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

Daniel Ahn, DO
Mayo Clinic

Laith Abushahin, MD
Texas Oncology

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD
Mayo Clinic

Tiago Biachi de Castria, MD, PhD
Moffitt Cancer Center

Elizabeth Cruz, NP
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Samuel Cytryn, MD
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

Benjamin Kitchens, MD
Texas Oncology

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*
Haley Elllis, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD (USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Seth Felder, MD (Moffitt Cancer Center)
Sam Klempner, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Eric Lander, MD (Minnesota Oncology)
Seung Eun (Grace) Lee, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Andrew McKenzie, PhD (Sarah Cannon Research Institute)
Meredith Pelster, MD (Sarah Cannon Research Institute)
Hollie Sheffield, MD (Texas Oncology)
Zsofia Stadler, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)