Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Grand Rounds

Time: Thursdays, 12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Course Director: Colin D. Weekes, MD, PhD
Co-Course Directors: E. Chiocca, MD, PhD; Paul Nguyen, MD; Motaz Qadan, MD, PhD

The Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Grand Rounds program has emerged as a premiere oncology conference in Boston. This program provides an opportunity for Mass General Brigham professional staff and fellows to learn from national and international leaders and innovators in cancer treatment and research. This year’s theme for the series is Science Derived from Mass General Brigham Investigators.

Grand Rounds offers CME credit, and is structured as a 45-minute lecture followed by 15 minutes of discussion and interaction. Please see below to view the weekly topics and presenters.

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Spring 2026 Grand Rounds Schedule

January 8, 2026
ASH Updates

Bennett Caughey, MD
Diana Cirstea, MD
Hanno Hock, MD, PhD
Debbie Jiang, MD
Richard Newcomb, MD
Elliot Woods, MD, PhD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

January 15, 2026
Title TBD

Inga Lennes, MD, MPH, MBA
University of California, San Francisco

January 22, 2026
Title TBD

Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

January 29, 2026
Title TBD

Alexandra Golby, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

More dates and information to be announced

Fall 2025 Grand Rounds Schedule

September 11, 2025
Severe Immunotherapy Complications: Integrating Clinical Insight with Translational Innovation

Kerry Reynolds, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

Alexandra-Chloe Villani, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

September 18, 2025
The Viral-like Behavior of Cancer

David Ting, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

September 25, 2025
A New Era for AML? The Wane of Induction and the Rise of HMA Combinations

Amir Fathi, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

October 2, 2025

Moderator: Keith Flaherty, MD
Panelists: Jeff Engelman, MD; Ana Farago, MD; Julian Adams, MD

October 9, 2025
Chabner Lectureship

Dave Tuveson, MD
Cold Spring Harbor

October 16, 2025

Danielle Bitterman, MD
BWH

October 23, 2025
ASCO Review

Speakers TBD

October 30, 2025

Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD
NYU

November 20, 2025
Defining and overcoming anti-PD-1 resistance

Ryan Sullivan, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

December 4, 2025
Rethinking glioblastoma clinical trials: how to avoid sending CAR T cells to the drug graveyard

Stephen Bagley, MD, MSCE
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

December 11, 2025
Thinking Outside the B(oT)ox for the Treatment of AL Amyloidosis and Other Plasma Cell Disorders

Giada Bianchi, MD
Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute

December 18, 2025
Navigating the Changing Treatment Landscape in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

Lisa Kachnic, MD
Columbia University