2026 Summit agenda
July 10–12, 2026 · Boston
The three-day program. All times are Eastern Time.
Friday, July 10th, 2026
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
- 1:00 – 1:45 PM
Registration & Welcome Reception
- 1:45 – 2:00 PM
Opening Session
- 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Mentoring Block: Navigating the Pre-Med Journey
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Dr. Lauren Kearney
Pulmonary and critical care physician at Boston Medical Center and faculty at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
Dr. Jules Lin
Professor of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School and Mark B. Orringer Research Professor of Surgery.
Dr. Fatima Wilder
Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Associate Program Director of the Brigham and Women's I-6 Cardiothoracic Residency Program.
Dr. Catherine Williamson
Clinical Fellow in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Jeff Yang
Thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Founding Director of CAIIRE and Founder & Chair of ALCSI.
Dr. Steve Yang
Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins and inaugural Arthur B. and Patricia B. Modell Professor in Thoracic Surgery. Director, American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Anthony D'Amico
Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women's/Dana-Farber. Developed the widely used PSA-based prostate cancer risk classification system.
- 3:00 – 3:45 PM
Mentor Meet & Greet
Session details
The Mentor Meet & Greet session is only accessible to in-person attendees.
- 3:45 – 4:15 PM
The Power of Listening: A Journey Through Medicine, Public Health, and Education
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Former Dean of Students at Harvard Medical School and current Faculty Associate Dean for Community Engagement in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. Her work focuses on advancing health equity, community-based healthcare delivery, and medical education through innovative programs such as the Family Van mobile health clinic and HMS MEDscience, which address healthcare disparities and educational achievement gaps.
- 4:15 – 4:20 PM
Break
- 4:20 – 5:05 PM
ALCSI Highlights
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4:20 – 4:22 PMIntroduction
4:22 – 4:25 PMLung Cancer Screening Signage Initiative
4:25 – 4:30 PMUniversity of Chicago Chapter Highlights
4:30 – 4:35 PMUniversity of California, Los Angeles Chapter Highlights
4:35 – 4:40 PMGroundbreaking Initiatives in Lung Cancer Screening Awareness
4:40 – 4:45 PMUniversity of California, Berkeley Chapter Highlights
4:45 – 4:50 PMUniversity of California, Irvine Chapter Highlights
4:50 – 4:55 PMGlobal Early Detection Initiative (GEDI)
4:55 – 5:05 PMIntroducing ALCSI Live
Saturday, July 11th, 2026
Markell Conference Center, 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA 02145
- 7:00 – 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
- 8:00 – 8:15 AM
Opening Session: Introduction, Leadership, ALCSI Year in Review
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Thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Founding Director of CAIIRE and Founder & Chair of ALCSI.
- 8:15 – 9:00 AM
Keynote Talk: How to Lead and Innovate in Lung Cancer — Pioneering Early Detection, Treatment, and Clinical Trials
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Professor of Surgery and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Chicago. Her clinical focus is the multidisciplinary care of lung, esophageal, and mediastinal disease, with research centered on early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
- 9:00 – 9:30 AM
Break
- 9:30 – 10:20 AM
Journey Through Medicine Panel
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Dr. Jessica Donington
Professor of Surgery and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Chicago. She treats the full spectrum of lung, esophageal, and mediastinal disease and focuses on multidisciplinary care for benign and malignant chest disease.
Dr. Anthony D'Amico
Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women's/Dana-Farber. Developed the widely used PSA-based prostate cancer risk classification system.
Dr. Stephen Yang
Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins and inaugural Arthur B. and Patricia B. Modell Professor in Thoracic Surgery. Director, American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Jeff Yang
Thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Founding Director of CAIIRE and Founder & Chair of ALCSI.
Dr. Colleen Keyes
Director of Interventional Pulmonology and Site Director for the Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She leads procedural and educational work in complex pulmonary care.
Dr. Priya Gupta
Primary Care Physician at the MGH Charlestown Health Care Center, Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Senior Medical Director for Mobile Health Services at the MGH Kraft Center for Community Health
- 10:20 – 10:30 AM
Break
- 10:30 – 10:50 AM
Designing Measurable and Scalable Community Interventions: Lessons from a Public Health Leader
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Chief Community Health and Equity Officer at Mass General Brigham, Executive Director of the Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Conrad Taff Professor of Pediatrics in Nutrition at Harvard Medical School
- 10:50 – 11:00 AM
Break
- 11:00 – 11:30 AM
Keynote Talk: Fireside Chat Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Former Director of NIAID (1984–2022), advisor to seven U.S. Presidents, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. Principal architect of PEPFAR and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 11:30 – 11:45 AM
Break
- 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
How to Lead—and Still Be Whole
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Thoracic medical oncologist at Dana-Farber and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. PI of the Florez Lab and Associate Editor at New England Journal of Medicine.
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Mentoring Lunch
Session details
The Mentoring Lunch session is only accessible to in-person attendees.
- 1:00 – 2:30 PM
ALCSI Lung Cancer Innovation Challenge Finalist Presentations
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Breathe Easy Initiative
Increasing awareness of lung cancer screening and connecting eligible adults with potentially life-saving low-dose CT scans through community education, partnerships, and outreach.
