Presidential Symposium

8:20 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.
Opening Remarks - Neha Vapiwala, MD, FASTRO, University of Pennsylvania

8:25 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Moderator: Sue Yom, MD, FASTRO, University of California San Francisco

This session will explore how today’s science and health care information will be disseminated tomorrow, and look at the roles of journals, websites, online platforms and AI-powered content.

Speakers include:

• Mandy Hill, Cambridge University Press
• John Halamka, MD, MS, Mayo Clinic
• Travis Zack, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco

10:20 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

Moderator: Vivek Kavadi, MD, MBA, FASTRO, ASTRO CEO

This session will examine the critical role of radiation therapy in organ-sparing treatment paradigms, focusing on three to four disease sites, looking at both medical and surgical perspectives.

Speakers include:

• Lori Pierce, MD, FASTRO, Michigan Radiation Oncology Quality Consortium Coordinating Center
• Tom DeLaney, MD, FASTRO, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Steven Frank, MD, FASTRO, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Najjia Mahmoud, MD, University of Pennsylvania

11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Moderator: Drew Moghanaki, MD, MPH, FASTRO, University of California Los Angeles

This session will take place in a talk show format, featuring the voices of a patient advocacy nonprofit leader, media influencer, industry ad board member and a grant committee patient representative. They will answer the questions, what does radiation oncology do well and where could the field improve?

Speakers include:

• Ben Corn, MD, FASTRO, Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine
• Andrea Ferris, LUNGevity Foundation
• Shelley Fuld Nasso, MPP, Cancer Nation

11:10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Moderators: Casey Chollet-Lipscomb, MD, FASTRO, Tennessee Oncology; Curt Deville, Jr., MD, FASTRO, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

This session will delve into multiple stakeholder perspectives including government (NCI/NIH), foundation, cancer center administrator/non radiation oncology colleagues, media, industry, insurance specifically prior authorization, and policy/legislative.

Panel 1 speakers include:

• Michael Kolodziej, MD
• Fahad Tahir, MAS, MBA, FACHE, Ascension Saint Thomas

Panel 2 speakers include:

• Karen Knudsen, MBA, PhD, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
• Yun Liu, Google