapy Instt (Nori), Islamabad
Husnain AliModerator
Data Manager PATHWEL Centre of Hematology, Rawalpindi
Irtiza SheikhSpeaker
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Irum KhanPanelist
Associate Program Director - Hematology/Oncology Fellowship University of Illinois, Chicago - USA
Jahanzaib ur Rahman Panelist
Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK
Jasmine ZainPanelist
Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA - USA
Kamran RasheedPanelist
Consultant Medical Oncologist Rasheed Nursing Home & Cancer Clinic, Rawalpindi - Pk
Khurram Bilal TariqSpeaker, Panelist
Hematologist & Medical Oncologist Selby B. Jones regional Cancer Center, Boone, NC - USA
Kiran NaqviPanelist
Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology-Oncology University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, California - USA
Laiba HayatCo-Chair
AFBMTC, Rawalpindi
M Ayaz MirChairperson, Panelist
Professor, Head of Hematology Deparment Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
M Wasim SattarPanelist
Ibn-e-Siena Hospital
Mansoor ZeeshanPanelist
Medical Oncologist CMH, Rawalpindi - PK
Maryam KhanModerator, Panelist
Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Mehreen Ali KhanChairperson
Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Mehwish GillaniModerator
AFBMTC
Memoona KhanModerator
Consultant Haematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Meng LvCo-Chair
Head of Cellular Therapy Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
Muhammad AliPanelist
Staff Physician, BMT/CT Section, Division of Haematology/Oncology SickKids, Toronto, Canada
Muhammad Tahir BashirPanelist
Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology and Head of the Medical Oncology Unit at Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad - PK
Muhammad Usman BaigPanelist
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist Loma Linda University, California - USA
Munira BorhanyChairperson, Panelist
Professor, Consultant Haematologist National Institute of Blood Diseases, Karachi - PK
Munira MoosajeeChairperson, Panelist
Associate Professor, Department of Oncology The Aga Khan University, Karachi - PK
Mussavir BangashPanelist
Medical Oncologist CMH, Rawalpindi - PK
Muzaffar QazalbashSpeaker
Professor in the Department of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas - USA
Nadir AliSpeaker
Kulsum International Hospital, Islamabad
Naeem Arshad Ch.Speaker
Consultant, Hematology/Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy | Professor of Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh - KSA
Najia GulModerator
BMT Nurse AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Naseema GangatPanelist
Associate Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - USA
Natasha AliChairperson, Panelist
Professor, Head, Section of Hematology The Aga Khan University, Islamabad - PK
Nicholas ShortSpeaker, Panelist
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leukemia MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas- USA
Nida AnwarPanelist, Moderator
Associate Professor & Consultant Hematologist National Institute of Blood Disease & BMT, Karachi, PK
Nighat ShahbazPanelist
Consultant Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Nousheen AftabSpeaker
AKU Hospital, Karachi Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Medications: Guidelines for Nurses
Nuzhat YasmeenCo-Chair
Professor, Pediatric Hemato – oncology PIMS, Islamabad - PK
Parvez AhmedChiarperson, Speaker, Panelist
Professor of Hematology & Director BMT Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital, PK
Philip ScheinbergSpeaker
President, SOHO
Phillip ScheinbergSpeaker
Chief of Hematology Beneficencia Portuguesa Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Qamar Un Nisa ChaudharyChairperson, Panelist
Professor, BMT Physician Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
Qasim Mahmood ButtarPanelist
Medical Oncologist Kulsum International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
Rafia Mahmood Speaker
HOD & Consultant Hematologist AFIP, Rawalpindi
Raheel IftikharPanelist
Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK
Riad El FakihSpeaker
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & RC, Riyadh Approach to diagnosis and management of IBMF
Rizwana NazSpeaker
CMH, Rawalpindi Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Early Recognition and Nursing Management in Oncology Practice
Saad UsmaniSpeaker, Panelist
Professor, Chief of Myeloma Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY - USA
Saba TazeenChairperson
QIH, Islamabad
Sadaf AltafPanelist
Pediatric Oncologist and Hematologist Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK
Safiah MirSpeaker
PIMS, Islamabad Knowledge and Practices of Oncology and BMT Nurses in the Management of Neutropenic Feve
Saima Humayun ToorModerator
Consultant Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Sairah AhmedSpeaker, Panelist
Associate Professor & Director of CART Program The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX - USA
Saleem Ahmed KhanChair
Dean Faculty of Haematology, CPSP Executive Director (R&C), NUMS, Rawalpindi - PK
Salman FazalPanelist
Director, Cell Transplantation Program Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA - USA
Salman Naseem AdilCo-Chair
Professor of Hematology & Consultant The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK
Sana KhanSpeaker
AFPGMI, Rawalpindi Nursing Interventions for Oral Mucositis in BMT Patients
Saqib Hussain AnsariPanelist
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist & Director Children's Hospital, Karachi - PK
Sebastian GaleanoCo-Chair
Professor & Hematologist British Hospital, Montevideo Uruguay
Semra AydinPanelist
Medical Specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Oncology at the University Hospital of Bonn, Germany.
