Conquer Cancer Announces 2025 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Merit Awards
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Conquer Cancer®, the ASCO Foundation, is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Merit Awards.
These distinguished awards recognize first authors on top-ranking abstracts selected for presentation at the ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, January 23–25, 2025, in San Francisco, Calif.
These 35 oncology professionals are recognized for their respective field and research advancements within the cancer care community:
Elio Adib, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elisabeth Arrondo, BSc, National Cancer Center Hospital East
Nicole Balmaceda, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Antonio D'Alessio, MD, Imperial College
Arun Dang, DO, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara
Gideon Dosunmu, MD, MPH, University of Chicago
Rebecca Forman, MD, Yale New Haven Hospital
Lauren Guerrero Negrón, Universidad Central Del Caribe School of Medicine
Amy Huang, MD, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Whitney Johnson, MD, University of Minnesota
Georgina Keogh, MBCHB, MSC, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Donghyun Kim, MD, PhD, University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ioannis Kournoutas, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Michael LaPelusa, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Luís Felipe Leite da Silva, MS, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Judy Li, MD, BA, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Zheng Liu, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University
Pooja Mittal, PhD, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Myungwoo Nam, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Elham Nasrollahi, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Masashi Nishino, MD, National Cancer Center Hospital
Mary O’Reilly, MSc, MBBCh, MRCP, St. Vincent's University Hospital
Jun Okui, MD, MPH, Keio University School of Medicine
Ayobami Olafimihan, MD, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Angelo Pirozzi, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Elizabeth Seitz, BS, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Nakul Shah, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Joao Paulo Solar Vasconcelos, MD, BC Cancer - Vancouver, University of British Columbia
Benjamin Ueberroth, MD, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Hannah Williams, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Rong Yan, Zhongda Hospital, Center of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Medical School, Southeast University
Faiza Yasin, MD, MHS, Yale School of Medicine
Chih Chieh Yen, MD, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Joseph Zhao, MBBS, National University Cancer Institute
Binbin Zheng-Lin, MD, MSc, Mayo Clinic Arizona
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The 2025 Conquer Cancer® Merit Awards are generously supported by Terri Armstrong, Chris Armstrong, and Mark Gilbert; ASCO Employees; Association of Northern California Oncologists; AstraZeneca; Friends and Family of Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Beller; Dr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Blayney; 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; Allison Dray; 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; Kimberly Irvine; Drs. Kevin Kalinsky and Christopher Keir; 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; ASCO’s State Affiliate Council; Stemline, Inc, a Menarini Group Company; 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 13, 2025.)