Upcoming Programs and Events

The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center hosts a variety of programs and events for our members, patients, and community.

If you would like your event posted on this webpage, please contact the Communications Office at cucancercomms@cumc.columbia.edu.

E.g., 06/01/2025

  • 2025 Edward P. Evans Foundation MDS Centers Symposium

    Monday, July 14, 2025
    8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    Off-campus
    • Healthcare
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Location: Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center Register: Evans Seminar Series 2025 Guest Speakers: Sergei Doulatov, PhD (CUMC) Britta Will, PhD (Albert Einstein) Shan Zha, MD, PhD (CUMC) Alexander Gitlin, MD, PhD (MSK) Teresa Palomero, PhD (CUMC) Robert Stanley, MD, PhD (MSK) Aaron Viny, MD (CUMC) Anthony Daniyan, MD (MSK) Amit Verma, MBBS (Albert Einstein) Organizers: Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD (MSK) Stavroula Kousteni, PhD (Columbia) Ross Levine, MD (MSK) Schedule: 8:30 a.m. - Check-in & Breakfast 9:00 a.m. - Welcome & Introduction 5:00 p.m. - Closing

  • Columbia Evans MDS Center Seminar Series: Faye Feller, MD

    Tuesday, October 14, 2025
    1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
    Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032 1st Floor Auditorium
    • Basic Health Sciences
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Speaker: Faye Feller, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Geron Pharmaceuticals Location:  Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032 Room/Area: 1st floor auditorium Hosted by Teresa Palomero, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology (in the Institute for Cancer Genetics) at CUMC This event is sponsored by the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center's (HICCC) Edward P. Evans Center for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) at Columbia University, established to foster an all-encompassing approach in studying MDS giving us molecular, cellular genetic and epigenetic insights to develop and test innovative therapies.

  • Columbia Evans MDS Center Seminar Series: Leonard Zon, MD

    Thursday, November 13, 2025
    11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
    Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032 1st Floor Auditorium
    • Basic Health Sciences
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Speaker: Leonard I. Zon, MD, Boston Childen's Hospital Hosted by Stavroula Kousteni, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics; Director, Evans MDS Center at Columbia This event is jointly sponsored by the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center's (HICCC) Edward P. Evans Center for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI) at Columbia University. 

  • Advances in Multiple Myelosis & AL Amyloidosis

    Friday, November 14, 2025
    8:55 AM to 2:00 PM
    Online Event
    • Basic Health Sciences
    • Clinical Health Sciences
    • College of Physicians and Surgeons
    • Mailman School of Public Health
    Program Overview Columbia University Irving Medical Center invites you to join the leading educators from Columbia University, addressing an overview of high-yield challenging scenarios in the management of AL Amyloidosis. Through a combination of lectures and case-based presentations, this course will deliver up-to-date and cutting-edge information that can be directly integrated into clinical practice. Video Access All registrants will be sent access to lecture video recordings. Learning Objectives Clinical presentation, diagnostic methods and risk stratification of patients with newly diagnosed systemic AL Amyloidosis. Management of patients with newly diagnosed systemic AL Amyloidosis. Management of various organ involvement such as heart failure and nephrotic syndrome, autonomic neuropathy and GI involvement in patients with AL Amyloidosis. Discuss and develop consensus in guidelines for managing relapsed and refractory cases, including the role of salvage therapies and experimental approaches. Joint Accreditation Statement In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Columbia University. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Professions in scope for this activity are listed below. Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.   Physicians Amedco LLC designates this live virtual activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   Nurse Practitioners The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) recognizes the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as approved accreditors and allow reciprocity for AANPCP continuing education credit. Physician Assistants The National Commission on Certiļ¬cation of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertiļ¬cation for PAs. Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. PAs should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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