Executive Steering Committee
TONI CHOUEIRI, M.D.
Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology
HANS HAMMERS, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology
BRYAN LEWIS
President
SUSAN POTEAT
Medical Science Liaison
LAURENCE ALBIGES, M.D. Ph.D.
Urology Committee Chairman
ARI HAKIMI, M.D.
Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery
RANA McKAY, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Associate Professor of Medicine
PAVLOS MSAOUEL, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of GU Oncology
SUMANTA PAL, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
QING ZHANG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
ERIC JONASCH, M.D.
Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology
KIMRYN RATHMELL, M.D. Ph.D.
Director, Division of Hematology & Oncology
NEERAJ AGARWAL, M.D.
Senior Director of Clinical Research Innovation
GIL MORGAN, M.D.
Medical Oncologist
FABIO SCHUTZ, M.D.
BP – A Beneficencia, Portuguesa de Sao Paulo
Oncologista Clinico
QING ZHANG, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
TIAN ZHANG, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
ADRIAN HAYES
KidneyCAN
Communications Consultant
OUR LIVES WITH IMMUNOLOGY
Our opening session featured Gordon Freeman and Arlene Sharpe discussing their groundbreaking work in the pathways that inhibit T cell activation. In addition to discussing their science and careers, we asked them about their commitment to mentorship and managing family life as researchers.
MICHAEL ATKINS, M.D.
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Deputy Director Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive
TONI CHOUEIRI, M.D.
Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology
ARI HAKIMI, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Assistant Attending, Department of Surgery
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
RANA McKAY, M.D.
University of California, San Diego
Associate Professor of Medicine
MOSHE ORNSTEIN, M.D., M.A.
Cleveland Clinic
Medical Oncologist
SUMANTA PAL, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research
BRIAN RINI, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chief of Medical Trials
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
KIYOSHI ARIIZUMI, Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Professor
ZIAD BAKOUNY, M.D., MSc.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Internal Medicine Resident
DAVID BRAUN, M.D. Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Fellow in Medical Oncology
LUCIA CARRIL-AJURIA, M.D.
University Hospital 12 de Octubre
Medical Oncology Department
ABHISHEK CHAKRABORTY, Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Assistant Professor
ALEX CHEHRAZI-RAFFLE, M.D.
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Fellow
TONI CHOUEIRI, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology
NAZLI DIZMAN, M.D.
Yale New Haven Hospital
Internal Medicine Resident
GORDON FREEMAN, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Medicine
GIANNICOLA GENOVESE, M.D. PhD.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
SCOTTE HAAKE, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Assistant Professor
ELIZABETH HENSKE, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor
MEI YEE KOH, Ph.D.
Kuda Therapeutics, Inc.
Founder and CEO
CHUNG-HAN LEE, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Medical Oncologist
RICHARD LINK, M.D. Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Professor of Urology
OLIVIA LOMBARDI, Ph.D.
University of Oxford
Post Doctoral Researcher
JASNOOR MALHOTRA
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Research Associate
ROBERT MOTZER, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jack and Dorothy Byrne Chair in Clinical Oncology
PAVLOS MSAOUEL, M.D. PhD.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor of GU Oncology
JASON MUHITCH, Ph.D.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
ELIZABETH 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
NICHOLAS SALGIA
University at Buffalo
M.D.-Ph.D. Student, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Science
ROBERT SATCHER, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Associate Professor
NICOLAS SAYEGH, M.D.
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Research Fellow
AMISHI SHAH, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Assistant Professor
ARLENE SHARPE, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Chair of the Department of Immunology
M. CELESTE SIMON, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh Professor
LAURA STRANSKY, Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research Fellow
JANIS TAUBE, M.D., MSc.
Johns Hopkins University
Professor
SRINIVAS VISWANATHAN, M.D. Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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
YOUSEF ZAKHARIA, M.D.
University of Iowa
Clinical Associate Professor
KEVIN ZARRABI, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Institute
Research Fellow
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