ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2022 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Merit Awards.   

These distinguished awards recognize oncology fellows and trainees who are first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium on January 20 – 22, 2022.  

These 30 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:    

• Luis E. Aguirre, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute 
• Nivedita Arora, MD, University of Minnesota 
• Francesca Battaglin, MD, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine 
• Syed Hussaini, MD, MS, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center 
• John Michael Bryant, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute 
• Madhulika Eluri, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
• James Janopaul-Naylor, MD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University 
• Jessica M. Keilson, MD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University 
• Natalie Ngoi, MBBS, MRCP, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
• Chao Yin, MD, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center 
• Hiroyuki Arai, MD, PhD, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine 
• Shimoli V. Barot, MD, Cleveland Clinic 
• Suleyman Yasin Goksu, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
• Natsuko Kawanishi, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine 
• Vishesh Kothary, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center 
• Caroline Medin, MD, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University 
• Shafia Rahman, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center 
• Jonathan D. Sorah, MD, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 
• Daniel Walden, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona 
• Jingyuan Wang, PhD, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine 
• Janie Yue Zhang, MD, Yale New Haven Health System 
• Seng Wee Cheo, National University Cancer Institute 
• Caroline Fong, MBChB, MRCP, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 
• So Hyun Kang, MD, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital  
• Lucy Xiaolu Ma, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network 
• Justin Mencel, MBBS, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 
• Dylan E. O'Sullivan, PhD, University of Calgary 
• Marco Sanduzzi Zamparelli, MD, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, University of Barcelona 
• Erica S. Tsang, MPH, MD, BC Cancer 
• Christopher Williams, MBChB, MRCP, Leeds Cancer Centre 

Supporters: 

The 2022 Conquer Cancer Merit Awards are supported by:   

Anonymous, ASCO Employees, Association of Northern California Oncologists, AstraZeneca, Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Blayney, Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, Bristol Myers Squibb, Jonathan K. and Cora Y. Cho Charitable Fund, Friends, Family, and Colleagues of Dr. Cecil "Pete" Coggins, Michael Craig Cox, PharmD, MHS, BCOP, Trailblazing patient Mark A. Crafts and Generous Supporters of Team Crafty, Bill and Karen Dahut, Eisai Inc., Estate of Darla C. Ellis, Epiphany Partners Inc., Flatiron Health, Inc., G1 Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, Harborside, Friends, Colleagues, and Family of Joe Hogan, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc., Kimberly Irvine, Michael Kelley, MD & Elise Hoffman, PharmD, Nicole M. Kuderer, MD and Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FASCO, Natasha B. Leighl, MD, FASCO, William T. Leslie, MD, Loxo Oncology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, Maryland/DC Society of Clinical Oncology, Therese Marie Mulvey, MD, FASCO, Friends and Family of Dr. James B. Nachman, New Rhein Healthcare, LLC, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company and Janssen Biotech, Inc, Dr. Kathleen Pritchard Medicine Professional Corporation, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Frances A. Shepherd, MD, FASCO, Stephen A. Sherwin, MD, Drs. Rachna and Puneet Shroff, Supporters of Innovations and Research in Medical Education, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Nizar M. Tannir, MD, Anthony and Marilyn Tolcher, Dr. Michael and Deborah Troner, and The WWWW Foundation Inc. (QuadW) and The QuadW Fund of Communities Foundation of Texas