CME and Nursing Events
Registration is Open! Our annual VOA Summer Conference, Advancements in Treatments of Gastrointestinal Cancer, will take place on 7/19/25 at the Hampton Convention Center in Hampton, VA.
AGENDA
8:00 AM - Welcome and Introduction
David Z. Chang, MD, PhD, FACP Virginia Oncology Associates
Lei Zheng, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Mays Cancer Center
UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Mays Family Foundation
Distinguished University Presidential Chair of Oncology
Adjunct Professor of Oncology and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
8:10 AM - Keynote Speech
Engineering Artificial Intelligence for Pathology: A Case Study of New Technology Development
Rohit Bhargava, PhD
Director, Cancer Center at Illinois
Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering Professor of Bioengineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8:55 AM - Evolution in Treatments for Esophageal and Gastric Cancers
Weijing Sun, MD
The Sprint Professor of Medical Oncology
Director, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center
Associate Director, University of Kansas Cancer Center
9:20 AM - Update on New Therapies for Liver Cancer
Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, MBA
Attending, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor, Weill Cornell College at Cornell
University
9:45 AM - Advances in Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer
Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD
Winthrop Rockefeller Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology
Section Head, Hepatopancreaticobiliary & Neuroendocrine Cancers Co-Director Medical Initiatives,
David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer
Attending Physician, Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Professor of Medicine, Weill
Cornell Medical College
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10:15 AM Break & Exhibit Visits
10:50 AM - Contemporary Management of Cholangiocarcinoma
Jingquan (Caron) Jia, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
11:15 AM - Multidisciplinary Management of Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis
Lei Zheng, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Mays Cancer Center
UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine at The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Mays Family Foundation
Distinguished University Presidential Chair of Oncology
Adjunct Professor of Oncology and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
11:40 AM - Management of Neuroendocrine Tumor
Michael Morse, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Cancer Center
12:05 PM - How to Best Use ctDNA in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
John H. Strickler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Cancer Center
12:30 PM - Exhibit Visits & Lunch Break
1:30 PM - Evolution of Treatment of Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
David Z. Chang, MD, PhD, FACP
Virginia Oncology Associates
1:55 PM - Case Discussion: Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Moderator: David Z. Chang, MD, PhD, FACP, Virginia Oncology Associates
Panelists:
Yan Feng, MD, PhD, Cone Health Cancer Center Yi Feng, MD, PhD, Tennessee Cancer Specialist Shuang
Fu, MD, PhD, Kirkland Cancer Center
Ping Gu, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Mary Li, MD, PhD, Florida Cancer
Specialists & Research Institute Gary Lu, MD, PhD, Texas Oncology
Min Sun, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Centers Mei Tang, MD, PhD, Greater
Baltimore Medical Center
Tianhong (Tina) Li, MD, PhD, UC Davis
Yifan Wang, PharmD, Trinity Health of New England, Saint Francis Hospital Faye Yin, MD, Florida
Cancer Specialists & Research Institute
Wenqing Zhang, MD, PhD, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute
2:30 PM - Adjourn - David Z. Chang, MD, PhD, FACP
If you are a VOA Physician or employee, a member of CAHON, or a member of EVCAPA, please CLICK HERE to register.
Otherwise, CLICK HERE to register.