Conference Proceedings

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Friday, October 10, 2025

7:30 AM – 2:25 PM EDT

In Person or Virtually
Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19131

AGENDA

7:30 am

IN-PERSON: Check In, Breakfast, Visit Exhibits and Experts

ASK THE EXPERTS ( Available throughout the day to in person attendees )
Clinical Trials in Medical Oncology

Evan Anderson, MSN, RN, OCN
Dana McBride, RN, BSN

Good Shepherd Penn Partners Eileen Britton
Home Care Brittany Roberts
Managing Physical Symptoms from Radiation Therapy

Sung Un Kim, CRNP, RN

Managing Physical Symptoms from Systemic Therapies

Ana Begley, RN 
Meghan Lucas, RN
Susan Stonehouse-Lee, CRNP, MSN

Nutrition Carly Roop, MA, RD, CSO

Oncolink.org

Marisa Healy, BSN, RN

Oncology Pharmacy

Sophia Gilardone, PharmD, BCOP
Corrine Stahura PharmD, BCOP

Patient Navigator Megan Roy, MSN, RN, OCN

Patient & Family Advisory

Scott Greisler
Heather Sheaffer, DSW, LCSW, FACHE

Reiki Alexandra Kurowski 
Social Work – Coping with Emotions Lauren Rhodewalt, MSW, LSW, MPH
8:30 am

VIRTUAL: Log In to Virtual Conference

8:40 am

Opening Remarks and Lung Cancer Overview 

Corey Langer, MD  |  Conference Chair  |  Hematology Oncology

News From Penn's Abramson Cancer Center

Claire Wilson  |  Penn Medicine Development

9:00 am

Patient Power Panel: Tell Your Story, It's Important

Moderator: Corey Langer, MD  |  Conference Chair  |  Hematology Oncology

9:30 am

Demystifying Radiology Reporting

Sharyn Katz, MD, MTR  |  Radiology

MULTI FOCAL ADENOCARCINOMA LUNG (Local Therapy)

9:40 am

The Root of the Matter: a deeper look at thoracic surgery

Taine Pechet, MD  |  Conference Co-Chair  |  Thoracic Surgery

9:50 am

Interventional Pulmonary – Role of EBUS, Navigational Bronchoscopy, and PEF

David DiBardino, MD  |  Interventional Pulmonology 

10:00 am

Radiation Oncology – Role of SBRT and other Modalities

Jeff Bradley, MD  |  Radiation Oncology

10:10 am

Interventional Radiology – Going Hot and Cold on Accessible Lesions

Stephen Hunt, MTR, MD, PhD, FSIR  |  Interventional Radiology

10:20 am

Question and Answer Panel Discussion

Moderator: Taine Pechet, MD  |  Conference Co-Chair  |  Thoracic Surgery

Panel:
Jeff Bradley, MD  |  Radiation Oncology
Keith Cengel, MD, PhD  |  Radiation Oncology 
David DiBardino, MD  |  Interventional Pulmonology 
Stephen Hunt, MTR, MD, PhD, FSIR  |  Interventional Radiology
Corey Langer, MD  |  Conference Chair  |  Hematology Oncology

GENERAL SESSION

10:40 am

Differentiating Targeted Therapy from Chemotherapy from Immunotherapy

David Cantor, MD, PhD  |  Hematology Oncology

11:00 am

Break | Visit Exhibits | Chat with Experts

11:20 am

Clinical Trials: 101

Building Blocks of Clinical Trials
Melina Elpi Marmarelis, MD  |  Hematology Oncology

Making Trials Practical and Accessible
Jeff Bradley, MD  |  Radiation Oncology

11:40 am

Personalized Pathology for Lung Cancer: An inside look

Roseann Wu, MD, MPH  |  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

11:50 am

Exploiting Liquid Biopsy

Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH  |  Hematology Oncology

12:00 pm

Focused Panel: Challenges in Diagnostics in the Modern Era

Moderator:
Corey Langer, MD  |  Conference Chair  |  Hematology Oncology

Panel:
Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH  |  Hematology Oncology
Andrew Haas, MD, PhD  |  Interventional Pulmonology
Stephen Hunt, MTR, MD, PhD, FSIR  |  Interventional Radiology
Roseann Wu, MD, MPH  |  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

    

12:20 pm

Lunch and Q&A General Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Corey Langer, MD  |  Conference Chair | Hematology Oncology

Panel:
Jeff Bradley, MD  |  Radiation Oncology
Keith Cengel, MD, PhD  |  Radiation Oncology 
Sharyn Katz, MD, MTR  |  Thoracic Radiology
Taine Pechet, MD  |  Conference Co-Chair  |  Thoracic Surgery
Roseann Wu, MD, MPH  |  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

1:15 pm

Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: Recent major advances

Roger Cohen, MD   |  Medical Oncology 

1:30 pm

Town Hall: Survivorship and follow-up care

Moderator:
Corey Langer, MD  |  Conference Chair  |  Hematology Oncology

Panel:

Evan Anderson, MSN, RN, OCN  |  Clinical Trials

Sophia Gilardone, PharmD, BCOP   |   Pharmacy

Sung Un Kim, CRNP, RN  |  Radiation Oncology

Taine Pechet, MD  |  Conference Co-Chair  |  Thoracic Surgery

Lauren Rhodewalt, MSW, LSW, MPH  | Oncology Social Work

Carly Roop, MA, RD, CSO   |  Nutrition

Megan Roy, MSN, RN, OCN   |  Cancer Patient Family Services

2:25 pm

Closing