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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Bio Ascend. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIANS

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

DISCLOSURE

As a jointly accredited provided, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) ensures accuracy, balance, objectivity, independence, and scientific rigor in its educational activities and is committed to protecting learners from promotion, marketing and commercial bias. All faculty, planners, and others in a position to control continuing education content participating in an accredited continuing education activity are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, and re-selling, or financial relationships in accredited continuing education. Disclosure of these commitments and/or relationships is included in these activity materials so that participants may formulate their own judgments in interpreting its content and evaluating its recommendations.

The activity may include presentation in which faculty may discuss off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments not yet FDA-approved. Participants should note that the use of products outside currently FDA-approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for FDA-approved indications. All materials are included with the permission of the faculty. The opinions expressed are those of the faculty and are not to be construed as those of UNMC or Bio Ascend.

DISCLOSURES

The accredited provided has mitigated and is disclosing identified relevant financial relationships for the following faculty, planners, and others in control of the content prior to assuming their roles:

LEAD 2026 Faculty Financial Disclosures

Faculty / Advisory Committee Member

Financial Relationships

Latifat Akintade, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Nilofer Azad, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Maria Quintos Baggstrom, MD, FACP, FASCO

Site PI for Clinical Trial: Black Diamond, Alliance/ECOG, Mythic Therapeutics, Nuvalent

Jodi Bass

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Carolina Bernabe, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Julie Brahmer, MD, MSc, FASCO

Consultant: Amgen, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, RAPT Therapeutics, Sanofi

Amy Clark, MD

TBC

Meryl Colton, MD

Advisor: Genmab, Pfizer

Madison Conces, MD

Speaker: Incyte Corporation
Advisory Board: Guardant, Johnson & Johnson

Neelima Denduluri, MD, FASCO

Employee: AstraZeneca

Jaydira Del Rivero, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Nazli Dizman, MD

Ownership/Stock (Significant Other): Medline Global LLC
Consultant: Eisai

Catherine Fahey, MD, PhD

Advisory Board: Exelixis, Johnson & Johnson
Speaker: ASCO, Medical Education Consortium

Idalid Franco, MD, MPH

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Christine Garcia, MD

Consultant: Catalyst, Janssen, Pfizer, Regeneron, Rigel

Johanna Ghayad, PharmD, ACC

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Jennifer Grandis, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Tricia Kalwar, MD, MPH, FASCO

Consultant: Cardinal Health Program, Decera Clinical Education

Catherine Lai, MD, MPH

Consultant: Genentech, Kura Ad Board: Daiichi Sankyo, Geron, Foundation Oncology, Syndax
Consultant / Ad Board: AbbVie, Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Rigel

Kaitlyn Lapen, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Yuxin Liu, MD

Research funding: Bristol Myers Squibb, Sanofi
Advisory Board: Opna Bio

Ariella Marshall, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Kriti Mittal, MD, MS

Education Grant to Institution: Pfizer Honorarium: AstraZeneca, Janssen

Amanda Nizam, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Coral Olazagasti, MD

TBC

Sapna Patel, MD

TBC

Bhumika Patel, MD

TBC

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS, FASCO

Scientific Advisory / Consultant: Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eisai, Flatiron, Merck

Brittany Ragon, MD

Advisory Board: Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Syndax
Protocol Review: NMDP

Ilana Schlam, MD, MPH

Consultant/Advisor: AstraZeneca, Novartis
Travel Support: Case45

Lynn Schuchter, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Susan Scott, MD

Research funding (direct to institution),
Consultant: AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson Research funding (direct to institution): Black Diamond Therapeutics, Nuvalent
Consultant: Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo

Danielle Shafer, DO

TBC

Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO

Consultant: AstraZeneca, Boston Scientific, Elevar, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, ICON Clinical Research, Syneos
Advisory Board: AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Exelixis, Jazz, Merck, Novocure, Servier, Zymeworks
Research to Institution: Actuate, Bristol Myers Squibb, Compass, Exelixis, Faeth, Immuno Vaccine, Lisata, Merck, Seagen

Aditi Singh, MD

Institutional Research Funding: Gilead Sciences, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Harpreet Singh, MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Deborah Stephens, DO

Consultant: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, BeOne, Genentech, Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Pharmacyclics
Research Funding to Institution: AbbVie, BeOne, Genentech

Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH

Research Funding: Natera, Pfizer

Ana Velazquez Manana, MD, MSc

Consultant: AstraZeneca, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, DSI, EMD Serono, Janssen, Lilly, Nuvation Bio, Pfizer, Regeneron

Claire Verschraegen, MD

Steering Committee Member for Unloxcyt: SunPharma

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Latifat Akintade, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Julie Brahmer, MD, MS

Consultant: Amgen, AstraZeneca, GSK, RAPT Therapeutics, Sanofi Aventis

Pelin Cinar, MD, MS

Employer: Gilead Sciences

Arpita Desai, MD

Advisory Board: Aveo, Exelixis, Janssen, Merck

Nazli Dizman, MD

Stock/Ownership (Significant other): Medline Global Inc.

