12th Annual Caris Precision Oncology Alliance Summit
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Please make plans now to join us in Chicago for the 12th Annual Caris Precision Oncology Alliance® Summit
Event Details:
Location:
Venue SIX10
610 S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60605
Date & Time:
Thursday, May 28, 2026
5:00PM CT
Speakers and Event Agenda
We have an exceptional speaker line up this year featuring recently retired FDA leader Richard Pazdur, MD, and Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD, Chief AI and Data Scientist, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, as well as other Precision Oncology Luminaries. Dinner will be served and networking opportunities will abound. Register by filling out the form below. We look forward to welcoming you in Chicago!
Former FDA Oncology Center of Excellence Director Richard Pazdur, MD will sit down with our own George Sledge, MD for a fireside chat entitled “Run Away Regulator: Insights in Oncology Drug Development and Regulation Over the Past 25 Years.”
We will also hear from Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD, Chief AI & Data Scientist, Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca, who will speak on “Transforming Oncology R&D Through AI.”
Richard Pazdur, MD
Former Director of both the FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence and the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD
Chief AI and Data Scientist, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca
David Spetzler PhD, MS, MBA
President, Caris Life Sciences
George Sledge Jr., MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Caris Life Sciences
James Hamrick, MD, MPH
Chairman, Caris Precision Oncology Alliance, Caris Life Sciences
Joseph Sparano, MD, FACP
Professor in Clinical Cancer Therapeutics, Associate Director of Clinical Research Operations and Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pedram Razavi, MD, PhD
Director of Liquid Biopsy & Genomics Medical Oncologist and Physician Scientist, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Danielle Bitterman, MD
Principal Investigator Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Clinical Lead for Data Science/AI, Mass General Brigham Digital
- Welcome Reception | Landing
- Welcome and Introduction, reflections on the POA® in 2025
James Hamrick, MD, MPH, Chairman, Caris Precision Oncology Alliance, Caris Life Sciences - Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD: “Transforming Oncology R&D through AI”
- Richard Pazdur, MD and George Sledge Jr., MD: “Run Away Regulator: Insights in Oncology Drug Development and Regulation Over the Past 25 Years. A fireside chat with Richard Pazdur”
- David Spetzler, PhD, MS, MBA: Caris Innovation update Caris ChromoSeq, Caris Assure v7, Caris Detect
- George Sledge Jr., MD: Clarity
- Panel Discussion: Innovation in Precision Oncology, where we are and where we’re going.
A panel discussion featuring Richard Pazdur, MD, Jorge Reis-Filho, MD, PhD,
Joseph Sparano, MD, FACP, Pedram Razavi, MD, PHD and Danielle Bitterman, MD - Caris Innovation update: David Spetzler, MS, PhD, MBA, President, Caris Life Sciences
- Recognition of fellows and working group chairs
- Adjourn meeting
- Dinner | Crown Family Great Hall
*Agenda subject to change