Rising 10th Grade • Highland Mills, New York
Rising 8th Grade • Highland Mills, New York
Project Breathe Hope
Project Breathe Hope is a student-led initiative utilizing immersive educational walkthroughs, interactive activities, and digital outreach to connect individuals with resources and promote lung cancer screening awareness among various communities.
Rising 12th Grade • Milpitas, California
Rising 12th Grade • Milpitas, California
Rising 12th Grade • Milpitas, California
BreatheSafe: Radon Exposure Awareness Initiative
BreatheSafe is a public health initiative working to detect and educate individuals about radon, the second-leading cause of lung cancer that's quietly living in 1 in 15 homes.
Rising 12th Grade • Elgin, Illinois
Rising 12th Grade • Naperville, Illinois
Rising 12th Grade • Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Early Beats Late
Early Beats Late is a behavioral intervention that increases engagement with lung cancer screening by placing preventive health resources in environments where people are already thinking about risk and protection.
Rising 12th Grade • Los Angeles, California
Lung Cancer Awareness at 40,000 Feet in the Air: An In-Flight Campaign to Change Lives
Speaking on airplanes to raise awareness for lung cancer and lung cancer screening.
Rising College Freshman • Atlanta, Georgia
LungFACTS (Follow-up Analytics and Community Targeting System)
LungFACTS combines an AI patient navigator with a national lung cancer screening tracking system to simplify care navigation, improve access, and ensure patients complete every step of the screening pathway.
Rising 12th Grade • Malvern, Pennsylvania
Rising 11th Grade • Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Breath of Remembrance
Breath of Remembrance showcases the stories of individuals affected by lung cancer through student-created visual and performing arts to promote lung cancer screening awareness.
Rising 12th Grade • Corona, California
MythSmash: Scan to Know
MythSmash is a stigma-free, gamified lung cancer screening awareness campaign that converts passive information into measurable engagement.
Rising 11th Grade • Houston, Texas
ALCSIx: Utilizing Immersion to Visualize the Lung Screening Center
ALCSIx is a virtual reality software developed to address barriers in lung cancer tabling through an immersive screening center that allows participants to experience the entire lung screening process before attending a real appointment.
Incoming College Freshman • Valdosta, Georgia
Rising 11th Grade • Valdosta, Georgia
The National Billboard Project
A highly cost-effective marketing campaign that successfully secured 112.7 million views for lung cancer screening advertisements across nine states, including billboards and bus stop ads to raise awareness about lung cancer and lung cancer screening.
Rising College Freshman • Atlanta, Georgia
Rising 12th Grade • Lee County, Georgia
- 2:30 – 2:50 PM
Lessons in Lung Cancer Advocacy from a New York Times Best Selling Author & Patient Advocate
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Lung cancer survivor and founder of Cancer Doesn't Care, advocating for earlier detection and expanded access to lung cancer screening.
- 2:50 – 3:10 PM
ALCSI Lung Cancer Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony
- 3:10 – 3:15 PM
Break
- 3:15 – 4:15 PM
Distinguished Lecture Series
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3:15 – 3:35 PMWhy Physicians are Needed in Hospital Leadership
Professor of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School and Mark B. Orringer Research Professor of Surgery.
3:35 – 3:55 PMFinding Your Focus and Passion
Landry Family Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Cancer Early Detection and Diagnostics Program at Mass General Brigham. Senior author of the Sybil lung cancer risk model.
3:55 – 4:15 PMThe Power of Words: Lessons in Communicating Lung Cancer Screening
Chief of Thoracic Oncology at UCLA Health's Department of Radiation Oncology. He is internationally recognized for high-precision radiation therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, small-cell lung cancer, and thymoma.
- 4:15 – 4:45 PM
Break
- 4:45 – 5:45 PM
Survivorship Panel
Session details
The Survivorship Panel session is only accessible to in-person attendees.
- 5:45 – 6:00 PM
Closing Remarks
Sunday, July 12th, 2026
Markell Conference Center, 399 Revolution Drive, Somerville, MA 02145
- 9:00 – 10:15 AM
Clinical Teaching (Interactive Lecture)
Session details
Dr. Colleen Keyes
Director of Interventional Pulmonology and Site Director for the Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She leads procedural and educational work in complex pulmonary care.
Dr. Lauren Kearney
Pulmonary and critical care physician at Boston Medical Center and faculty at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Her work focuses on culturally tailored community-engaged interventions that reduce disparities in lung cancer prevention and screening.
Dr. Steve Yang
Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins and inaugural Arthur B. and Patricia B. Modell Professor in Thoracic Surgery. Director, American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Jeff Yang
Thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Founding Director of CAIIRE and Founder & Chair of ALCSI.
- 10:15 – 10:30 AM
Break
- 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
ALCSI Innovation Hackathon
Session details
10:30 – 11:30 AMHackathon Preparation
11:30 AM – 12:15 PMHackathon Presentations
12:15 – 12:30 PMAnnouncement of Hackathon Winner
The ALCSI Innovation Hackathon sessions are only accessible to in-person attendees.
- 12:30 – 12:40 PM
Summit Highlights
Session details
Thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Founding Director of CAIIRE and Founder & Chair of ALCSI.
- 12:40 – 1:00 PM
Break
- 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Oral Presentations
American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative is not affiliated with Harvard University, nor is 2026 American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative Summit a Harvard University program or activity.