Executive Steering Committee

TONI CHOUEIRI, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology

HANS HAMMERS, M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology

BRYAN LEWIS
KidneyCAN
President

SUSAN POTEAT
KidneyCAN
Medical Science Liaison
Original Abstract/Research Committee

SUMANTA PAL, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research

PAVLOS MSAOUEL, M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor of GU Oncology

RANA MCKAY, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine

QING ZHANG, Ph.D
UT Southwestern
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology

ARI HAKIMI, M.D.
Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery

LAURENCE ALBIGES, M.D. Ph.D
Urology Committee Chairman
Programmatic Committee

ERIC JONASCH, M.D.
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology

KIMRYN RATHMELL, M.D. Ph.D
Director, Division of Hematology & Oncology
Communications Committee

GIL MORGAN, M.D.
Medical Oncologist

NEERAJ AGARWAL, M.D.
Senior Director of Clinical Research Innovation

TIAN ZHANG, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

QING ZHANG, Ph.D
UT Southwestern
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology

FABIO SCHUTZ, M.D.
Oncologista Clinico

ADRIAN HAYES
KidneyCAN
Communications Consultant
Fireside Chat With Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe

Drs. Arlene Sharpe and Gordon J. Freeman. Photo by Sam Ogden/Dana-Farber
OUR LIVES WITH IMMUNOLOGY
Join us for our opening session featuring Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe as they discuss their groundbreaking work in the pathways that inhibit T cell activation. In addition to discussing their science and careers, we’ll be asking about their commitment to mentorship and managing family life as researchers.
Moderators

MICHAEL ATKINS, M.D.
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Deputy Director Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive

HANS HAMMERS, M.D., Ph.D
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology

ERIC JONASCH, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology

MOSHE ORNSTEIN, M.D., M.A.
Cleveland Clinic
Medical Oncologist

NIZAR TANNIR, M.D., FACP
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor, Dept. of Genitourinary Medical Oncology

SCOTT TYKODI, M.D., Ph.D.
UW Medicine
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology
Speakers

KIYOSHI ARIIZUMI, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Professor

DAVID BRAUN, M.D. Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Fellow in Medical Oncology

ABHISHEK CHAKRABORTY, Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Assistant Professor

TONI CHOUEIRI, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology

SCOTTE HAAKE, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor

MEI YEE KOH, Ph.D.
University of Utah
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology

CHUNG-HAN LEE, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Medical Oncologist

OLIVIA LOMBARDI, Ph.D.
University of Oxford
Post Doctoral Researcher

ROBERT MOTZER, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology

BETSY PLIMACK, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Genitourinary Medical Oncology

TOM POWLES, MBBS, MRCP, M.D.
Barts Cancer Centre
Director, Barts Cancer Centre, Lead for Solid Tumour Research

LUCAS SALAS, M.D., M.PH, Ph.D.
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Assistant Professor

ROBERT SATCHER, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor

ANDREW SEWELL, Ph.D.
Cardiff University
Professor, Division of Infection and Immunity. Mechanisms of Immunity Theme Lead, Systems Immunity Research Institute

M. CELESTE SIMON, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh Professor

CATHERINE WU
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Chief, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies

LILY WU, M.D., Ph.D.
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Professor

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