Healio | HemOnc Today to Announce Disruptive Innovators

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 30, 2025

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Thorofare, NJ — Healio is set to announce the winners of the 2025 oncology and hematology Disruptive Innovators Awards at a live event held during the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting this Saturday, May 31. The Awards Reception will take place in The TAP, within the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

The hosts, Shikha Jain, MD, FACP, and Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, FACP, FASCO, will unveil nine new Disruptive Innovators at the reception. The winners, chosen by their own peers and colleagues, will be recognized for the impact and positive disruption they make to the field.

“I’m excited to join Dr. Jain in awarding the 2025 Disruptive Innovators,” said Kim. “It’s always a pleasure to take part in giving the winners the recognition they deserve.”

The list of nominees is comprised of impressive physicians, researchers, institutions, and influencers:

• Clinical Innovation Nominees: Clinical Net, Clinical trial matching start-up; Dana Farber Cancer Institute, PATH intervention for stem cell transplant recipients; Massachusetts General Hospital, Palliative care via telehealth; MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Virtual reality therapy for cancer-related pain; MyEleanor, AI patient navigation for CRC screening; UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, At-home symptom reporting

• Next Gen Disruptor Nominees: Shraddha Dalwadi, MD, MBA; Nazli Dizman, MD; Morgan S. Levy, MD, MPH; Kelly Meza, MD; Tycel Phillips, MD; Rishi Robert Sekar, MD, MS

• Lifetime Disruptor Nominees: Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD; Otis Webb Brawley, MD, MACP; Crystal L. Mackall, MD; Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD; John H. Stewart IV, MD, MBA, FACS

• Woman Disruptor of the Year Nominees: Monique A. Hartley-Brown, MD, MMSC; Pamela Kunz, MD; Betty S. Pace, MD; Camille C.R. Ragin, PhD; W. Kimryn Rathmell, MD, PhD, MMHC; Sandra Swain, MD, FACP, FASCO

• Social Media Influencer Nominees: Amy Comander, MD, @dramycomander; Aaron Goodman, MD, @AaronGoodman33; Amani Jambhekar, MD, @ajvictorymd; Sanjay Juneja, MD, @theoncdoc; Joseph Mikhael, MD, @jmikhaelmd; Laura Vater, MD, @doclauravater

• The Patient Voice Nominees: Black Cancer Collaborative; Cancer Support Community; EGFR Resisters; Pancreatic Cancer Action Network; Patient Empowerment Network; Triage Cancer

• Health Equity Award Nominees: Nadine Barrett, PhD, MA, MPH; Maria Borrero, MD; William Dale, MD, PhD, FASCO; Anna Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC; Shearwood McClelland III, MD; Nathalie D. McKenzie, MD

• Advanced Practitioner of the Year Nominees: Ashley Leak Bryant, PhD, MSN, RN, OCN, FAAN; Beth Faiman, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC, AOCN; Lucy J. Gansauer, MSN, RN, OCN, CCRP; Jennifer R. Majumdar, PhD, MSN, CRNA; William “Billy” Rosa, PhD, MBE, MS; Eric D. Tetzlaff, MHS, PA-C, DFAAPA

• Industry Breakthrough Nominees: Amtagvi (lifileucel, Iovance Biotherapeutics); Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln, ImmunityBio); Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel, Bristol Myers Squibb); Itovebi (inavolisib, Genentech); Tevimbra (tislelizumab-jsgr, BeiGene); Voranigo (vorasidenib, Servier Pharmaceuticals); Ziihera (zanidatamab-hrii, Jazz Pharmaceuticals)

To register for this exclusive live event, or to learn about past winners, please visit Healio.com/Innovators.

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