ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Merit Awards.  

These distinguished awards recognize first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, January 25–27, 2024, in San Francisco, California. The following 32 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:    

Oluseyi Abidoye, MBBS, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Syed Alam, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Luca Antonelli, MD, Luzerner Kantonsspital
Michael Basin, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Neal Chawla, MD, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Antonio Cigliola, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital
Emre Dal, MD, Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
Sahil Doshi, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Dykstra, MD, University of Michigan
Hedyeh Ebrahimi, MD, MPH, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kassem Faraj, MD, University of Michigan
Mehul Gupta, MD, University of Calgary
Rebecca Hassoun, MD, Indiana University  
Cindy Jiang, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Abhishek Kumar, MD, MAS, Duke University
Edmond Kwan, PhD, MBBS, FRACP, BC Cancer Vancouver Centre
Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi, MS, MBBS, Mayo Clinic
John Nikitas, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Wee Loon Ong, MBBS, Alfred Health Radiation Oncology
Zuzana Orszaghova, MD, Comenius University and National Cancer Institute
Samuel Regan, MD, BS, University of Michigan
Soumyajit Roy, MBBS, Rush University Medical Center
Renee Maria Saliby, MD, MSc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Rishi Sekar, MD, MS, University of Michigan
Nickolas Stabellini, MS, Augusta University
Marie-Pier St-Laurent, MD, University of British Columbia
Valentina Tateo, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital
Neha Venkatesh, MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Hari Vigneswaran, MD, Karolinska Institute
Connor Wells, MD, Barts Cancer Institute
Matthew Young, MD, BSc, Barts Cancer Institute
Peter Zang, MD, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Conquer Cancer donors help support the GU Merit Awards and other resources and programs for oncology professionals, patients, and the cancer community.

Supporters:

The 2024 Conquer Cancer® Merit Awards are generously supported by Terri Armstrong, Chris Armstrong, and Mark Gilbert, ASCO Employees, Association of Northern California Oncologists, AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Blayney, Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, Bristol Myers Squibb, Stephen A. Cannistra, MD, 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., GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, Harborside, Friends, Colleagues, and Family of Joe Hogan, John Hohneker, MD and Donald Vincent, Melissa M. Hudson, MD, FASCO and Albert E. Weeks, MD, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Kimberly Irvine, Nicole M. Kuderer, MD and Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, FASCO, Natasha B. Leighl, MD, FASCO, William T. Leslie, MD, Lilly, Bora Lim, MD and Pavlos Msaouel, MD, PhD, Loxo Oncology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, Maryland/District of Columbia Society of Clinical Oncology, Friends and Colleagues of Theresa Mays, Melanoma Research Foundation, Therese Marie Mulvey, MD, FASCO, Friends and Family of Dr. James B. Nachman, New Rhein Healthcare, LLC, Friends and Colleagues of Dr. Larry Norton, Dr. Kathleen Pritchard Medicine Professional Corporation, The QuadW Foundation, Gabrielle Betty Rocque, MD, MSPH, 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 William S. Yaus, Jeffrey W. Yaus, and Kathleen Y. Wolin, ScD

(This listing is current as of January 17, 2024.)