Monday, September 14, 2026 | San Antonio, TX & Virtual

Dear Members of the Pediatric Radiation Oncology Society (PROS),

On behalf of the organizing committee, we cordially invite you to attend the PROS Education Day, held in conjunction with SIOP San Antonio, on Monday, September 14, 2026.

This year’s meeting offers a dynamic, multidisciplinary program featuring resident case presentations, clinical trial updates, deep dives into molecular neuropathology, survivorship outcomes, and cutting-edge radiotherapy paradigms for challenging pediatric malignancies.

Meeting & Venue Details:

  • Date: Monday, September 14, 2026
  • Time: 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM CDT
  • In-Person Location:

Mays Cancer Center
4th Floor, Mabee Conference Room
7979 Wurzbach Road
San Antonio, TX

Please note that in-person seating capacity is limited to 45 attendees. Lunch will be hosted across the skybridge at UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital.

  •  Virtual Option:

          Live broadcast via Microsoft Teams with on-demand recorded access.

Program Highlights & Agenda Overview:

Morning Sessions:

09:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Resident Case-Based Presentations

  • Neuroblastoma
  • Wilms Tumor
  • ATRT
  • NGGCT

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Beyond Histology: Newly Defined Molecular and Methylation Tumor Entities Speaker: Maria A. Gubbiotti, MD, PhD (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Focus on the evolution of the WHO classification, implementation of molecular diagnostics in resource-limited settings, and emerging tumor entities.

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Break UT Health Multispecialty and Research Hospital.

Afternoon Sessions:

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM | Beyond Histology: Newly Defined Molecular and Methylation Tumor Entities (Part II) Speaker: Andrea Gilbert, DO (UT Health San Antonio)

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM | Rare Pediatric Malignancies: An Overview of Active Clinical Trials and Therapeutic Innovations

Speaker: Kenneth S. Chen, MD (UT Southwestern / Children’s Medical Center Dallas).

Focus on emerging clinical trials and molecular/genetic drivers of rare pediatric solid tumors.

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM | Tried, True, and New in DIPG: Revisiting Hypofractionation, Reirradiation, ONC201, and Emerging Cellular Therapies

Speaker: Gohar S. Manzar, MD, PhD (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Focus on radiobiology, reirradiation strategies, the ACTION trial/ONC201, and novel intracranial CAR-T cell platforms.

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | Highlights Session: 2026 ISLCC Highlights

Speaker: Rebecca M. Howell, PhD (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Focus on survivorship management, workflow-integrated late-effects risk calculators, cardiac disease modeling, and secondary malignancy data.

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | SIOP San Antonio Scientific Program Highlights

Speaker: Anita Mahajan, MD (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

 

Virtual On-Demand Program Highlights:

ISPNO 2026 Highlights: Updates for the Pediatric Radiation Oncologist

Speaker: Sahaja Acharya, MD (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

Comparative Outcomes of Early Focal, CSI, and Omission Protocols for Infants with Embryonal Tumors: Practical Aspects for the Radiation Oncologist

Speaker: Justin Oh, MD, FRCPC (BC Cancer / University of British Columbia)

Focus on salvage re-irradiation field matching, biological dose accumulation, and the mitigation of acute and long-term toxicities.

 

Registration & Attendance Confirmation:

Given the limited in-person capacity (45 seats) at the Mabee Conference Room, we encourage attendees intending to join in person to register early. Virtual attendance links and instructions will be circulated prior to the event date.

RSVP: Please indicate whether you plan to attend in person or virtually using the link below:

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We look forward to an engaging and insightful day of education, academic exchange, and collaboration.

Warm regards,

Dr. John Thomas Lucas Jr., MD, MS

Associate Member, Department of Radiation Oncology
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Dr. Eva Mercedes Galvan, MD
Local Organizer, PROS Education Day
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
UT Health San Antonio

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