Speaker Profile
MD, FACP, Center Associate Director, Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Biography
Dr. Kurzrock is a boardcertified medical oncologist and a renowned expert in precision medicine. She developed one of the worlds largest Phase I clinical trial programs while at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Kurzrock also founded the UCSDs Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, focusing on genomicallydriven therapy as well as precision immunotherapy, especially in rare cancers. Dr. Kurzrock brought the first transcriptomic study to the clinic in an international setting spanning five countries (WINTHER), as well as the first Nof1 study of individually customized combination therapy (IPREDICT). Dr. Kurzrock received her MD from the University of Toronto, Canada. She has 900 PubMed publications, an Hindex of 140, has been named to the lists of most highly cited scientists in the world. She has a uniquely strong record of competitive funding with 100 million dollars in lifetime funding, and has overseen early development of multiple drugs that are now FDA approved.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2024 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- PMWC 2024 Award Ceremony:
Luminary Honoree: Catriona Jamieson, UCSD Health
- Keynote: Targeting Cancer Stem Cells in Precision Oncology
- Catriona Jamieson, UCSD Health
- Revolutionizing Clinical Trials: Precision Oncology and Novel Trial Designs (PANEL)
Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, MCW
- Andrea Cercek, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Apostolia Tsimberidou, MD Anderson
- Ben George, MCW
- Transcriptomics in Precision Oncology: Opportunities and Limitations (PANEL)
Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, MCW
- Andrea Califano, Columbia University
- Charles Perou, University of North Carolina
- Eytan Ruppin, NIH
- Bruce Quinn, Bruce Quinn Assoc LL
- David W. Craig, City of Hope Cancer Center - Legislation Mandating Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing
- Kathryn Phillips, UCSF
- Collaborative Frontiers: Transforming Cancer Care Access and Patient Outcomes (PANEL)
Chair: Maggie Rougier-Chapman, Labcorp
- Jennifer Rushton, Baptist Health System San Antonio, TX
- Rebecca Previs, Duke Cancer Institute
- Suzanne Garner, Outcomes4Me
- Taylor Jensen, Labcorp - Exploring the Clinical Utility of Dynamic ctDNA Monitoring
Chair: Lincoln Pasquina, Foundation Medicine
- Hatim Husain, UCSD - Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs): Tracing the Evolution and Forecasting the Future (PANEL)
Chair: Adrian Lee, UPMC
- Sandhya Girish, Gilead
- Neelima Denduluri, Astra Zeneca
- Hope S. Rugo, UCSF - PMWC Showcase
- Michael Milburn, Genecentric Tx
- Robert Cook, Castle Bio
- Mark P. de Souza,SonALAsense, Inc.
- Amrie Grammer, Ampel Biosolutions - NCI Showcase
- Nick Reder, Alpenglow Bio
