Clinic meets Biology

West German Lymphoma Symposium

May 21–23, 2026 | Essen (Germany)

Chairs

Prof. Dr Christian Reinhardt
University Hospital Essen
West German Cancer Center

Prof. Dr Bastian v. Tresckow
University Hospital Essen
West German Cancer Center

Prof. Dr Peter Borchmann
University Hospital Cologne
Center for Integrated Oncology Cologne

Prof. Dr Peter Borchmann
University Hospital Cologne
Center for Integrated Oncology Cologne

Prof. Dr Peter Borchmann
University Hospital Cologne
Center for Integrated Oncology Cologne

Prof. Dr Ralf Küppers
University Hospital Essen
West German Cancer Center

Prof. Dr Sascha Dietrich
University Hospital Düsseldorf
Center for Integrated Oncology Düsseldorf

Speakers (confirmed)

The speakers are listed in alphabetical order.

All information has been provided and approved by the respective person.
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Alig, Stefan, Dr

Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation
West German Cancer Center
University Hospital Essen / Essen (GER)

Alizadeh, Ash A., MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine
Stanford University/
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center /
Stanford (USA)

Barisic, Darko, Dr

Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology, New York (USA)

Wendy, Béguelin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York (USA)

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Borchmann, Peter, Prof. Dr

University Hospital Cologne Clinic for Internal Medicine
Oncology/ Haematology
Cologne (GER)

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Bröckelmann, Paul, Dr

Department I of Internal Medicine and German Hodgkin Study Group (GHSG),
University Hospital of Cologne (GER)

Chapuy, Björn, Prof. Dr

Charité University Medicine Berlin (GER)

Dalla-Favera, Riccardo, MD

Professor
Director, Institute for
Cancer Genetics
Columbia University /
New York (USA)

Dietrich, Sascha, Prof. Dr

Director of the Clinic for Haematology, Oncology and Clinical Immunology
University Hospital / Düsseldorf (GER)

Green, Michael, Dr

Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (USA)

Hodson, Daniel, Dr

Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge (UK)

Hudecek, Michael, Prof. Dr

Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II
Chair of CI /NCT WERA
University Hospital Würzburg (GER)

Hutchings, Martin, Dr

Senior consultant, Department of Haematology and Phase 1 Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen (DK)

Jachimowicz, Ron, PD Dr

Clinic for Internal Medicine
Oncology/Hematology
& Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing
University Hospital Cologne (GER)

Kelly, Gemma, Dr

Professor 
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Melbourne (AUS)

Knapp, Stefan, Prof. Dr

Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
CSO Structural Genomics Consortium, 
Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Goethe-University Frankfurt (GER)

Kobold, Sebastian, Prof. Dr

Division of Clinical Pharmacology, LMU Klinikum, Munich (GER)

Küppers, Ralf, Prof. Dr rer. nat.

Deputy Managing Director
Institute for Cell Biology (cancer research)
University Hospital Essen / Essen (GER)

Lenz, Georg, Prof. Dr

University Hospital Münster (GER)

Melnick, Ari M., MD

Gebroe Professor of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Joan and Sanford Weill Department of Medicine
Professor of Immunology and Pharmacology
Weill Cornell Medicine /
New York (USA)

Mlynarczyk, Coraline, Dr

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology)
Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
Yale Cancer Center
Yale University School of Medicine / New Haven (USA)

Okosun, Jessica, PhD

Professor of Translational Cancer Research
Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London (UK)

Parry, Erin M., Dr

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (USA)

Pasqualucci, Laura, MD

Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia university, New York (USA)

Phelan, James D., Dr

Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda (USA)

Reinhardt, Christian, Prof. Dr

Director Department of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation
West German Cancer Center
University Hospital Essen / Essen (GER)

Roschewski, Mark, Dr

Lymphoid Malignancies Branch
Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda (USA)

Roulland, Sandrine, Dr

CIML – Centre d’Immunologie Marseille-Luminy, Parc Scientifique et Technologique de Luminy, Marseille (FR)

Sarrot, Roman C., Dr

Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg (GER)

Scheich, Sebastian, Dr

University Hospital Frankfurt, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Frankfurt (GER)

Scherer, Florian, PD Dr

Department of Hematology and Oncology
University Medical Center Freiburg (GER)

Shipp, Margaret, MD

Douglas Miller Chair in Lymphoma
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Professor, Harvard Medical School/ Boston
(USA)

Siebert, Reiner, Prof. Dr

Professor of Human Genetics
Director, Institute of Human Genetics
Vice-Director, Center of Rare Diseases
Ulm University Medical Center /
Ulm (GER)

Staudt, Louis M., MD., Ph.D.

Director, Center for Cancer Genomics
Chief, Lymphoid Malignancies Branch National Cancer Institute/ Bethesda (USA)

Steidl, Christian, Dr

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CAN)

Ullrich, Roland, Univ.-Prof. Dr

University Hospital Cologne
Clinic for Internal Medicine /
Cologne (GER)

von Tresckow, Bastian,
Prof. Dr

Deputy Director Department of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation
West German Cancer Center
University Hospital Essen / Essen (GER)

Westin, Jason, MD, MS, FACP

Professor
Director, Lymphoma Clinical Research
Section Chief, Aggressive Lymphoma
Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center / Houston (USA)

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