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Conference Chairs

Yelena Janjigian, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Scott Paulson, MD

Texas Oncology

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

Laith Abushahin, MD

Texas Oncology

Daniel Ahn, DO

Mayo Clinic

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD

Mayo Clinic

Tiago Biachi de Castria, MD, PhD

Moffitt Cancer Center

Ryan Corcoran, MD, PhD

Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

Elizabeth Cruz, NP

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center​

Samuel Cytryn, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center​

Haley Ellis, MD

Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD

University of Southern California Norris

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP, FASCO

Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Seth Felder, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center

Karyn Goodman, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Brian Grieb, MD, PhD

Tennessee Oncology

James Harding, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Andrew Hendifar, MD

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Syed Kazmi, MD

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Ronan Kelly, MD

Baylor Scott and White

Richard Kim, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center

Benjamin Kitchens, MD

Texas Oncology

Samuel Klempner, MD

Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

Pamela Kunz, MD

Yale Cancer Center

Eric Lander, MD

Minnesota Oncology

Seung Eun (Grace) Lee, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Michael Lidsky, MD, FACS

Duke Cancer Center

Christopher Lieu, MD

University of Colorado Health

Melissa Lumish, MD

Case Western

Steven Maron, MD, MSc

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Shaun McKenzie, MD, FACS

Texas Oncology

Rutika Mehta, MD, MPH

NYU Langone Health

Michael Morse, MD, FACP, MHS

Duke Cancer Institute

Ryan Moy, MD, PhD

Columbia University Cancer Center

Michael Overman, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Meredith Pelster, MD, MSCI

Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Philip Philip, MD

Henry Ford Health

Nikolaus Schultz, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Shiraj Sen, MD, PhD

Texas Oncology

Darshil Shah, MD, MPH

Ironwood Cancer & Research Center

Hollie Sheffield, MD

Texas Oncology

Neeta Somaiah, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Zsofia Stadler, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Margaret Tempero, MD

University of California San Francisco Health

Nataliya Uboha, MD, PhD

University of Wisconsin Health

Mark Yarchoan, MD

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center 

Keynote Speaker

Alex Sheen

TEDxTalk speaker, author, podcast host, internationally-recognized humanitarian, and Founder of the because I said I would movement.

Invited Faculty*

Ryan Corcoran, MD, PhD (Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute)
Michael Morse, MD (Duke Cancer Center)

*Subject to change