Agenda
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Friday, November 14, 2025
7:30 am - 6:00 pm EST
In Person at
Biomedical Research Building | Gaulton Auditorium
421 Curie Boulevard | Philadelphia, PA 19104
In-Person: Check-In, Visit Exhibits, Abstract Poster Session and Breakfast
Welcome and Introductions
Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil | Director, Abramson Cancer Center
D. Gregory Farwell, MD, FACS, MAMSE | Head & Neck Surgery | Penn Medicine
John Y.K. Lee, MD, MSCE | Neurosurgery | Penn Medicine
Edward J. (Jim) Delikatny, PhD | Radiology/Optical Bioluminescence | Penn Medicine
Sunil Singhal, MD | Thoracic Surgery | Penn Medicine
SESSION 1: FDA APPROVED
Moderator: TBA
Gleolan
Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD | Neurosurgery | University of Pittsburgh
Cytalux
Janos Taniye, MD | Obstetrics and Gynecology Oncology | Penn Medicine
Lumicell
Andrew Chan, MD, MPH | Gastroenterologist | Mass General Cancer Center
Q&A Panel Discussion
Break and Visit Exhibits
SESSION 2: PHASE III CLINICAL TRIALS
Moderator: TBA
Vergent
TBA
TumorGlow
John Lee, MD | Thoracic Surgery | Penn Medicine
CEA
Alexander Vahrmeijer, MD | Oncologic Surgery | Leiden University Medical Center
Q&A Panel Discussion
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
TBA
Brain Pogue, PhD | Biomedical Engineering | Darthmouth Health
Lunch and Visit Exhibits
SESSION 3: PHASE II CLINICAL TRIALS
Moderator: TBA
EGFR
Eben Rosenthal, MD | Head & Neck Surgery | Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Avelas
Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD | Head & Neck Surgery | University of California San Diego
TBA
Baran Summer, MD | Head & Neck Surgery | UT Southwestern Medical Center
Q&A Panel Discussion
Session 4: PHASE I CLINICAL TRIALS
Moderator: TBA
Integro Theranostics – LS301
Robert Honigberg MD, MBA | Lung Surgery | Integro Theranostics
ABY-029
Eric Henderson, MD | Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics | Dartmouth Health
Fluoguide (uPAR)
TBA
GI Tumors
Maheswari Senthil, MD, FACS | Surgical Oncology | UC Irvine Center for Clinical Research (UCI-CCR)
Q&A Panel Discussion
Break and Visit Exhibits
SESSION 5: STARTUPS
Moderator: TBA
Trace Bioscience
Summer Gibbs, PhD | Biomedical Engineering | School of Medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University | Trace Bioscience
VGT-309 in Gastroenterology
Stefan Rogalla MD, PhD | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Standford University
Choline Kinase Targeting Dyes for Lung Cancer Detection
Edward J. (Jim) Delikatny, PhD | Radiology/Optical Bioluminescence | Penn Medicine Fluorosurgical Biosciences
Fluorescent Image Resection Enhancement in Melanoma and Breast Cancer
James Basilion | Biomedical Engineering | Case Western Reserve University | Akrotome Imaging
Q&A Panel Discussion
Conference Conclusions and Future Directions
Sunil Singhal, MD | Thoracic Surgery | Penn Medicine