Speakers 2023

Keynote Speaker

Justin Regan RN

Justin Regan RN

Oncology Nurse and Transplant Survivor

You Don’t Know How Strong You Are Until Being Strong is the Only Choice You Have 

Justin Regan has worked as a radiation oncology nurse since 2012 and prepared plenty of patients who were fighting leukemia for transplant. It never occurred to him that one day he would be facing a transplant himself. 

But in July of 2020, after suffering from unusual fatigue, he was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome. Five months later was admitted to Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver to begin his stem cell transplant. After battling painful mouth sores and acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), Justin was finally sent home on New Year’s Eve to begin the healing process. 

Unfortunately, three months later Justin relapsed and faced the prospect of a second transplant. 

More than two years later, Justin has recovered and will share ls experience and lessons he learned with the symposium audience. 

Workshop Speakers

Mona Al Mukaddam MD, MS

Mona Al Mukaddam MD, MS

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
A. Samer Al-Homsi MD MBA

A. Samer Al-Homsi MD, MBA

NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center
Ernesto Ayala MD

Ernesto Ayala MD

Mayo Clinic Florida
Michelle Bishop PhD

Michelle Bishop PhD

Coping with Cancer & Caregiving, LLC
Kyle Brownback MD FCCP

Kyle Brownback MD, FCCP

University of Kansas Medical Center
Monica Bryant Esq

Monica Fawzy Bryant Esq

Triage Cancer
Alison Carulli PharmD, BCOP

Alison Carulli PharmD, BCOP

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Aimee Chappell ANP-BC

Aimee Chappell ANP-BC

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Jessica Ciralsky MD

Jessica Ciralsky MD

Weill Cornell Ophthalmology
Jennifer Cuellar-Rodriguez MD

Jennifer Cuellar-Rodriguez MD

NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Noel Espiritu PT, DPT

Noel Espiritu PT, DPT

Mount Sinai Hospital
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

José Flores, MD, MHA

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Fradley MD

Michael Fradley MD

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Emily Gallagher MD, PhD, MRCPI

Emily Gallagher MD, PhD, MRCPI

Mount Sinai Hospital
Alfred Garfall MD

Alfred Garfall MD

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Oluwatosin Goje MD MSCR,FACOG

Oluwatosin Goje MD, MSCR, FACOG

Cleveland Clinic
Alexandra Gomez-Arteaga MD

Alexandra Gomez-Arteaga MD

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
Andrew Harris MD

Andrew Harris MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Theo Heller MB.Bch,FAASLD

Theo Heller MD, FAASLD

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Annie Im MD

Annie Im MD

University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Robert Kovell MD

R. Caleb Kovell MD

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Richard Lin MD, PhD

Richard Lin MD, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alison Loren MD

Alison Loren MD, MSCE

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Alina Markova MD, FAAD

Alina Markova MD, FAAD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jacqueline Mays DDS, MHSc, PhD

Jacqueline Mays DDS, MHSc, PhD

NIH, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Adrienne Mishkin MD, MPH, MS

Adrienne Mishkin MD, MPH, MS

NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Michelle Myers MS, RDN, CSO, CDN

Michelle Myers MS, RDN, CSO, CDN

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Parsons PhD, ABPP

Michael Parsons PhD, ABPP

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Miguel Perales MD

Miguel Perales MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Adrienne Phillips MD, MPH

Adrienne Phillips MD, MPH

NewYork Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Doris Ponce MD

Doris Ponce MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Cristina Pozo-Kaderman PhD

Cristina Pozo-Kaderman PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Rachel Rosenstein MD, PhD

Rachel Rosenstein MD, PhD

Hackensack University Medical Center
Marcello Rotta MD

Marcello Rotta MD

Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, part of the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
Scott Rowley MD, FACP

Scott Rowley MD, FACP

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Rachel Salit MD

Rachel Salit MD

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Timothy Sannes PhD MS

Timothy Sannes PhD, MS

UMass Memorial Hospital
Suneeta Senapati MD, MSCE

Suneeta Senapati MD, MSCE

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Gunjan Shah MD, MS

Gunjan Shah MD, MS

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Haneen Shalabi DO

Haneen Shalabi DO

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Pediatric Oncology Branch
Eytan Stein MD

Eytan Stein MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Amir Steinberg MD

Amir Steinberg MD

Westchester Medical Center
J. Andres Suarez Londono MD

J. Andres Suarez Londono MD

NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center
Syrkin

Grigory Syrkin MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Tees MD, MPH

Michael Tees MD, MPH

Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, part of the Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center
Colleen Timlin

Colleen Timlin PharmD, BCOP

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dan Vogl MD, MSCE

Dan Vogl MD, MSCE

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
*David Vesole MD, PhD

David Vesole MD, PhD

John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack UMC and Georgetown University