2026 Seattle Lung Cancer Conference

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Venue: Bell Harbor International Conference Center , 2211 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA, 98121, United States

Start Date: October 9End Date: October 10, 2026

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Our Speakers

Planning Committee

Binay Shah, MD, MHA

Conference Director

Binaytara

Lei Deng, MD

Conference Co-Chair

University of Washington/Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

Conference Co-Chair

Swedish/Providence

Anish Konde, MD

Planning Committee

Providence Cancer Institute

Faculty

Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD

Catalyst

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP

Catalyst

Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute

Sylvia Lee, MD

Catalyst

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Nicholas Giustini, MD

Session Chair

University of Washington

Diane Tseng, MD, PhD

Session Chair

University of Washington / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Chetan Vakkalagadda, MD

Moderator

Oregon Health and Science University

Kevin Levine, MD, PhD

Moderator

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Deepti Behl, MD

Moderator

Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Abdul Rafeh Naqash, MD

Topic Presenter

Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma

Apar Kishor Ganti, MD

Topic Presenter

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Frank Weinberg, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

University of Illinois Chicago

Arter Liao Zhaohui, MD

Topic Presenter

UCI health

Matthew Gumbleton, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Rajat Thawani, MD

Topic Presenter

Oregon Health and Science University

Marianne Dubard-Gault, MD

Topic Presenter

Swedish Health Services

Janakiraman Subramanian, MD

Topic Presenter

Inova Health

Anjali Rohatgi, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

Siteman Cancer Center

Krupa Kartan Solanki, MD

Topic Presenter

Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle

Rafael Santana-Davila, MD

Topic Presenter

Swedish cancer institute

Boone Goodgame, MD

Topic Presenter

Ascension Seton Infusion Center

Isabel Preeshagul, DO

Topic Presenter

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Urs Michael Weber, MD

Topic Presenter

University of Colorado Cancer Center

Brett Herzog, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

Washington University School of Medicine

Olivia Fankuchen, MD, MSc

Topic Presenter

Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Cathleen Park, MD

Topic Presenter

UCI health

Prashanth Ashok Kumar, MD, FACP

Topic Presenter

The George Washington University

Ece Cali, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

WashU Medicine

Natalie Vokes, MD

Topic Presenter

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Jing Zeng, MD

Topic Presenter

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Roberto Borea, MD

Topic Presenter

James cancer center, Ohio state university

Konstantinos Leventakos, MD, PhD

Topic Presenter

Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

John Kang, MD, PhD

Panelist

University of Washington

Smitha Menon, MD

Panelist

University of Washington/ Fred Hutch

Jordan Briggs, BSN, RN

Panelist

Swedish Cancer Institute

Susan Marie Henderson, APRN

Panelist

The Swedish Cancer Institute

Amith Ahuluwalia, MD

Panelist

Confluence health

Douglas Leedy, MD

Panelist

Swedish Health Services

Shrinjaya Thapa, MD

Panelist

Swedish Cancer Institue

Nora Burdis, MD, MS

Panelist

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Manuel Felipe Fernandez, MD

Panelist

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC)

Spencer Ng, MD, PhD

Panelist

WashU Medicine

Agenda

Day 1: Friday, October 9th, 2026

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

07:00 AM - 07:50 AMBreakfast, Registration, & Exhibits (Sound/Middle Prefunction)

07:50 AM - 08:00 AMWelcome & Opening Remarks (Bay Auditorium) - Sid Devarakonda, MD & Lei Deng, MD

08:00 AM - 08:30 AMSession 1: New Frontiers In Diagnostic Medicine (Bay Auditorium)

Session Chair: Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

08:00 AM - 08:15 AM

Circulating tumor DNA in Screening & Diagnostics – Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD

08:15 AM - 08:30 AM

Interventional Pulmonology – Krupa Kartan Solanki, MD

08:30 AM - 10:15 AMSession 2: Debates - Is The Matter Settled? (Bay Auditorium)

Session Chair: Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

08:30 AM - 08:50 AM

Debate 1: Adjuvant vs. Neo-Adjuvant in NSCLC – Anjali Rohatgi, MD, PhD; Matthew Gumbleton, MD, PhD

08:50 AM - 09:10 AM

Debate 2: Consolidation in Metastatic NSCLC – Frank Weinberg, MD, PhD; Jing Zeng, MD

09:10 AM - 09:30 AM

Debate 3: Adjuvant/Neo-adjuvant TKIs: Pandora's Box or Ray of Hope? – Apar Kishor Ganti, MD; Rafael Santana-Davila, MD

09:30 AM - 09:50 AM

Debate 4: VEGF in NSCLC - Resurgence or Persistent Hype? – Janakiraman Subramanian, MD; Boone Goodgame, MD

09:50 AM - 10:15 AM

Q&A

Moderators:

Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

10:15 AM - 10:30 AMBreak & Exhibits (Non-CME Accredited) (Sound/Middle Prefunction)

10:30 AM - 11:30 AMSession 3: Changing Paradigms (Bay Auditorium)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Discussion 1: PDL1 Negative and Low, STK11 Mutated

Moderators:

Kevin Levine, MD, PhD

Panelists:

Shrinjaya Thapa, MD; Ece Cali, MD, PhD; Lei Deng, MD

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Discussion 2: Locally Advanced & Early Stage NSCLC

Moderators:

Deepti Behl, MD

Panelists:

John Kang, MD, PhD; Prashanth Ashok Kumar, MD, FACP; Amith Ahuluwalia, MD; Smitha Menon, MD

11:30 AM - 12:30 PMLunch & Product Theatre Sponsored by AMGEN (Non-CME Accredited) (Sound/Cove)

12:30 PM - 01:15 PMSession 4: Press the Issue - Sponsored by AstraZeneca (Non-CME Accredited) (Bay Auditorium)

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM

EGFR Evolution of the TKIs – Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP

01:15 PM - 02:30 PMSession 5 Impact Pitch (Non-CME Accredited) (Bay Auditorium)

Catalysts:

Sylvia Lee, MD; Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP; Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD

Moderators:

Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

02:30 PM - 03:15 PMSession 6: Press the Issue II - SCLC -BiTEs and emerging ADCs; Where are we headed? (Bay Auditorium)

Session Chair: Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

02:30 PM - 02:40 PM

DLL3 – Konstantinos Leventakos, MD, PhD

02:40 PM - 02:50 PM

ADCs – Isabel Preeshagul, DO

02:50 PM - 03:00 PM

Novel Therapies – Brett Herzog, MD, PhD

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

Panel and Q&A

Moderators:

Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD

Panelists:

Konstantinos Leventakos, MD, PhD; Isabel Preeshagul, DO; Brett Herzog, MD, PhD

Day 2: Saturday, October 10th, 2026

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMBreakfast, Networking, & Exhibits (Sound Room)

08:00 AM - 09:10 AMSession 7: Lay of the Land & What's Coming (Bay Auditorium)

Session Chair: Lei Deng, MD

08:00 AM - 08:10 AM

ERBB2 Altered – Urs Michael Weber, MD

08:10 AM - 08:20 AM

ALK, ROS1, & RET – Cathleen Park, MD

08:20 AM - 08:30 AM

MTAP – Natalie Vokes, MD

08:30 AM - 08:40 AM

Trop 2 in Lung Cancer – Prashanth Ashok Kumar, MD, FACP

08:40 AM - 08:50 AM

EGFR Exon 20 and Uncommon – Arter Liao Zhaohui, MD

08:50 AM - 09:00 AM

MET Altered – Ece Cali, MD, PhD

09:00 AM - 09:10 AM

Q&A

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

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

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