Conference Chairs
Joanna Rhodes, MD, MSCE
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Jesús Berdeja, MD
Greco-Hainsworth Tennessee Oncology Centers for Research
Andrew Kuykendall, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
2026 NHC Faculty
Keynote Speaker
David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Co-Founder and President of Everycure, Castleman disease survivor, and bestselling author of Chasing My Cure.
David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc
Keynote Speaker
Jonathan Abbas, MD
Tennessee Oncology
Jeremy Abramson, MD
Harvard Medical School
Sairah Ahmed, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Babis Andreadis, MD, MS
University of California San Francisco
Susan Bal, MD
University of Alabama Birmingham
Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Christopher Benton, MD
Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers
Jacqueline Barrientos, MD, MS
Mount Sinai Health System
Uma Borate, MBBS
The Ohio State University
Elizabeth Brém, MD
University of California Irvine
Michael Byrne, DO, FACP
Greco-Hainsworth Tennessee Oncology Centers for Research
Natalie Callander, MD
University of Wisconsin
Spero Cataland, MD
The Ohio State University
Jason Chandler, MD
West Cancer Center & Research Institute
Michelle Chi, MD
Vanderbilt Health
Elise Chong, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Adam Cohen, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Callie Coombs, MD
University of California Irvine
Caitlin Costello, MD
University of California San Diego
Adam Cuker, MD, MS
University of Pennsylvania
Faith Davies, MD
NYU Langone Health
Sameh Gaballa, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tara Graff, DO, MS
Mission Cancer + Blood
Jennifer Green, MD
Tennessee Oncology
Gabriela Hobbs, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boyu Hu, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Anthony Hunter, MD
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Reena Jayani-Kosarzycki, MD, MSCI
Vanderbilt Health
Adam Kittai, MD
Mount Sinai Health System
Rami Komrokji, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Amrita Krishnan, MD, FACP
City of Hope
Jeffrey Lancet, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Yi Lin, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Matthew Lunning, DO, FACP
University of Nebraska
Ryan Lynch, MD
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Katie Marcucci, DMSc, PA-C, CPAAPA
Tennessee Oncology
John Mascarenhas, MD
Mount Sinai Health System
Ruben Mesa, MD, FACP
Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute
Erin Mulvey, MD, MSCI
Weill Cornell Medicine
Ajay Nooka, MD, MPH
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Eric Padron, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Krina Patel, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Krish Patel, MD
Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Alexander Perl, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Scott Peslak, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Kristen Pettit, MD
University of Michigan
Tycel Phillips, MD
City of Hope
Dan Pollyea, MD, MS
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Noopur Raje, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Joshua Richter, MD, FACP
Mount Sinai Health System
Sarah Rutherford, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Srinivas Tantravahi, MBBS, MRCP
Huntsman Cancer Institute
David Sallman, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Mansi Shah, MD
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rory Shallis, MD
Moffitt Cancer Center
Deborah Stephens, DO
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chaitra Ujjani, MD
Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Saad Usmani, MD, MBA, FACP, FASCO
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter Voorhees, MD
Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute
Zhuoer Xie, MD, MS
Moffitt Cancer Center
More faculty to be announced soon!