calendar
September 12, 2025
Friday
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC)

location
291 Campus Drive West
Berg Hall C
Stanford, CA 94305
LKSC
Oval
Hoover

We Are Proud To Announce

The First Annual
Stanford Gynecologic Oncology Research Symposium
in honor of Dr. Jonathan S. Berek

 

Please join us for the all-day
Stanford Gynecologic Oncology Research Symposium
To be held in hybrid format
sponsored by
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Cancer Institute
Stanford Women’s Cancer Center

 

Friday, September 12, 2025
Stanford University School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Berg Hall C
291 Campus Drive West
Stanford, California 94305

 

Speakers & Agenda

Symposium Director

Oliver Dorigo

Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD

Mary Lake Polan Professor

Chief, Division Gynecologic Oncology

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Co-Director Stanford Women's Cancer Center

Speakers

Philip Pizzo

Philip A. Pizzo, MD

David and Susan Heckerman Professor, Emeritus

Dean Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine

Lloyd Minor

Lloyd B. Minor, MD

Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine

Vice President for Medical Affairs

Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Professor of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering, by Courtesy

Steven Artandi

Steven Artandi, MD, PhD

Laurie Kraus Lacob Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute

Jerome and Daisy Low Gilbert Professor and Professor of Biochemistry

Carolyn Bertozzi

Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD

Nobel Prize Laureate, Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences

Professor, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology, Stanford

Joellen Schildkraut

Joellen Schildkraut, PhD, MPH

Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Crystal Mackall

Crystal Mackall, MD

Ernest and Amelia Gallo Family Professor

Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine

Pediatrics - Hematology & Oncology

Brooke Howitt

Brooke Howitt, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology, Stanford

Allison Kurian

Allison Kurian, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine-Oncology and Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford

Edgar Engleman

Edgar Engleman, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and of Medicine-Immunology and Rheumatology

Medical Director, Stanford Blood Center, Stanford

Livnat Jerby

Livnat Jerby, PhD

Assistant Professor of Genetics, Stanford

Calvin Kuo

Calvin Kuo, MD

Maureen Lyles D'Ambrogio Professor, Stanford

Erinn Rankin

Erinn Rankin, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology-Radiation Biology

and of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Oncology, Stanford

Kristin Bixel

Kristin Leigh Bixel, MD

Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology- Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford

chris chen

Christopher T Chen, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine-Oncology, Stanford

Katherine Fuh

Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of Basic and Translational Research

John A. Kerner Chair in Gynecologic Oncology

University of California San Francisco

Melinda Telli

Melinda L. Telli, M.D.

Professor of Medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology

Director of the Breast Cancer Program at the Stanford Cancer Institute

Co-Director, Stanford Women’s Cancer Center

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Welcome-Introductions:
Philip Pizzo
Steve Artandi
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Speaker:
Joellen Schildkraut
Epidemiologic Unraveling of the Genomic Landscape of Ovarian Cancer: Insights and Innovations
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Speaker 2:
Brooke Howitt
Gynecologic Pathology
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM Speaker 3:
Allison Kurian
Genetic Testing and Precision Oncology for Women's Cancers
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Break
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM Speaker 4:
Edgar Engleman
Immunotherapy
10:40 AM - 11:00 AM Speaker 5:
Livnat Jerby
Computational Biology in Ovarian Cancer
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Speaker 6:
Calvin Kuo
Using Organiods to Study Cancer Initiation and Therapy
11:20 AM - 11:50 AM Speaker 7:
Erinn Rankin
Molecular Biology and Radiation
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM Introduction of Carolyn Bertozzi
Lloyd Minor
Special Guest
Carolyn Bertozzi
Nobel Prize Laureate, Molecular Biology
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM Speaker 9:
Kristin Bixel
Overview of Clinical Trials
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Speaker 10:
Christopher Chen
Phase I Clinical Trials
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Speaker 11:
Katherine Fuh
Targeting Treatment Resistance: From Functional Genomics to Therapeutic Development in Ovarian Cancer
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Break
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM Special Guest 12:
TBA
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM Speaker 13:
Crystal Mackall
CAR-T Cell Therapy
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Speaker 14:
Oliver Dorigo
Immunology & Immunotherapy
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Speaker 15:
Melinda Telli
Leveraging ctNDA-MRD in early breast cancer
4:20 PM - 4:50 PM Panel Discussion:
Pizzo, Dorigo, Schildkraut, Artandi, Berek
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Reception

Registration

Please sign up using the link.

For our out-of-town guests, there is a room block at

Crowne Plaza - Palo Alto
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306

The Stanford Rate is $179.00/night.

If you would like to make a hotel reservation for either Thursday, September 11, 2025, Friday, September 12, 2025 or both nights, please email Jenna Rule at jenna.rule@cabanapaloalto.com using the booking code: SUM. You will need to provide your name, date(s) of your reservation, and phone number.

The link for virtual attendance will be provided at a later date.

Travel Information

Location

Stanford University School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Berg Hall C
291 Campus Drive West
Stanford, California 94305

For driving directions and map, see here.

Parking

  • Stock Farm Garage – Parking Structure 5, 360 Oak Rd, Stanford, CA 94305
  • Stanford Parking L-17 – 141 Stock Farm Rd, Stanford, CA 94305
  • Pasteur Visitor Garage – 200 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94304

For more information about parking click here.   
How to pay: link

Lodging

For our out-of-town guests, there is a room block at

Crowne Plaza - Palo Alto
4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306

The Stanford Rate is $179.00/night

If you would like to make a hotel reservation for either Thursday, September 11, 2025, Friday, September 12, 2025 or both nights, please email Jenna Rule at jenna.rule@cabanapaloalto.com using the booking code: SUM. You will need to provide your name, date(s) of your reservation, and phone number.

FAQs

Friday, September 12, 2025
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Stanford University School of Medicine
Li Ka Shing Center (LKSC), Berg Hall C
291 Campus Drive West
Stanford, California 94305

The event is open to all.

This symposium is free to attend. To assist with planning, we encourage you to register by Friday, August 15, 2025.

Please visit the speaker’s section above.

This symposium will be a hybrid event. When you register, please indicate if you will attend in-person or via Zoom.

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