Richard Furman
MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine

Richard R. Furman, MD attended medical school at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine followed by Internal Medicine Residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently completed fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at Weill Cornell Medical College. After fellowship, Dr. Furman performed laboratory based research on cognate and non-cognate immune interactions in CLL, focusing on NF-kappaB and B cell differentiation. Dr. Furman subsequently left the laboratory to pursue clinical research and patient care with an interest on the development of non-chemotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of CLL and lymphomas. He initially focused on thalidomide and lenalidomide, before working on novel monoclonal antibodies, BCR antagonists, and other small molecule inhibitors. Dr. Furman has played a key role in the development of idelalisib, ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, and venetoclax, as well as understanding and treating mechansims of resistance.

Sessions

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General Session

Welcome and Introduction: CLL Day

Saturday, October 19, 2024
8:15 AM - 8:20 AM
General Session

Session XIV: New and Basic Science

Saturday, October 19, 2024
8:15 AM - 9:45 AM
General Session

CLL: The next Frontier

Saturday, October 19, 2024
8:45 AM - 9:05 AM
General Session

Q&A Session

Saturday, October 19, 2024
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM
General Session

Session XV: Treatment Approaches- Sequential and Combinatorial

Saturday, October 19, 2024
10:15 AM - 12:20 PM
General Session

Q&A Session

Saturday, October 19, 2024
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
General Session

Session XVI: BTKis and CAR-T in CLL

Saturday, October 19, 2024
1:35 PM - 3:15 PM