Agenda

DRAFT AGENDA

The Canadian Apheresis Group (CAG) Canadian Association of Apheresis Nurses (CAAN)

44th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

Friday, October 4 - Sunday, October 6, 2024 DoubleTree by Hilton, Downtown Toronto

Friday, October 4, 2024

3:00pm- 7:00pm

REGISTRATION

Hotel

4:00pm- 5:00pm

CAG Planning Group Meeting

Chestnut Room

5:00pm- 6:00pm

Mixer for new and returning Nursing Delegates

Ottawa room

6:45pm- 10:00pm

Physicians’ Dinner

Saturday, October 5, 2024

7:00am- 8:30am

BREAKFAST

Hotel

7:00am- 7:00pm

REGISTRATION

TAB 1

JOINT SESSION

Toronto Ballroom

8:30am- 8:45am

WELCOME

Review of Meeting Program

Chair

8:45am- 9:30am

PEXIVAS and beyond: plasma exchange

for ANCA-associated vasculitis

Dr. Michael Walsh

9:30am- 10:00am

The PLEXIS Study

Dr. Emily Rimmer

10:00am- 10:30am

Recombinant ADAMTS-13/TAK-755

Dr. Spero Cataland

Phase 3 Interim Data

10:30 am- 10:45 am

BREAK

10:45am- 11:00am

11:00am- 11:30pm 11:30am- 12:00pm

12:00pm- 1:00pm

Clinicians Experience with TAK-755

Consideration of recent apheresis procedures

including treatment of Alzheimer's

Therapeutic Apheresis in low-weight patients

LUNCH

Dr. Pavenski, Dr. Patriquin

Dr. David Haase

Dr. Volker Witt

TAB 2

JOINT SESSION Cont’d Session Chair: Maria Di Mola RN

Toronto Ballroom

1:00pm- 1:30pm

Tandem Apheresis: Medical

and Nursing Considerations

Dr. Mariam Farah, Ana Franco

1:30pm- 2:00pm

Lipid Apheresis: Clinical Outcomes

and Pediatric Consideration

Dr. Antonio Fernandez, Patricia Trieu

BREAK 2-2:10PM (MD), 2-2:10PM (CAAN)

TAB 3

WHAT’S NEW IN APHERESIS

Victoria Room

2:10pm- 2:20pm

The Canadian Scene

Chair

2:20pm- 2:30pm

Neurology

Dr. Katerina Pavenski

2:30pm- 2:40pm

Hematology

Dr. Marc Bienz

2:40pm- 2:50pm

Nephrology

Dr. Susan Huang

2:50pm- 3:00pm

Photopheresis

Dr. Louis Girard

3:00pm- 3:10pm

Metabolics & Miscellaneous

Dr. Kim Ambler

3:10pm- 3:20pm

Adverse Events

Dr. Uwais Qarni

3:20pm- 3:30pm

The Fluids We Use

Dr. Vincent Laroche

3:30pm- 4:00pm

Canadian Blood Services Update

Dr. Kathryn Webert

4:00pm- 4:15pm

CAR-T Registry

Dr. Ronan Foley

TAB 4

SESSION A: MDs and Others Cont’d

Victoria Room

4:45pm- 5:30pm

MD Business Meeting

7:00pm- 8:00pm

RECEPTION

Ottawa Room

8:00pm- 11:00pm

DINNER

Toronto Ballroom

TAB 5

SESSION B: Nursing & Allied Health

Toronto Balloom

Session Chairs: Ashley McNaughton RN

and Justin Kim RN

Toronto Balloom

2:15pm- 2:35pm

TPE with SPD in Children: Case Study

Joan Hidalgo RN,

Petrina Fava RN

2:35pm- 2:50pm

Calcium Adverse Event in Pediatric Apheresis

Susette Adie RN

2:50pm- 3:00pm

3:00pm- 3:20pm

Updates: ECP Learning Platform

Case study: Adzymna – TAK-755

Mathew Bentley RN,

Maria Di Mola RN

Megan Buchholz RN

3:20pm- 3:40pm

Kite lock in Apheresis Central Venous Catheters

Rose Nemec RN

3:40pm- 4:10pm

FAQ with Octoplasma

Russell Ombao TMO Leader

Hands-On Sessions

Session Chair: Matthew Bentley RN

4:00pm- 5:00pm

Ultrasound guided IV insertion

Sheryl Mcdiarmid RN

Wet lab – ECP -Therakos Blood Prime

Ashley McNaughton RN

Wet lab – Terumo – TPE with SPD

Joan Hidalgo RN,

Petrina Fava RN

CVL catheter/dressing (Pam)

Pam Wiseman RN

5:00pm- 5:15pm CAAN Annual Meeting Toronto Ballroom

Executive Board Introductions Maria Di Mola RN

Election for President Pam Wiseman RN,

Kruti Parekh RN

Apheresis Video(s) Megan Buchholz RN

7:00pm- 8:00pm RECEPTION Ottawa Room

8:00pm- 11:00pm DINNER Toronto Ballroom

Sunday, October 6, 2024

7:00am- 9:00am BREAKFAST

8:00am- 9:00am Breakfast with the Experts:

Round table discussions

All AGM Delegates invited to attend

Session Chair: Megan Buchholz RN

Peripheral and Central Venous Access in Apheresis

Sheryl Mcdiarmid RN, Pam Wiseman RN

Red cell exchange

Romaine Faux RN

Pediatric Apheresis

Maria Di Mola RN

Program Education and Development in Apheresis

Rose Nemec RN

Stem Cell Collections

Ana Franco RN

LDL Apheresis

Patricia Trieu

TAB 6 JOINT SESSION Toronto Ballroom

9:00am- 9:30am The impact of therapeutic apheresis Dr. Marc Bienz

procedures on medications

9:30am- 10:00am CAR-T Cells Dr. Joerg Krueger

Maria Di Mola RN

10:00am- 10:30am Update on immune effector therapies for

the management of hemoglobinopathies Dr. Kevin H.M. Kuo

10:30 am- 10:45 am BREAK

10:45am- 11:15am

Will FcRn Blockers Replace IVIg in IgG-

mediated autoimmune diseases?

Dr. Reza Alizadehfar

11:15am- 11:45pm

Dealing with problems with SDP

Dr. Gail Rock

11:45am- 12:15pm

Practical considerations of ADAMTS13 testing

Wen Xiong He

12:15pm- 12:30pm

Closing Statements and Departures

Chair