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2026 Miami GI Oncology Conference

Accreditation: 5.75 ABIM MOC II | 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ | 5.75 ACPE Pharmacy | 5.75 Nursing Contact Hours

Venue: Hyatt Regency Miami, 400 Southeast 2nd Street, Miami, FL, United States

Start Date: June 20, 2026

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Our Speakers

Faculty

Fidel Salazar, APRN

Session Chair

Cathy Eng, MD, FACP

Session Chair

Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Dina B Dumercy McHenry, PharmD

Session Chair

Miami Cancer Insititute at Baptist Health South Florida

Adeel Kaiser, MD

Session Chair

Miami Cancer Insititute at Baptist Health South Florida

Aron Simkins, MD

Session Chair

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Dharmik M Patel, MD

Topic Presenter

HCA Healthcare, Inc

Sawyer Bawek, DO

Topic Presenter

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA

Frank A Nyanin, PharmD

Case Presenter

Miami Cancer Insititute at Baptist Health South Florida

Leonette Kemp, PharmD

Case Presenter

Miami Cancer Insititute at Baptist Health South Florida

Michelle Issac, MD

Case Presenter

Ripal T Gandhi, MD

Faculty

Miami Cancer Institute

Our Agenda

Saturday, June 20th, 2026

All timings are in Eastern Time (EDT, GMT-04:00) time.

07:00 AM - 08:00 AMRegistration, Breakfast, & Exhibits (Tuttle & Monroe Prefunction)

08:00 AM - 08:05 AMWelcome & Opening Remarks (Tuttle)

08:05 AM - 08:15 AMBinaytara's Efforts in Improving Cancer Care Disparities (Tuttle)

08:15 AM - 09:00 AM Keynote Lecture: Early Onset GI Cancers (Tuttle)

Session Chair: Cathy Eng, MD, FACP

09:00 AM - 10:00 AMSession 1: Gastric & Esophageal Cancers (Tuttle)

Session Chair: Sarbajit Mukherjee, MD

09:00 AM - 09:20 AM

Recent Advances in Gastroesophageal Cancer – Allan Pereira, MD, PhD

09:20 AM - 10:00 AM

Case- Based Discussion – Sawyer Bawek, DO; Steven Hochwald , MD, MBA, FACS

10:00 AM - 11:00 AMSession 2: Liver Malignancies (HCC & Colorectal Liver Metastases) (Tuttle)

Session Chair: Kyaw Aung, MD

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Radiation therapy in hepatobiliary cancers – Adeel Kaiser, MD

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM

Case Discussion – Kyaw Aung, MD; Ripal T Gandhi, MD; Adeel Kaiser, MD; Dharmik M Patel, MD; Mariam Baig, MD

11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBreak & Exhibits (Orchid AB)

11:15 AM - 12:15 PMSession 3: Pancreatic Cancer

Session Chair: Adeel Kaiser, MD

11:15 AM - 11:35 AM

Therapeutic advances in metastatic pancreatic cancer – Shubham Pant, MD, MBBS

11:35 AM - 12:15 PM

Case Discussion – Govindarajan Narayanan, MD; Kyaw Aung, MD; Steven Hochwald , MD, MBA, FACS; Aaron Bertolo, MD

12:15 PM - 01:15 PMLunch & Exhibits (Orchid AB)

01:15 PM - 02:15 PMSession 4: APP, Supportive care, and Pharmacy Perspectives in GI Oncology (Tuttle)

Session Chair: Dina B Dumercy McHenry, PharmD; Fidel Salazar, APRN

01:15 PM - 01:30 PM

Skin Toxicities – Frank A Nyanin, PharmD

01:30 PM - 01:45 PM

DPD/ UGT1A1 – Leonette Kemp, PharmD

01:45 PM - 02:00 PM

Palliative Care – Michelle Issac, MD

02:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Q & A

Moderators:

Fidel Salazar, APRN; Dina B Dumercy McHenry, PharmD

Panelists:

Frank A Nyanin, PharmD; Michelle Issac, MD; Leonette Kemp, PharmD

02:15 PM - 02:30 PMBreak & Exhibits (Orchid AB)

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM Session 5: Colon and Rectal Cancer (Tuttle)

Session Chair: Aron Simkins, MD

02:30 PM - 02:50 PM

Recent Advances in Colon and Rectal Cancer – Deepak Vadehra, DO

02:50 PM - 03:30 PM

Case Discussion – Ravi Gupta, MD; Dan Ruiz, MD; Pravash Budhathoki, MD

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