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

7:30 am

In-Person: Check-In, Visit Exhibits, Abstract Poster Session and Breakfast
8:00 am

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

8:15 am

Gleolan

Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD  |  Neurosurgery  |  University of Pittsburgh

8:25 am

Cytalux

Janos Taniye, MD  |  Obstetrics and Gynecology Oncology  |  Penn Medicine

8:45 am

Lumicell

Andrew Chan, MD, MPH  |  Gastroenterologist   |  Mass General Cancer Center

9:05 am

Q&A Panel Discussion

9:30 am

Break and Visit Exhibits

SESSION 2: PHASE III CLINICAL TRIALS

Moderator:  TBA

9:50 am

Vergent

TBA
10:10 am

TumorGlow

John Lee, MD  |  Thoracic Surgery  |  Penn Medicine

10:30 am

CEA

Alexander Vahrmeijer, MD  |  Oncologic Surgery  |  Leiden University Medical Center

10:50 am

Q&A Panel Discussion

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

11:15 pm

TBA

Brain Pogue, PhD  |  Biomedical Engineering  |  Darthmouth Health

12:00 pm

Lunch and Visit Exhibits

SESSION 3: PHASE II CLINICAL TRIALS

Moderator: TBA

1:00 pm

EGFR

Eben Rosenthal, MD  |  Head & Neck Surgery  |  Vanderbilt University Medical Center

1:15 pm

Avelas

Quyen Nguyen, MD, PhD  |  Head & Neck Surgery  |  University of California San Diego

1:30 pm

TBA

Baran Summer, MD  |  Head & Neck Surgery  |  UT Southwestern Medical Center

2:15 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion

Session 4: PHASE I CLINICAL TRIALS

Moderator: TBA

2:40 pm

Integro Theranostics – LS301

Robert Honigberg MD, MBA  |   Lung Surgery  | Integro Theranostics

2:55 pm

ABY-029

Eric Henderson, MD  |  Adult and Pediatric Orthopedics  | Dartmouth Health

3:10 pm

Fluoguide (uPAR)

TBA
4:25 pm

GI Tumors

Maheswari Senthil, MD, FACS  |  Surgical Oncology  |  UC Irvine Center for Clinical Research (UCI-CCR) 

4:40 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion

5:05 pm

Break and Visit Exhibits

SESSION 5: STARTUPS

Moderator: TBA

4:25 pm

Trace Bioscience

Summer Gibbs, PhD |  Biomedical Engineering |  School of Medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University  | Trace Bioscience

4:40 pm

VGT-309 in Gastroenterology

Stefan Rogalla MD, PhD  |  Gastroenterology & Hepatology  |  Standford University 

4:55 pm

Choline Kinase Targeting Dyes for Lung Cancer Detection

Edward J. (Jim) Delikatny, PhD  |  Radiology/Optical Bioluminescence  |  Penn Medicine  Fluorosurgical Biosciences

5:10 pm

Fluorescent Image Resection Enhancement in Melanoma and Breast Cancer

James Basilion  |  Biomedical Engineering  |  Case Western Reserve University  |  Akrotome Imaging

5:25 pm

Q&A Panel Discussion

5:40 pm

Conference Conclusions and Future Directions

Sunil Singhal, MD  |  Thoracic Surgery  |  Penn Medicine

6:00 pm

Conference Concludes