13:00 - 14:00 ET
Webcast Leukemia

Navigating ALL with Confidence: Understanding Your Options, Easing Side Effects, and Embracing New Therapies

An ALL diagnosis forces you into a complex medical world overnight. It is completely natural to feel overwhelmed by the sudden flood of information. This 60-minute session will bring clarity. We will strip away the intimidating clinical jargon so you can regain your footing. You will walk away feeling grounded, deeply informed, and ready to stand as a confident partner alongside your medical team. 

What You Stand to Gain: 

  • Clear Answers Over Fear: Discover exactly how ALL behaves using everyday language, allowing you to read your blood work with total clarity and understand what your test numbers actually mean. 

  • A Blueprint for Physical Comfort: Learn practical, clinical strategies to minimize treatment side effects, preserve your daily energy, and make your recovery phases more comfortable. 

  • Direct Access to Tomorrow’s Treatments: Explore how new immunotherapies (like CAR-T) selectively target cancer cells, giving you and your family real, evidence-based reasons to feel optimistic. 

  • Live Q&A: Skip the stressful internet searches. Take advantage of a 15-minute open forum to get reliable answers directly from Dr. Mourad. 

 

Why This Webcast is For You: 

  • If you are living with ALL: To ease the anxiety of a fast-moving medical protocol and learn actionable ways to reclaim control over your body and daily routine. 

  • If you are a caregiver: To replace a heavy sense of helplessness with practical knowledge, allowing you to confidently advocate for your loved one at every doctor's visit. 

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Dr. Yasser Abou Mourad

Dr. Yasser Abou Mourad trained in Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology/Hematology at the American University of Beirut before joining the Leukemia/BMT Program of British Columbia in 2004. Dr. Abou Mourad assumed the role of Head of the Divisions of Hematology at UBC and VGH in 2025. As a former Program Director of the L/BMT Fellowship and Training, Dr. Abou Mourad has a particular interest in education and the development of future clinicians. His clinical and research focus includes transplantation, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment and the application of pediatric protocols and novel therapies to adult ALL patients. 

 

Credentials 

Yasser Abou Mourad, MD, FACP, FRCPC 

  • Leukemia / BMT Program of B.C. 
  • Clinical Professor of Medicine 
  • Head, Division of Hematology, UBC 
  • Head, Division of Hematology, VGH 
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