Event Details

Program Agenda

5 pm Registration, Cocktails, Hors de Oeuvres and book signing

5:55 p.m. Welcome

Shanell Bhagwandin, DO, FACS, MPH, Medical Director, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology Program

6 p.m. - 6:20 p.m. Three Foundations of a Sustainable Career in Medicine

Mel Thacker, MD, PCC is a fellowship-trained ENT surgeon, TEDx speaker, Professional Certified Coach, and founder of the Empowered Surgeons Group. She is the cofounder of the Hippocratic Collective, host of the Surgeons with Purpose podcast, and author of Scrubbing In. Drawing on her experience as both a surgeon and coach, Dr. Thacker challenges the hidden beliefs and cultural norms that drive physician suffering. Her work is dedicated to helping physicians create sustainable, meaningful careers while advancing a more human-centered future for medicine.

6:20 p.m. – 7:05 p.m. Keynote Speaker Title Pending

Daniel Mark Labow, MD, is the Carmen L. and Peter Buck Endowed Chair of Surgery at Northwell Health. He specializes in surgical oncology and cares for patients with primary and metastatic malignancies including esophageal, gastric (stomach), pancreas, bile duct, gallbladder, colon and rectal cancers as well as melanoma and sarcomas.

7:05 p.m. - 8 p.m. Panel Q & A

Moderator: Shanel Bhagwandin, DO, FACS, MPH, Medical Director of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Surgical Oncology Program and Program Director of the National Pancreas Foundation Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence at Jupiter Medical Center

Su Bin Kim, MD, Neurogastroenterologist and Motility Disorders

Eric Goldberg, MD, Gastroenterologist, Advanced Therapeutics

Christopher De Jesus, MD, Colorectal Surgeon

Jon Du Bois, MD, Medical Oncologist, Hematologist, Director, The Anderson Family Cancer Institute

Mel Thacker, MD, PCC

Daniel Mark Labow, MD, The Carmen L. and Peter Buck Endowed Chair of Surgery at Northwell Health