Back to All Events

2026 West Oncology Conference


  • Guest House at Graceland 3600 Elvis Presley Blvd Memphis, TN, 38116 United States (map)

In-Person Access Only | 7.50 CE/CME Credits & MOC Points

Please read: All programs remain free. Registrations will require a credit card as a cancellation hold. A fee of $99 will only be incurred in the event of a no-show or cancellation within 5 days without written confirmation to the Total Health Program Team. Industry representatives—defined as any individual who is employed by, contracted with, owns, or represents a drug, device, diagnostic, or other healthcare-related commercial entity, regardless of clinical credentials or licensure—are not permitted to attend Total Health events as general attendees. Members of industry must contact exhibits@totalhealthoncology.com

The 11th Annual West Oncology Conference serves as a valuable forum for presenting and discussing new research findings in oncology education.

Learners are provided updates on practice-changing data in breast cancers, genitourinary cancers, hematological malignancies, gastrointestinal cancers, and lung cancers – all in a practical and interactive format, fostering discussion and impacting patient clinical outcomes. This accredited meeting is an in-person conference with on-demand access for registered attendees.

 

Conference Agenda ‍ ‍ Saturday, May 16, 2026

8:00 AM
Coffee and Exhibits

8:30 AM
Program Chair Welcome

8:40 AM
Updates in Gastrointestinal Cancer

Deepak Bhamidipati, MD | Sarah Cannon Research Institute ‍ ‍

9:20 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Gastrointestinal Cancer

Paxton Dickson, MD, FACS (Moderator) | University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Deepak Bhamidipati, MD | Sarah Cannon Research Institute
Holger Gieschen, MD | West Cancer Center

9:50 AM
Updates in Small Cell Lung Cancer

Jason Porter, MD | West Cancer Center

10:10 AM
Updates in Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Ramakrishna Battini, MD | West Cancer Center

10:35 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Lung Cancer

Ramakrishna Battini, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center
Jason Porter, MD | West Cancer Center
Yuefeng Wang, MD, PhD | West Cancer Center ‍ ‍‍ ‍

11:00 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

11:15 AM
Non-CME Breakfast - Taiho - LONSURF + bevacizumab for the Treatment of 3L Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Saurin Chokshi, MD | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

12:00 PM
MRD as an Endpoint in Multiple Myeloma

12:20 PM
AML and Molecular Targets with MRD Testing‍ ‍Alice Mims, MD, MSCR | The Ohio State University

12:40 PM
Preparing a Patient for CAR-T - Guidance to Community Oncologists

Bryan Huber, MD | Intermountain Health‍ ‍‍

1:00 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Hematological Malignancies

Jason Chandler, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center
Alice Mims, MD, MSCR | The Ohio State University
Bryan Huber, MD | Intermountain Health

1:30 PM
Lunch and Exhibits

1:45 PM
Non-CME Lunch - Natera - Signatera: ctDNA MRD in Lymphoma 
Heather Youngberg | Natera

2:30 PM
Housekeeping and Survey

2:40 PM
Solid Tumor Molecular Board Panel

Ari VanderWalde, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center
Tom Corbiere, PhD | Caris Life Sciences
Jason Porter, MD | Guardant Health
George Daneker, Jr. MD | Natera
t
3:10 PM
Liquid Tumor Molecular Board Panel

Jason Chandler, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center
Alice Mims, MD, MSCR | The Ohio State University
Bryan Huber, MD | Intermountain Health
Farah Abdulla, MD | Caris Life Sciences

3:40 PM
Networking Reception

4:40 PM
Adjourn

Sunday, May 17, 2026

8:00 AM
Coffee and Exhibits

8:30 AM
Program Chair Welcome

8:40 AM
Updates in Non-Prostate Cancer

Sandy Srinivas, MD | Stanford Medicine

9:00 AM
Updates in Prostate Cancer

Daniel Vaena, MD | West Cancer Center

9:20 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Genitourinary Cancer

Brad Somer, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center
Daniel Vaena, MD | West Cancer Center
Sandy Srinivas, MD | Stanford Medicine
Holger Gieschen, MD | West Cancer Center

9:50 AM
Breakfast and Exhibits

10:05 AM
Non-CME Breakfast - SAGA Diagnostics - Structural Variant–Driven MRD in Breast Cancer: A New Paradigm from Diagnosis to Recurrence
Jason Carey, PhD | SAGA Diagnostics

10:50 AM
Where is AI going in Oncology?

Ravi Parikh, MD, MPP, FACP | Winship Cancer Institute

11:25 AM
Threats and Opportunities of IRA and MFN in Oncology

Barbara McAneny, MD | New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants

11:45 AM
Transitioning to Outpatient Bite Therapy

Jason Chandler, MD| West Cancer Center

12:05 PM
Lunch and Exhibits

12:20 PM
Non-CME Lunch - Pfizer - A Treatment Option for Adults with Certain R/R DLBCL After ≥2 Prior Lines of Systemic Therapy
Vincent Herrin, MD | University of Mississippi Medical Center

1:05 PM
Management of HER2 Low and HER2 Ultra Low

Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD | West Cancer Center

1:25 PM
Management HER2+

Amina Chaudhry, MD | Stanford Medicine

1:45 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A - Breast Cancer

Darcey Eastwood, MD (Moderator) | West Cancer Center
Alyssa Pittman, MD | West Cancer Center
Gregory Vidal, MD, PhD | West Cancer Center
Amina Chaudhry, MD | Stanford Medicine
Noam Vanderwalde, MD | West Cancer Center

2:15 PM
Adjourn

Agenda Subject To Change. All times are CST.

 
 
Previous
Previous
May 16

2026 ESMO USA in Focus: Breast Cancer - WEST

Next
Next
June 13

2026 Best of ASCO® Austin