2025 Oncology Summit

We hope you are available to join us for our next in-person Summit where our focus for the day will be oncology.

Program Agenda:

7:45 – 8:30 | Registration & Continental Breakfast; Exhibits Open

8:30 – 8:45 | Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:45 – 9:00 | Coaches vs. Cancer Philadelphia: How Cancer Affects Our Community

• Coach Fran Dunphy, Former Men’s Head Basketball Coach, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Lasalle University

9:00 – 9:40 | Creating a Data-Informed Strategy

• Christine Hale, MD (moderator), Consultant to National Alliance of Healthcare Purchasers Coalitions
• Brian Kehan, Director, Benefits & Wellbeing, Merck

9:40 – 10:20 | Trends in Prevention & Diagnosis

• Jeffrey Brody, Director, Corporate Relations, American Cancer Society
• Kim Schwindt, Director of Benefits, Virtua Health
• Phil Roland, MD, MHA, FACS, FACOG, Market Medical Executive, Cigna Healthcare

10:20 – 10:40 | Break & Exhibits

10:40 – 11:20 | The Future of Treatment: Innovations, Precision Medicine, and Managing Costs

• Gerry Hoffner (moderator), Senior Principal, Mercer
• Denise De Wiest, Medical Director CAR-T US Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
• NCCN

11:20 – 12:00 | Building a Care Team to Navigate the Continuum

• Edgar Chou, MD (moderator), Enterprise Medical Director, Population Health & Value Based Care, Thomas Jefferson University
• Adam Binder, MD, Quality Officer, Division of Hematologic Malignancies Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
• Aileen Espiritu, Senior Account Executive, Essity North America

12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch & Networking

1:00 – 1:05 | Introduction to Breakout Rooms

BREAKOUT ROOMS

1:05 – 1:35 | Breakout Session 1: Prevention & Early Diagnosis * See Chart Below *

1:35 – 1:40 | Break

1:40 – 2:10 | Breakout Session 2: Clinical Treatment * See Chart Below *

2:10 – 2:15 | Break

2:15 – 2:45 | Breakout Session 3: Support Services * See Chart Below *

2:45 – 2:55 | Break & Exhibits

2:55 – 3:40 | How To Build A Data-Informed Oncology Program

• Dany Matar, SVP, Client Services, Color Health
• Maria Scheeler, Administrator/Executive Director, Teamsters Health & Welfare Fund of Philadelphia

3:40 – 4:00 | Wrap-up

Certification for SHRM PDCs is pending.

* Interested in becoming a member of the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on health? Contact Tanika Smith (Tsmith@gpbch.org) for more information. You can view our current member list here.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities or general questions, contact Eric Croft (Ecroft@gpbch.org). *