2019 Symposium Speakers

Distinguished Speakers to Include:

Waddha B. Al-Refaie, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Sonia de Assis, PhD
Georgetown University

Mohammed Bayasi, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Gregory L. Beatty, MD, PhD
Abramson Cancer Center, Penn Medicine

Jennifer Bires, LICSW, OSW-C
Smith Center

Suanna Bruinooge
American Society for Clinical Oncology

Emil Cohen, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Dana Deighton
GI Cancer Survivor

Jaydira Del Rivero, MD
NIH

Giuseppe Esposito, MD, MBA
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Douglas Fearon, MD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Sara Field, LICSW
Georgetown University

Kristin Ferguson, DNP, RN, OCN
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Bhumika Gandhi, MD, FAAP
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Reese Garcia, MPH
Fight Colorectal Cancer

Kristi Graves, PhD
Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research, Georgetown University

Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD
OhioHealth

Aiwu Ruth He, MD, PhD
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Chukwuemeka Ihemelandu, MD
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Patrick Jackson, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Lee Jones
Patient Advocate

Pashtoon M. Kasi, MD, MS
University of Iowa

Kali Keller, PT, DPT, CLT
ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist

Alex Kim, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Clara Lambert, BBA OPN-CG
Bhorade Cancer Center, Good Samaritan Hospital

Melissa Luttrell, OT, CLT
ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Specialist

Eric Liu, MD
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers

Sermsak Lolak, MD
Inova Medical Group

John Marshall, MD
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Florencia McAllister, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

George Miller, MD
Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health

Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University

Marcus Noel, MD
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Michael Sapienza, MD
Colorectal Cancer Alliance

James Shaw, MD
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Mark Steves
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Keith Unger, MD
Department of Radiation Oncology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Benjamin Weinberg, MD
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University

Amy Williams
NCI Office of Advocacy Relations

Emily R. Winslow, MD, MS, FACS
Regional Director, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Rachel Wong, RD, CSO, LD
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University