8th Annual Advances in Colorectal Oncology: Evolving Trends in Evidence-Based Practice

This two-day live symposium at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will focus on the surgical and multidisciplinary management of colorectal cancer. Esteemed national and international leaders in Surgery, Medical Oncology, and Radiation Oncology will discuss cutting-edge treatment approaches in both localized and metastatic colorectal cancer. These experts will also engage in tumor board discussions of complex cases, providing valuable insights into contemporary practices. Additionally, live surgery demonstrations will showcase advanced techniques such as Robotic TME, CME, and lateral pelvic lymph node dissection.

Attendees have the option to participate either in person or virtually. This symposium is intended for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, colorectal/hepatopancreatobiliary/oncologic surgeons, gastroenterologists, pathologists, and other oncology care team members interested in rectal cancer.

1. Describe the requirements for a successful multidisciplinary colorectal cancer program
2. Explain recent updates and clinical trials in colorectal cancer
3. Identify appropriate candidates for "Watch and Wait"
4. Discuss evidence-based practice recommendations for the management of hereditary and colitis-associated cancers
5. Review evidence-based practices in the management of Low-grade mucinous neoplasms (LAMN)

This symposium offers participants the choice of attending either in person or virtually. In-person registrants will be provided continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks. Please contact [email protected] at least one week prior to the course if you have any special dietary requests or require any specific accommodations for joining us onsite.

Discounted registration is available for specific groups. If eligible, you will receive further instructions and a promotion code to use during registration. View our Policy on Registration Discounts for more information.

Registration Fees

• Physicians (MDs, DOs, and PhDs): $400
• Advanced Practice Providers: $350
• Residents, Fellows, and Other Healthcare Providers: $300
• Industry Professionals*: $950
• MSK Employees: Complimentary

For details on our cancellation terms, please review our Cancellation Policy.

*An “industry professional” is defined as any individual, regardless of their profession type (such as MDs, PhDs, APPs, RNs, etc.) that is employed by an ineligible company. View our Registration Policy for Industry Professionals for more information.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC/CC Recognition Statement

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

• 16.00 Medical Knowledge MOC Points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's Maintenance (ABIM) of Certification Assessment Recognition program; and
• 16.00 Accredited CME and Self-Assessment MOC points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuous Certification program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABS MOC credit.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center–Nursing Professional Development / Continuing Education is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

16.25 contact hours will be awarded to participants who attend the program in its entirety and complete a program evaluation. Partial credit not awarded.

Hotel Accommodations

We look forward to welcoming you to Memorial Sloan Kettering for this program. If you’ll be traveling to New York City from out of town, we recommend that you plan your overnight stays as soon as possible. To make the planning a little easier, Memorial Sloan Kettering has negotiated special rates and amenities at select hotels in Manhattan. To view the list of select hotels and additional details on each, please visit: msk.org/accommodations

Parking Information

Street parking in Manhattan is extremely limited, so you may find it more convenient to park in Memorial Sloan Kettering’s garage or in a commercial garage. For a list of parking resources around MSK, click here. Please note that MSK CME does not offer parking validation for course attendees.

Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD
Chief, Colorectal Service, 
Department of Surgery;
Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology;
Director, Colorectal Cancer Research Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center;
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Andrea Cercek, MD
Section Head, Colorectal Cancer;
Co-Director, Center for Young Onset Colorectal and Gastrointestinal Cancers;
Associate Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service,
Department of Medicine

Garrett M. Nash, MD, MPH 
Vice Chair for Quality and Safety;
Associate Attending, Colorectal Service,
Department of Surgery

Paul Romesser, MD
Director of Colorectal and Anal Cancer,
Department of Radiation Oncology

Maria Widmar, MD, MPH
Assistant Attending, Colorectal Service,
Department of Surgery  

Rona Yaeger, MD
Associate Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service,
Department of Medicine 

MSK Symposium Planners

Philip S. Bauer, MD MS
Colorectal Surgery Fellow

Rachel Rassam, NP
Adult Care Nurse Practitioner 

Invited Symposium Faculty

René Adam, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Hôpital Paul-Brousse Ap-Hp
Villejuif, France

Geerard Beets, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Emmanouil Fokas, MD, DPhil
Professor and Chairman
Department of Radiation Oncology, Cyberknife and Radiotherapy
University Hospital Cologne
Cologne, Germany 

Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA

Danilo Miskovic, MD, PhD
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
St. Marks Hospital
Colorectal & Robotic Surgery Centre
HCA Healthcare UK
London, United Kingdom 

Aparna Parikh, MD
Associate Professor; Director; Medical Director
Harvard Medical School
Global Cancer Care Program
Young Adult Colorectal Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Rodrigo Oliva Perez, MD, PhD
Associate Physician, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Department of Gastroenterology 
Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Arthur Sun Myint, FRCP (Ed), DMRT, FRCS, FRCR, FICS
Lead Clinician (Papillon); Consultant in Clinical Oncology; Honorary Clinical Professor
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom 

C. Kees Verhoef, MD, PhD
Head of the Department Surgical Oncology and GastroIntestinal Surgery
Erasmus MC Cancer Institute
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Yi Xiao, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery 
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing, China

MSK Symposium Faculty 

Mohammad Abbass, MD
Assistant Attending, Colorectal Service,
Department of Surgery

Louise Connell, MB BCh BAO, BMedSc
Assistant Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service,
Department of Medicine

Christopher Crane, MD
Head, HPB Section;
Attending, Department of Radiation Oncology

Luis Diaz Jr., MD
Division Head, Solid Tumor Oncology;
Grayer Family Chair; 
Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service,
Department of Medicine

Imane El Dika, MD
Assistant Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service,
Department of Medicine 

Michael Foote, MD
Assistant Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service,
Department of Medicine 

Marc J. Gollub, MD, FACR
Attending, Body Imaging Service, 
Department of Radiology;
Director, Colorectal Radiology;
Professor of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

Georgios Karagkounis, MD
Assistant Attending, Colorectal Service,
Department of Surgery 

Conrad Moher, MD
Pathology Fellow

Emmanouil P. Pappou, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending, Colorectal Service, 
Department of Surgery 

Marsha Reyngold, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending,
Department of Radiation Oncology 

Leonard Saltz, MD
Head, Colorectal Oncology Section; 
Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, 
Department of Medicine 

Neil H. Segal, MD, PhD
Research Director, Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology; 
Associate Attending, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, 
Department of Medicine 

Jinru Shia, MD
Attending, 
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; 
Director, Gastrointestinal Pathology;
Professor of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College

J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD
Associate Member; Associate Attending, Colorectal Service, 
Department of Surgery;
Associate Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College

Vlasios S. Sotirchos, MD
Assistant Attending, Interventional Radiology Service,
Department of Radiology

Alice Wei, MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Co-Director, Surgical Initiatives, David M. Rubenstein Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research;  
Attending, Hepatopancreatobiliary Service,
Department of Surgery;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Iris H. Wei, MD 
Assistant Attending, Colorectal Service, 
Department of Surgery 

Martin R. Weiser, MD
Stuart H.Q. Quan Chair in Colorectal Surgery;
Attending, Colorectal Service, 
Department of Surgery;
Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College

Vonetta M. Williams, MD, PhD
Assistant Attending, 
Department of Radiation Oncology 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center gratefully acknowledges the following companies for providing a medical education grants for this live activity:

Medtronic

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is pleased to announce that the following companies will be exhibiting during this symposium:

Intera Oncology

Medtronic

Olympus Corporation of the Americas

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center gratefully acknowledges the following companies for sponsoring this live activity:

Intuitive Surgical

Natera

Tempus AI, Inc.