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Announcing the Commission on Cancer Oncology Lecturer

Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers to Deliver a Lecture Titled: The Promising Future of Cancer Therapeutics and Care 

NL07 - Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | 12:45–1:45 pm CT

Selwyn M. Vickers, MD, FACS is president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and director of the MSK Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is a world-renowned surgeon, pancreatic cancer researcher, and pioneer in health disparities research. His major research interests include gene therapy as an application in the treatment of pancreatobiliary tumors, the role of growth factors and receptors in the oncogenesis of pancreatic cancer, the implications of FAS expressions and Tamoxifen in the growth and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma, assessment of clinical outcomes in the surgical treatment of pancreatobiliary tumors, and the role of death receptors in the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Vickers is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research and honorary member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation. He is a member of over 22 professional societies and has held leadership roles in many including the NAM, American Surgical Association and Society of Black Academic Surgeons. He has more than 270 peer-reviewed publications spanning 25 years of NIH funding investigating the molecular basis for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, developing novel therapeutic approaches, and understanding disparities in cancer incidence, access to care, and clinical trial enrollment.

Vickers has held several academic leadership roles including chair of the department of surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical School, dean and senior vice president of the Heersink School of Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and CEO of the UAB Health Systems and CEO of the UAB/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance.

Cancer Programs Panel Sessions at Clinical Congress 2025

CoC Meetings at Clinical Congress

All meetings take place Saturday, October 4, 2025.

• 8:00–10:00 am | CoC Executive Committee Meeting (by invitation only – Executive Committee Members)
• 10:15 am–12:00 pm | CoC State Chair Town Hall (by invitation only – State Chairs and Executive Committee Members)

• 12:00–1:00 pm CT | CoC VIP Luncheon

• 1:30 pm–5:00 pm CT | CoC Plenary Session

All meetings will be held at:

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
2233 S. Martin Luther King Dr.
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 597-1234