Summit on Cancer Health Disparities (SCHD26)
Accreditation: 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ | 12.75 ABIM MOC II | 12.75 Nursing Contact Hours | 12.75 ACPE Pharmacy
Venue: Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way Northeast, Bellevue, WA, United States
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About Summit on Cancer Health Disparities (SCHD26)


Faculty and committee
Our Speakers
Planning Committee
Faculty
Conference program and agenda
Our Agenda
Day 1: Friday, March 27th, 2026
All timings are in Pacific Time (PDT, GMT-07:00) time.
Session Chair: David Aboulafia, MD
08:15 AM - 08:30 AM
Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening and Low-Dose CT Access – Hina Khan, MD
08:30 AM - 08:45 AM
Kaposi Sarcoma & Evolving standards in LMIC and in the US – David Aboulafia, MD
08:45 AM - 09:00 AM
Global Implementation of HPV Screening – Barbara Goff, MD
09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Panel Discussion – Hina Khan, MD; David Aboulafia, MD; Barbara Goff, MD
Session Chair: Christopher Li, MD, PhD
09:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Panel Discussion – Jerald Radich, MD; Ira Klein, MD, MBA, FACP; Monica Yellowhair, PhD; Hiba Khan, MD, MPH
Session Chair: Don Dizon, MD
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Panel Discussion – Tiffany Go, CPCHE, MPA; Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, PhD; Irene Tamí‑Maury, DMD, DrPH, MSc
Session Chair: Chermaine Wulff, OCN, BSN, RN
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Panel Discussion – Jaycee Wong, ARNP; Diane Speelman, NP; Faina Spaeth, ARNP; Tracy Ekberg, RN
Session Chair: Fengting Yan, MD
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Panel Discussion – Hank Kaplan, MD; Tanya Wahl, MD; Diane Mapes, Patient Advocate; Daniela Buscariollo, MD
Session Chair: Don Dizon, MD; Martha Mims, MD, PhD
11:15 AM - 11:25 AM
Bridging the Gap in Breast Cancer Screening Disparities for Underserved East Tennessee Women Through a Mobile Mammography Unit Program – Savannah Allen, MPH
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM
When Asking for Too Much Creates Inequity: Centralized NGS Workflow vs In House BRAF IHC in metastatic Colorectal Cancer – Nissim Benizri, MD
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM
Deep Learning Model for Prediction of Mutational Profiles Associated with Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) from Peripheral Blood Smears – Rafaella Litvin, MD
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
Impact of Structured Psychosocial Intervention on Distress in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial from India – Nihanthy Sreenath, MD
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
Female sex workers and cervical cancer screening in Kilimanjaro region: Uptake and behavioural determinants. A Community-based cross-sectional study in Health Belief Model perspectives – Gumbo D. Silas, MPH
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM
Characterizing BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Cameroonian breast cancer patients: Efforts towards bridging the genomic gap in Africa – Kenn Chi Ndi, MD
Session Chair: Eneida Rosario Nemecek, MD, MBA, MS
01:00 PM - 01:10 PM
Access to Cancer Care and Clinical Trials for Children, Adolescents & Young Adults – Lisa Marie Force, MD, MPH
01:10 PM - 01:20 PM
Equitable Access to Cellular Therapies in Children, Adolescents & Young Adults – Anurekha Hall, MD
01:20 PM - 01:30 PM
Transition from Childhood to Adult Cancer and Survivorship Care – Mortuma Murry, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC
01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Panel Discussion – Anurekha Hall, MD; Mortuma Murry, DNP, CPNP-AC/PC; Lisa Marie Force, MD, MPH
Session Chair: David Aboulafia, MD; Ana Maria Lopez, MD; Manish Kohli, MD, MD; Siddhartha Devarakonda, MD
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Accreditations and continuing education
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Johnson & Johnson