Charles L. Spurr Piedmont Oncology Symposium

October 16, 2026

Agenda

8:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibits

8:50 am Welcome & Remarks

Bayard Powell, MD, FACP Professor, Department of Cancer Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine

9:00 am The Many Faces of Interventional Radiology in the Care of Cancer and Hematology Patients

Erica Emmons, MD Assistant Professor, Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology Wake Forest University School of Medicine

10:00 am Breast Cancer Updates

Michael Pierro, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine

11:00 am Break

11:15 am The Microbiome in Cancer Care: Present Evidence and Future Potential

Katherine Cook, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Biology Wake Forest University School of Medicine

12:15 pm Lunch and Exhibits

1:30 pm Announcements

Bayard Powell, MD

1:40 pm Oncology Case Based Panel Discussion: Applying Evidence to Practice

Michael Goodman, MD (Moderator) Associate Professor, Department of Cancer Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine

2:40 pm RAS Unlocked: Are We Entering a New Treatment Era in Pancreas Cancer?

Caio Max S. Rocha Lima, MD M. Robert Cooper Professor in Medical Oncology Co-leader, GI Oncology and Co-leader, Phase I Program Professor, Department of Cancer Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine

3:40 pm Adjourn