Intro to CRI What to expect at this two-day virtual event Welcome! We’re delighted for you to join us for the CRI Virtual Immunotherapy Patient Summit and for Tamron Hall to be your host and guide for this two-day online event. Tamron will provide an overview of what to expect over the course of the program and how to send in your questions to our experts and speakers. Dr. Jill O’Donnell-Tormey will also share how and why the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) organized these 15 informative and empowering sessions. As the world’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to harnessing the immune system’s power to cure all cancers, CRI has gathered experts to communicate the most exciting advances in cancer immunotherapy research to aid you on your cancer journey. Cancer Immunotherapy Basics: Harnessing Our Immune System to Fight Cancer Clinical Trials and Cancer Immunotherapy: Accessing Promising Treatments Patient Perspectives: Immunotherapy and Clinical Trial Experiences Bladder Cancer Immunotherapy Gynecologic Cancer Immunotherapy Liver Cancer Immunotherapy Skin Cancer and Melanoma Immunotherapy Understanding and Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Cancer Care Blood Cancer Immunotherapy Breast Cancer Immunotherapy Colorectal Cancer Immunotherapy Kidney Cancer Immunotherapy Lung Cancer Immunotherapy Pancreatic Cancer Immunotherapy Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy Go back to event page Go back Hosts Tamron Hall Award-Winning TV Host, Journalist, Executive Producer, and Philanthropist CRI Experts Julie Brahmer, MD Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Andrea Cercek, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Luis Diaz Jr., MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Peter E. Fecci, MD, PhD Duke Cancer Center, DukeHealth, and Duke University Lawrence Fong, MD UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Matthew D. Galsky, MD The Tisch Cancer Institute Sangeeta Goswami, MD, PhD The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Elizabeth Ann Mittendorf, MD, PhD Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Joseph E. Ravenell, MD Perlmutter Cancer Center NYU Langone Health Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD MSc UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Robert H. Vonderheide, MD, DPhil University of Pennsylvania Health System Jennifer Wargo, MD, MMSc The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD Perlmutter Cancer Center NYU Langone Health Theodore H. Welling, MD Perlmutter Cancer Center NYU Langone Health CRI ImmunoAdvocates LaToya Bolds-Johnson, PA-C, CAQ-EM Breast Cancer Advocate & Thriver Stephen Estrada Long-term Survivor of Stage 4 Colorectal Cancer Stephanie Gangi Breast Cancer Navigator Sunshine Pegues Lung Cancer Veteran John White Prostate Cancer Veteran CRI Moderators Brian Brewer Cancer Research Institute Sponsors Gold Silver Contributor Friend Host Institutions Request a clinical trials orientation appointment Request Questions? Contact[email protected]