Activity Overview
This educational activity is an archive of the live conference held on March 5-8, 2026.
Target Audience
This educational program is directed toward medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists whose primary practice focus is breast cancer and who intend to reinforce their knowledge base and expand their expertise in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and management.
Learning Objectives
- Evaluate the clinical implications of key findings from recent pivotal trials across early-stage and metastatic breast cancers

Patrick I. Borgen, MD
Chair,
Department of Surgery
Director,
Brooklyn Breast Cancer Program
Maimonides
Medical Center
Brooklyn,
NY

Eileen Connolly, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology|
Disease Site Lead, Breast Cancer
Director Clinical Research
Radiation Oncology
Columbia University Irving
Medical Center
New York, NY

Komal Jhaveri, MD, FACP
Associate Attending Physician,
Breast Medicine Service and Early Drug Development Service
Section Head, Endocrine Therapy Research
Program
Clinical Director, Early Drug
Development Service
Department of Medicine
Evelyn H. Lauder Breast and
Imaging Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Andreas Karakatsanis, MD, PhD, FEBS-Breast, CEBS-Breast
Chief of Breast Surgery,
Akademiska University Hospital
Associated Professor in Breast
Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala
University
Deputy Editor-In-Chief, European
Journal of Surgical Oncology
Secretary, Executive Board of the
Division of Breast Surgery, European Board of Surgical Qualifications
Uppsala, Sweden

Henry M. Kuerer, MD, PhD, FACS, CMQ
Professor and Executive Director,
Breast Programs
MD Anderson Cancer Network
Robinson Endowed Distinguished Professor
of Surgery and Cancer Research
Department of Breast Surgical
Oncology
The University of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
Julia Maués
Co-Founder
Guiding Researchers &
Advocates to
Scientific Partnerships

Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Medical Oncology
Co-founder and Director, Program
for Young Adults With Breast Cancer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School
Boston, MA

Hope S. Rugo, MD, FASCO
Director, Women’s Cancers Program
Division Chief, Breast Medical
Oncology
Professor, Department of Medical
Oncology & Therapeutics
Research
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Duarte, CA
Professor Emeritus, UCSF

Dean A. Shumway, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Dennis Slamon, MD, PhD
Professor, Chief, and Executive
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Physician and Director,
Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program
Director, JCCC
Clinical/Translational Research
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Los Angeles, CA

Alastair Thompson, MD, FRCS
Olga Keith Wiess Chair of Surgery
Professor and Chief, Section of
Breast Surgery
Codirector, Lester and Sue Smith Breast
Center
Leader Breast Cancer Program, Dan
L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
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