Speaker Profile
M.D., Ph.D., Senior Medical Director, Convergent Tx
Biography
Dr. Jones Nauseef is a board-certified medical oncologist and physician scientist with expertise in prostate cancer genomics, management, and clinical trials. At Convergent Therapeutics, he has driven clinical development and the initiation of the phase II CONVERGE-01 trial. Following his PhD in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, he completed his Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology training at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and remained to serve as an Assistant Professor and member of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine and the Meyer Cancer Centers Experimental Therapeutics program. He contributed to the design and execution of anti-PSMA radiopharmaceutical trials (e.g., 225Ac-J591). He has served as a key opinion leader on genitourinary therapeutics and participated in national collaborative consortia. Beyond PSMA, his research focus included the genomics of African-ancestry prostate cancers and on advanced, non-adenocarcinoma prostate tumors. He maintains a courtesy affiliation with WCM and a research collaboration with the New York Genome Center.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony:
Luminary Honoree: Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Pioneer Honoree: Michael E. Phelps, UCLA - Keynote: Precision Imaging for Precision Medicine
- Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Keynote: PET Imaging and Theranostics: Revolutionizing Cancer Detection and Treatment
- Michael E. Phelps, UCLA
- Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy (PANEL)
Chair: Wiliam Oh, Yale Caner Center
- Naga Vara Kishore Pillarsetty, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Jones Nauseef, Convergent Therapeutics
- Thomas Hope, UCSF
- Advancements in Digital Imaging: Enhancing Accuracy in Cancer Diagnostics
Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Eliot Siegel, VA Maryland Healthcare System
- Sharmila Majumdar, UCSF
- Wafik El-Deiry, Brown University - Digitalizing Oncology Care: Challenges and Opportunities (PANEL)
Chair: Christian Wolfrum, Siemens Healthineers
- Ashley Smith, Varian
- Marshall Pitz, Manitoba Cancer Care
- Measuring Tumor Aggressiveness: How Nanotechnology is Shaping the Future of Cancer Diagnostics
- Marija Plodinec, ARTIDIS
- Alastair Thompson, Baylor College of Medicine
- Stacey Tinianov, Advocates for Collaborative Education
- Overcoming Health System Barriers and Redefining Oncology Endpoints: The Role of MRD
- Krupa Paranjpe, Sanofi - Unlocking MRD Testing and Beyond: Combining Ultra-High Sensitivity WGS with Low Cost
- Gilad Almogy, Ultima Genomics - Ultra-Rapid NGS Testing: Why Time Matters
- Luca Quagliata, ThermoFisher
- Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, Massachusetts General Hospital
- PMWC Showcase
- Tuvik Beker, Pangea Biomed
- Navigating Regulatory Hurdles and Reimbursement Pathways for Oncology Innovations
Chair: Sheila Walcoff, Goldbug Strategies
- Wui-Jin Koh, NCCN - Gabriel A. Bien-Willner, Palmetto GBA
- Erin Satterwhite, Optum Specialty Pharmacy
