Lung Cancer Scientific Symposium

Please save Friday, June 5 for a Lung Cancer Scientific Symposium to recognize Dr. Roy Herbst as he departs Yale Cancer Center after serving as Chief of Medical Oncology & Hematology for the past 15 years. The event will be held at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Yale Lung Cancer Scientific Symposium

Friday, June 5, 2026

1:00pm-1:20pm

Welcome Remarks: Drs. Goldberg, Politi, Nassar, Wang

Session #1: Rewriting the Rules: New Directions in Immuno-Oncology (moderated by Amin Nassar, MD)

1:20pm-1:40pm

Talk #1: Lieping Chen, MD, PhD

1:40pm-2:00pm

Talk #2: Kurt Schalper, MD, PhD

2:00pm-2:30pm

Panel #1: Breaking Down Silos: Converging Perspectives from Oncology and Pulmonary Medicine Moderator: Katerina Politi, PhD Panelists: Eric Winer, MD, Harriet Kluger, MD, Barbara Burtness, MD, Daniel Petrylak, MD, Naftali Kaminski, MD

2:30pm-3:00pm

Coffee Break

Session #2: Hitting the Target: Therapeutic and Biomarker Innovation in Lung Cancer (moderated by Rajal Sharma, MD, PhD)

3:00pm-3:20pm

Talk #4: David Gandara, MD

3:20pm-3:40pm

Talk #5: Patricia LoRusso, DO, PhD (h)

3:40pm-4:00pm

Talk #6: Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD

4:00pm-4:20pm

Talk #7: Alan Sandler, MD

4:20pm-4:50pm

Panel #2: A Multidisciplinary Lens on Lung Cancer Moderator: Sarah Goldberg, MD, MPH Panelists: Henry Park, MD, MPH, Scott Gettinger, MD, Frederick Wilson, MD, PhD, So Yeon Kim, MD, Daniel Boffa, MD

4:50pm-5:00pm

Closing Remarks: Roy Herbst, MD, PhD