19th Annual Multicenter Merkel Interest Group (MMIG) Meeting
February 28, 2025
Please join us at the Multicenter Merkel Interest Group (MMIG) meeting in Orlando on Friday, March 7, 2025 from 6:30–8:30 PM (EST) at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting (in the Bayhill 23–24 room at the Hyatt Regency Orlando).
We will offer a Zoom option for those who will not be in Orlando.
Zoom log in: washington.zoom.us/w/97755521496
Meeting ID: 977 5552 1496
If joining by Zoom, you will be prompted to register for this event so that our team can keep track of attendees. For ease on the day of the event, you may register in advance using this link: washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqcuytrDouE9K-GpSQwiPyw1PJHiXiEkCB
MMIG Meeting Agenda (times in EST)
| 6:30-6:45pm | Welcome, Overview, and Intro to the Merkel Cell Collaborative (MC3) Institute | Paul Nghiem, MD/PhD (University of Washington) |
| 6:45-7:00pm | Trial concept discussion: ctDNA as a Guide for Initiating Immune Therapy? | Tomoko Akaike, MD (University of Washington) |
| 7:00-7:15pm
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CD200 as a myeloid immune checkpoint in Merkel cell carcinoma | Yoshine (Jenny) Saito, BS (Dermatology Branch, NIAMS, NIH) |
| 7:15-7:30pm
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Outcomes after salvage for ICI-refractory MCC: What trials address this need? | Ariel Finberg, MD & Peter Ch’en, BS
(University of Washington) |
| 7:30-7:35pm | BREAK | |
| 7:35-7:50pm
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Single Fraction Radiation Therapy (SFRT) in MCC Updates | Emily Huynh, BS (Pacific Northwest University) |
| 7:50-8:05pm
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Developing Synergistic Drug Combinations for MCC | Khalid Garman, MD/PhD (Georgetown University) |
| 8:05-8:20pm | Validating and Advancing MCC Prognostication: from Single-Institution Cohorts to Multi-Institution Data Integration | Aubriana McEvoy, MD (Washington University in St. Louis) |
| 8:20-8:30pm | Closing remarks | Paul Nghiem, MD/PhD
(University of Washington) |
Recording the meeting: We will be taking notes on each of the sessions and as with every previous year, we will prepare a brief written summary. We will record the presentation, but it will never be posted. Instead, the recording will be used to improve the accuracy of our summary and we may share it with individuals that were unable to attend on a case-by-case basis.
Please reach out to Kate Biese ([email protected]) and Paul Nghiem ([email protected]) if you have any questions.