CGC 2026 Program Committee

The CGC Program Committee is responsible for the development of the CGC Annual Meeting with the goal of ensuring an exceptional meeting experience for each attendee. The Program Committee plans, manages, and helps execute each facet of the meeting including scientific program development, industry support recruitment, and attendee engagement. Committee members participate in program design, selection of session topics and invited speakers, abstract review, and meeting promotion.

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Sara Akhavandard, MD, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Katie Bone, PhD, FACMG, MSc
Committee Member

Yunjia Chen, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Avinash Dharmadhikari

Avinash V. Dharmadhikari, PhD, MS, FACMG
Advisor

Casey Brewer

R. Vince Duan, PhD
Committee Member

Adrian Dubuc, PhD, FACMG
Advisor

Shivani Golem
Committee Member

Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna

Obi L. Griffith, PhD
Advisor

Jane Houldsworth

Jane Houldsworth, PhD
Advisor

Chuan Gao

Prasad Kopparapu
Committee Member

Wesley Goar

Kilannin Krysiak, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Patrick Gonzales

Angela Lager, PhD, FACMG
Advisor

Brynn Levy

Brynn Levy, MSc, PhD, FACMG
Advisor

Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna

Minjie Luo, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Wahab A. Khan

Fady Mikhail, MD, PhD, FACMG
Advisor

Fadi Mikhail

Huan Mo
Committee Member

John M. O'Shea, PhD
Committee Member

Aiko Otsubo, PhD
Committee Member

Thuy Phung

Madhulatha Pantrangi
Committee Member

Cate Paschal

Cate Randall Paschal, PhD, FACMG
Chair

Scott Smith

Jason Saliba
Committee Member

Niroshi Senaratne, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Scott Carl Smith, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Lu Wang, MD, PhD, FACMG
Committee Member

Chaofan Zhang, PhD
Committee Member