Conference Chairs

Yelena Janjigian, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Scott Paulson, MD

Texas Oncology, Baylor Sammons Cancer Center

Faculty

40+ faculty members including leading national experts and community oncologists will join the 2026 Texas GI chairs, Drs. Yelena Janjigian and Scott Paulson at the inaugural 2-day CE-accredited conference in Austin, Texas. 

Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA

Texas Oncology

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD

Mayo Clinic

Elizabeth Cruz, NP

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center​

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Karyn Goodman, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

James Harding, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Andrew Hendifar, MD

Cedars Sinai Samuel Oschin Cancer Center

Syed Kazmi, MD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ronan Kelly, MD

Baylor Scott and White

Richard Kim, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center

Pamela Kunz, MD

Yale Cancer Center

Michael Lidsky, MD

Duke Cancer Center

Christopher Lieu, MD

University of Colorado

Melissa Lumish, MD

Case Western Reserve University

Steven Maron, MD, MSc

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

John Marshall, MD

Georgetown University

Shaun McKenzie, MD, FACS

Texas Oncology

Rutika Mehta, MB, BS, MD, MPH

Weill Cornell Medicine

Ryan Moy, MD, PhD

Columbia University Cancer Center

Michael Overman, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Philip Philip, MD

Henry Ford Health

Shiraj Sen, MD, PhD

NEXT Oncology-Texas Oncology

Darshil Shah, MD, MPH

Ironwood Cancer & Research Center

Neeta Somaiah, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Margaret Tempero, MD

University of California San Francisco Health

Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD

University of Wisconsin Health

Zev Wainberg, MD

University of California Los Angeles Health

Mark Yarchoan, MD

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Invited Faculty*

Daniel Ahn, MD (Mayo Clinic)

Tiago Biachi de Castria, MD (Moffit Cancer Center)

Samuel Cytryn, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Haley Elllis, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Benjamin Kitchens, MD (Texas Oncology)

Sam Klempner, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)

Meredith Pelster, MD (Sarah Cannon Research Institute)

Neeta Somaiah, MD (MD Anderson Cancer Center)

*Subject to change