Speaker Profile
M.D., Co-Leader, UPenn
Biography
Dr. DeMicheles research focuses on preventing breast cancer recurrence and metastasis with targeted drug combinations to eliminate disseminated tumor cells. Since 2005, she has been the Co-Leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program in the Abramson Cancer Center, where she also directs both the Breast Cancer Clinical Research Unit and the Breast Cancer TRACR Biobank. Dr. DeMichele has authored over 130 publications in high-impact journals such as NEJM and JAMA and has been funded by the NIH, NCI, DOD and Stand Up to Cancer. She was recently awarded the 2023 Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award from ASCO and The Conquer Cancer Foundation.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Adrian Lee, University of Pittsburgh
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Dennis J. Slamon, UCLA
• Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan
Keynote
• Dennis J. Slamon, UCLA
Keynote: From Cancer Drivers to Clinical Decisions – Transforming Tumor Genomics into Therapy Guidance
• Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan
Serial ctDNA-Guided Therapy Switching (SERENA-6 & Beyond)
• Chair: Adrian Lee, UPMC
• Pedram Razavi, MSK
• Minetta Liu, Natera
Neoadjuvant to Adjuvant MRD: How Early Is Early Enough?
• Chair: Angela DeMichele, University of Pennsylvania
• Halla Nimeiri, Tempus
• Aparna Parikh, Harvard
• Minetta Liu, Natera
• Christopher Lieu, University of Colorado
Multi-Omics Monitoring Beyond Variants: Methylation, Fragmentomics, EV/ctRNA
• David T. Miyamoto, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Maximilian Diehn, Stanford
• Daniel De Carvalho, University of Toronto
• Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan
Rapid MRD to Treatment Decisions: Standardized ctDNA at Scale
• Chair: Luca Quagliata, ThermoFisher
From Validation to Payment: Coverage Pathways That Work
• Chair: Mark Stewart, Friends of Cancer Research
• Hilary Gee Goeckner, American Cancer Society
• Sally Werner, Cancer Support Community
• Gabriel A. Bien-Willner, Palmetto GBA
