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SIO 2026 Program

DAY ONE: September 29

 

8 am to 12 pm Pre-Conference Workshops
8 am to 12 pm • Oncology Acupuncture 102: Advanced Clinical Decision-Making, Safety Governance, and System Integration
8 am to 9:45 am • From Silos to Synergy: Advancing Belonging in Integrative Oncology (IO) Through Interprofessional Collaboration
• Find Your Inner Child: Mind–Body Interventions in Pediatric Oncology
• Listening, Trust, and Belonging: Reframing Integrative Oncology for Diverse Populations
9:45 am to 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 am to 12 pm • Applying Implementation Science to Advance High-Quality Integrative Oncology Care: Lessons from the IMAGINE Project
• Ayurveda support for cancer survivorship
• The Integrative Oncology Communication Lab: Scripts, Skills, and Strategies You Can Use Monday Morning
12 am to 1 pm Lunch (not provided)
1 pm to 1:30 pm Opening remarks: Co-chairs, President
• Dr. Otis Brawley
• Steven Kalkanis
• Adnan Munkarah
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm Keynote: Dr. Tiffany Carson
“Diet and Cancer Prevention in Marginalized Populations”
2:30 pm to 3 pm BREAK
3 pm to 4:30 pm Plenary: Food Insecurity
• Theresa A. Hastert, PhD
• Dr. Margaret Raber
• Verlycia Dixon
4:30 to 6:30 pm Poster reception

DAY TWO: September 30

 

7:45 am to 8:45 am Breakfast Committee round tables
9 am to 10 am Keynote: Dr. Kathryn Schmitz
“If Exercise Were a Pill, We would Prescribe it to all Patients with Cancer. But it’s not.”
10 am to 11 am Plenary: Cardio-oncology
• Dr. Jessica Scott
• Dr. Saro H. Armenian
• Dr. Susan Dent
11 am to 11:30 am BREAK
11:30 am to 12:45 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Workshops/Orals
12:45 pm to 1:45 pm Lunch
State of SIO
1:45 pm to 2:45 pm Keynote: Dr. Benjamin Movsas
“The Power of PROs (patient reported outcomes)”
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm Plenary: Clinical Practice Guideline Committee (CPGC) – Implementation of Guidelines into Practice
• Dr. Heather Greenlee
• Dr. Lynda Balneaves
• Dr. Nofisat Ismaili
3:45 pm to 4:15 pm BREAK
4:15 pm to 5:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Workshops/Orals
7 pm to 10 pm Gala

DAY THREE: October 1

 

7:45 am to 8:45 am Breakfast Committee round tables
9 am to 10 am Plenary: SIO/MASCC – Advancing Supportive Oncology: Integrative Multimodal Management of Symptom Clusters
• Hannah Wardill, PhD
• Alex Chan PharmD, PhD, MPH
• Judith Lacey MD
10 am to 11 am Keynote: Dr. Susan Chang
“Supporting NeuroOncology Caregivers- the Gordon Murray Caregiver Program at UCSF”
11 am to 11:30 am BREAK
11:30 am to 12:45 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Workshops/Orals (Place Best of SIO at this Session)
12:45 pm to 2 pm Lunch: Plenary: Reynold’s Foundation
2 pm to 3 pm Keynote: Dr. Victor J. Strecher
“How we as integrative providers can help to cultivate life purpose in people diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones”
3 pm to 3:15 pm BREAK
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS: Workshops/Orals
4:30 pm to 5 pm Closing
 

* program is subject to change