Serdar Bedii Omay Speaker
President Türkiye Hematology/BMT Turkey
Shabeeha RanaPanelist
Consultant Haematologist American Hospital, Oud Metha, Dubai - UAE
Shabneez HussainPanelist
Head, Blood Transfusion Services Indus Hospital & Health Network, Karachi - PK
Shafaq Abdul SamadModerator
Consultant Clinical Hematologist NIBD, Karachi - PK
Shahrukh K. HashmiPanelist
Consultant - Chair of Hematology & Oncology Mayo Clinic - Sheikh Shakbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi - UAE
Shahzad Nasir RajaChairperson
Consultant Hematologist Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
Shahzad RazaPanelist
Associate Professor, Faculty Member, and Myeloma Physician Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, OH - USA
Shahzad SarwarModerator
Consultant Hematologist GIMS, Gambad - PK
Stephen AnsellSpeaker, Panelist
Professor of Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Sciences, Rochester, MN - USA
Syed Ali AbutalibPanelist
Associate Medical Director of the Stem Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in Zion, Illinois - USA
Syed Kamran Mahmood Panelist
Consultant Hematologist PATHWEL, Rawalpindi - PK
Syed Nasir Abbas BukhariPanelist
Head of Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Children's Hospital, Lahore - PK
Syed Waqas Imam BokhariChairperson, Panelist, Moderator
Consultant Clinical Haematologist Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore - PK
Talha MunirPanelist
NHS Trust
Tanya SiddiqiSpeaker, Panelist
Director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA - USA
Tapan KadiaPanelist
Professor in the Department of Leukemia MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas - USA
Tariq Azam KhattakSpeaker
Pediatric Clinical Hematologist AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK
Tariq GhafoorSpeaker, Panelist
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, BMT Physician & Director, AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK Email:drtariqghafoor@gmail.com
Tariq Mahmood SattiSpeaker, Panelist
Professor & Consultant Hematologist Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad - PK
Umair MushtaqCo-Chair
Assistant Professor, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Urooj H. HashmiModerator
Senior Registrar Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi - PK
Usman AhmadChairperson, Panelist
Consultant Clinical Hematologist SKMCH & RC, Lahore - PK
Uzma ZaidiPanelist
Consultant hematologist & BMT specialist King Hamad University Hospital - Bahrain
Yasir AbbasModerator
Consultant Medical Specialist AFBMTC, Rawalpindi - PK
Yuqian SunSpeaker
Hematology Specialist & Professor Peking University People’s Hospital, China
Zarmeena KhalidSpeaker
AFBMTC, Rawalpindi Nursing Considerations/ interventions for mothers/family of children undergoing HSCT
Zeba AzizPanelist
Professor & Consultant Hematologist Hameed Latif Hospital, Lahore - PK
Zehra FadooSpeaker, Panelist
Professor & Chair, Department of Oncology Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - PK
Zunaira AamirPanelist
Consultant Haematologist Indus Hospital, Karachi
Session Highlights