Consultant: Eisai

Natalie Ertz-Archambault, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Jacquelyne Gaddy, MD, MSc, MSCR

No financial relationships to disclose

Joanna Ghayad, PharmD, ACC

Employee: Bristol Myers Squibb

Jennifer Grandis, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Carmen Guerra, MD, MSCE

Member, Advisory Board: Guardant Health, Natera, Roche

Grant (Institution): Genentech

Jennifer Hatcher, RN, PhD

No financial relationships to disclose

Leora Horn, MD, MSc, MHPE, FRCPC

Employee: AstraZeneca

Dame Idossa, MD

Travel: Optum Health, Bio Ascend

Consulting: Trial Library

Shivani Kapur, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Catherine Lai, MD

Advisor: Daiichi Sankyo, Novartis, Pfizer, Taiho Oncology

Consultant/Ad Board: AbbVie, Astellas, BMS, Rigel

Ad Board: Arcellx, Servier, Syndax

Honoraria: Bio Ascend

Consultant: Genentech, Jazz Pharma, PDS Biotechnology

Deepu Madduri, MD

Employee: Johnson & Johnson

Reshma Mahtani, MD

Consultant: Agendia, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Genentech, Hologic, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Puma Biotechnology, Sanofi, Stemline, Sermonix Pharmaceuticals

Ariela Marshall, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Rana McKay, MD

Consultant: Ambrx, Arcus, AstraZeneca, Aveo, Bayer, Blue Earth Diagnostics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Calithera, Caris, Daiichi Sankyo, Dendreon, Exelixis, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Merck, Myovant, Neomorph, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, SeaGen, Sorrento Therapeutics, Telix, Tempus

Neha Mehta-Shah, MD

Advisory Board/Consultant: Acrotech Biopharma, AstraZeneca, C4 Therapeutics, Genentech/Roche, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, Ono Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Secura Bio/Red Nucleus, Verastem

Grant/Institutional Research Funding: AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, C4 Therapeutics, Celgene, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo, Dizal Pharmaceuticals, Genentech/Roche, Innate Pharmaceuticals, MorphoSys, Seagen

Christiana Mo, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Amanda Nizam, MD

Consulting or advisory role: AVEO Oncology*, Astellas Pharma, Seagen, Pfizer, EMD Serono/Merck KGaA, Formedics (formerly Mashup Media), IDEOlogy Health*, Medscape

Honoraria: Cleveland Clinic*, Aptitude Health*, Targeted Oncology*, IntegrityCE*, MECC Global Meetings, ASCO, Doximity*, Flatiron Health, SignifyMD

Bladder Cancer Section Editor: GU Oncology Now

Travel and accommodation expenses: ASCO, MECC Global Meetings, Formedics (formerly Mashup Media)

*Financial relationship ended

Coral Olazagasti, MD

Ad Board: BMS, Pfizer

Consultant: Lung Cancer Today

Sapna Patel, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Shruti Patel, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, MS

Scientific Advisory: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, BMS Eisai, EMD Serono, Flatiron, Astellas, Merck, Pfizer, SeaGen, Signatera, Synthekine, Aura Biosciences, Adaptimmune, 23andMe, Daiichi Sankyo

Gladys Rodriguez, MD

Stock ownership: Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Novodisk

Lynn Schuchter, MD

No financial relationships to disclose

Lacey Scott Williams, MD

Consultant: Aptitude Health

Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, FASCO

Advisory Board: AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals., Clovis, Genentech, Natera, Incyte, Merck, QED Therapeutics, Server, Zymeworks Biopharm., Astellas, Duo

Research Funding: IMV Inc., LOXO, Merck, Novocure, NUCANA, Bristol-Myers Squib, Pieris, QED Therapeutics, Seagen, Taiho, Bayer

Consulting: SYROS, Hookipa Pharma, AbbVie, Ability, Elevar Therapeutics

Surbhi Singhal, MD

Consultant: BMS, Caris Life Sciences, Oncohost

Chetasi Talati, MD

Employer: AbbVie

Eleonora Teplinsky, MD

Medical Advisory Board: Sermo

Consultant: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, Immunogen, Novartis, Pfizer

Mazie Tsang, MD, MAS, MS

Advisory Board: AstraZeneca, Novartis, TerSera

Stock Ownership: Poseida Therapeutics

Research, Consultancy (to institution): ONO PHARMA, Eli Lilly, Genentech

Chaitra Ujjani, MD

Consultant: AbbVie, ADC Therapeutics, Alara, AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Genmab

Research: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Lilly Pharmacyclics

Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH

No financial relationships to disclose

Ana Velazquez Manana, MD

Consultant: AstraZeneca, BMS, Janssen, Merus, Regeneron

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