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2026 Northern California Hematology Oncology Conference

Accreditation: 9.50 Nursing Contact Hours | 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ | 9.50 ACPE Pharmacy | 9.50 ABIM MOC II

Venue: Double Tree Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA, United States

Start Date: January 23End Date: January 24, 2026

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Our Speakers

Planning Committee

Deepti Behl, MD

Conference Chair

Faculty

Amanda Lynn Shepherd-Littlejohn, MD

Session Chair

Sutter Health

Daljit Mann, MD

Session Chair

Sutter Health

Lisa M Guirguis, MD

Session Chair

Sutter Medical Group

Oleg Krijanovski, MD, PhD

Session Chair

Grigorios Chrysofakis

Session Chair

Akanksha Sharma, MD

Session Chair

Tianhong Li, MD, PhD

Session Chair

University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sam Mazj, MD

Session Chair

Enloe

Shohrat Annaberdyev, MD

Session Chair

Sutter Medical Group

Ranjan Pathak, MD

Session Chair

Enloe Health

Cathy Baker, DO

Session Chair

Yelena Leopold Krijanovski, MD

Session Chair

Sutter Valley Medical Foundation

Seema Nagpal, MD

Faculty

Stanford University

Brian A Jonas

Faculty

Rajesh Behl, MD

Faculty

Epic Systems

Adil Daud, MD

Faculty

University of California San Francisco

Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH

Faculty

Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD

Faculty

UCSF Fresno

David Yee, MD, MPH

Faculty

Sutter Health

Ali Raza Khaki, MD

Faculty

Stanford University School of Medicine

Brian A Jonas, MD, PhD

Faculty

Thorvardur Ragnar Halfdanarson, MD

Faculty

Rashmi Verma, MD

Faculty

Dinesh Kotak, MD

Faculty

Hui (Amy) Chen, MD

Faculty

UC Davis Health

Andrea Wahner Hendrickson, MD

Faculty

Mohammad Hararah, MD

Faculty

Sutter Health

Svetomir Markovic, MD

Faculty

Varun Monga, MD, MBBS

Faculty

University of California San Francisco

Mohammad Hararah, MD

Faculty

Sutter Health

Nitin Rohatgi, MD, MBA

Faculty

Sutter Medical Center Sacramento

Andrew H. Ko, MD

Faculty

University of California San Francisco

Kim Van Ysseldyk, FNP-C

Faculty

Andrew H. Ko, MD

Faculty

University of California San Francisco

David Yee, MD

Faculty

Kevin Kim, MD

Faculty

Sutter Health

Jeffrey Stoneberg, DO

Faculty

Matthew Wheatley, MD

Faculty

Kaushal Parikh, MD

Faculty

Mayo Clinic

Shiruyeh Schokrpur, MD, PhD

Faculty

UC Davis Health

Mohamed Shanshal, MD

Faculty

Kristie Bobolis, MD

Faculty

Agenda

Day 1: Friday, January 23rd, 2026

All timings are in Pacific Time (PDT, GMT-07:00) time.

01:00 PM - 02:00 PMRegistration, Lunch, & Exhibits (Capitol Salon A/B)

02:00 PM - 02:15 PMWelcome & Opening Remarks

02:15 PM - 03:15 PMSession 1: Hematologic Malignancies (Capitol Salon C/D)

Session Chair: Oleg Krijanovski, MD, PhD

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM

Treating Elderly Patients with AML – Rajesh Behl, MD

02:30 PM - 02:45 PM

MDS – Brian A Jonas, MD, PhD

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Multiple Myeloma – Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Panel Discussion

03:15 PM - 03:30 PMBreak & Exhibits (Capitol Salon A/B)

03:30 PM - 04:45 PMSession 2: Thoracic Oncology (Capitol Salon C/D)

03:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Management of Early-Stage Lung Cancer – Mohamed Shanshal, MD

03:45 PM - 04:00 PM

Management of Metastatic Lung Cancer – Shiruyeh Schokrpur, MD, PhD

04:00 PM - 04:15 PM

New Directions In Lung Cancer – Kaushal Parikh, MD

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM

Bioinformatics & Lung Cancer – Dinesh Kotak, MD

04:30 PM - 04:45 PM

Panel Discussion

04:45 PM - 05:30 PMSession 3: Keynote Speech (Capitol Salon C/D)

Session Chair: Tianhong Li, MD, PhD

04:45 PM - 05:15 PM

Future Directions in Lung Cancer – Tianhong Li, MD, PhD

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Q&A

05:30 PM - 06:15 PMReception

Day 2: Saturday, January 24th, 2026

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast, & Exhibits (Capitol Salon A/B)

08:00 AM - 08:05 AMWelcome (Capitol Salon C/D)

08:05 AM - 08:25 AMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care Disparities (Capitol Salon C/D)

Conference Chair: Bhawana Srivastava, MBA

08:25 AM - 09:25 AMSession 4: Head and Neck (Capitol Salon C/D)

Session Chair: Ranjan Pathak, MD; Daljit Mann, MD

08:25 AM - 08:40 AM

Surgical Perspectives – Mohammad Hararah, MD

08:40 AM - 08:55 AM

Radiation Oncology – Matthew Wheatley, MD

08:55 AM - 09:10 AM

Palliative Care in Cancer – Jeffrey Stoneberg, DO

09:10 AM - 09:25 AM

Panel Discussion

09:25 AM - 10:40 AMSession 5: Melanoma and Sarcoma (Capitol Salon C/D)

Session Chair: Grigorios Chrysofakis

09:25 AM - 09:40 AM

Immunotherapy – Kevin Kim, MD

09:40 AM - 09:55 AM

Targeted Therapy – Adil Daud, MD

09:55 AM - 10:20 AM

The Final Frontier: Melanoma Tumor Micro Environment – Svetomir Markovic, MD

10:20 AM - 10:35 AM

Desmoid Tumors in 15 minutes: A Practical Management Framework – Varun Monga, MD, MBBS

10:35 AM - 10:40 AM

Wrap-up/Q&A

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

This activity is supported with an Independent Medical Education grant from Exact Sciences

About 2026 Northern California Hematology Oncology Conference

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