MGB CI Pancreatic Cancer Symposium

Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Pancreatic Cancer Program

November 18, 2026 · Starr Center

The Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Pancreatic Cancer Symposium will highlight advances in pancreatic cancer detection, treatment, research, and patient-centered care. The program will bring together clinicians, scientists, patients, advocates, and community partners to showcase the clinical and scientific initiatives of the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Pancreatic Cancer Program and to advance a shared mission of improving outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer.

Agenda

Wednesday, November 18

7:45 AM

Event Start

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM

Registration + Coffee

Check in and enjoy a beverage

8:20 AM - 8:30 AM

Welcome + MGB CI Pancreatic Cancer Vision

- Dave Ryan

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM

PC Early Detection, Risk and Interception

- Chair: Avinash Kambadakone & Kunal Jajoo - Speakers: Sahar Nissim, Lloyd Bod, Yasmin Hernandez-Barco

9:25 AM - 10:25 AM

Keynote Speaker

- Liz Jaffee Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Break

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Early Detection Panel (30 min)

- Moderator: Sahar Nissim - Panelists: David Ting, Liz Jaffee, Mari Mino-Kenudson

11:15 AM - 12:20 PM

Beyond Treatment: Patient Perspectives on Pancreatic Cancer Care

- Speakers: Carlos Fernandez Del-Castillo, Anna Berkenblit - Patient Panel Moderator: Jen Wo - Panelists: Anna Berkenblit (PanCAN), MGB CI Patients

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch, Posters, Lab Tour for Patients

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Therapeutics Session 1: KRAS Targeting

- Chair: Raul Mostoslavsky & Julie Koenig Speakers: Harsh Singh, Motaz Qadan Best Poster Talk

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Therapeutics Session 2: MGB CI Innovation Across Localized and Translational Pancreatic Cancer Research

- Chair: Andy Liss & Peter Fagenholz - Speakers: Thomas Clancy, Jen Wo, Will Hwang

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Multidisciplinary Case Conference

Moderators: Harsh Singh, Jen Wo, Thomas Clancy, Motaz Qadan Panelists: Jon Harrison, Caitlin McIntyre, Hannah Roberts, Ritchell Van Dams, ML Peters, Priya Pathak

4:15 PM - 4:20 PM

Closing Remarks

4:20 PM - 5:00 PM

RECEPTION

5:30 PM

Event End

Speakers

Keynote Speaker- Liz Jaffee, MD

FAACR, FACP, FAAAS, FAIO The Dana and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli Professor of Oncology Deputy Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Co-Director, of the Gastrointestinal Cancers Program

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Thomas Clancy, MD

Endowed Chair in Cancer Care Surgical Director, Hepatopancreatobiliary Disease Program, Associate Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

William L. Hwang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

Motaz Qadan, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Gapontsev Family Endowed Chair in Surgical Oncology

Mass General Brigham

Harsh Singh, MBBS, MD

Program Director, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Medical Oncology

Mass General Brigham

David Ting, MD

Scientific Director

Mass General Brigham

Jen Wo, MD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Mass General Brigham

David P. Ryan, MD

President, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Shelby Memorial Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

Avinash Kambadakone, MD, MBBS

Division Chief, Abdominal Radiology

Mass General Brigham

Kunal Jajoo, MD

Clinical Director for the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscop, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sahar Nissim, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lloyd Bod, PhD

KRANTZ Family Center for Cancer Research, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

Yasmin Hernandez-Barco, MD

MGB Director of the Center for Pancreatic Disease | AMC Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy

Mass General Brigham

Mari Mino-Kernudson, MD

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Division Chief of Anatomic Pathology for Mass General Brigham Director, Pulmonary Pathology Service

Mass General Brigham

Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD

Director Emeritus of the Pancreas and Biliary Surgery Program, Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

Anna Berkenblit, MD

Chief Scientific & Medical Officer

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)

Raul Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD

The Laurel Schwartz Endowed Chair of Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Scientific Director, The Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, MGB

Mas General Brigham

Julie Koenig, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Mass General Brigham

Andrew Liss, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School Principal Investigator in the Division of Surgical Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Mass General Brigham

Peter Fagenholtz, MD

Surgical Director, MGH Pancreatitis Treatment Center Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

Jon Harrison, MD

Attending Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Mass General Brigham

Caitlin McIntyre, MD

Associate Surgeon, Division of Surgical Oncology

Mass General Brigham

Hannah Roberts, MD

Instructor of Radiation Oncology