Faculty

Bhavana Pothuri

Attending Physician

NYU Langone Health

Dr. Bhavana Pothuri is a Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine, Medical Director of Clinical Trials Office (CTO), Director of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Trials, Director of Gynecologic Oncology Research, and Site Principal Investigator for the Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health. Her roles nationally include: Gynecologic Oncology (GOG) Foundation Director of Diversity and Health Equity for Clinical Trials, GOG Partners, Associate Clinical Trials Advisor (Ovary and Endometrial Cancer), Society of Gynecologic Oncology Board of Directors, SGO Co-Chair COVID-19 Task Force, and NY Obstetrical Society (NYOB) Executive Council, President.

2026 Sessions

General Session

First-Line Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer: Chemo-Immunotherapy Is the New Standard for All Comers vs pMMR/MSS Disease Demands a Different Strategy: Targeted Combinations and Molecular Subtyping Over Reflexive IO

This session will explore first-line treatment strategies for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, examining whether chemo-immunotherapy should be broadly applied or tailored...

Moderator
- Kathleen Moore, MD, MS
Presenter
- Bhavana Pothuri, MD
- Oladapo Yeku, MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO

Gynecological Cancers

3:30

3:50 PM

Chemo-Immunotherapy Is the New Standard for All Comers

Debate Speaker
- Oladapo Yeku, MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO

Chemo-Immunotherapy Is the New Standard for All Comers

This session will explore first-line treatment strategies for advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, examining whether chemo-immunotherapy should be broadly applied or tailored based on molecular subtype. Faculty will review key clinical trial data, including outcomes by mismatch repair status, and discuss biomarker-driven decision-making, toxicity considerations, and real-world implementation. Participants will gain practical insight into optimizing treatment selection in a rapidly evolving landscape.

This discussion will support chemo-immunotherapy as a new standard across patient populations. Faculty will highlight pivotal trials demonstrating improved outcomes with the addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy, regardless of mismatch repair status, and discuss durability of benefit, safety, and ease of implementation in routine practice.

Debate Speaker

Sunday, September 27 3:30–3:50 PM

Gynecological Cancers

Faculty

Oladapo Yeku

MD, PhD, FACP, FASCO

Associate Professor

Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute / Harvard Medical School

Dr. Oladapo Yeku is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Translational Research for the Gynecologic Oncology Program at the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute. He is an Associate Editor for Hematology and Oncology at NEJM Evidence. Dr. Yeku completed his Medical Oncology fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and is an expert on immunotherapy for gynecologic cancers. Dr. Yeku is actively involved as a Principal Investigator in early-phase drug development, immunotherapy, and adoptive cellular therapy clinical trials. His translational laboratory studies the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in Gynecologic Cancers and develops immunotherapeutic approaches such as bispecific T-cell engagers and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells to overcome these obstacles.

3:50

4:10 PM

pMMR/MSS Disease Demands a Different Strategy: Targeted Combinations and Molecular Subtyping Over Reflexive IO

Debate Speaker
- Bhavana Pothuri, MD

pMMR/MSS Disease Demands a Different Strategy: Targeted Combinations and Molecular Subtyping Over Reflexive IO

This discussion will argue for a more tailored approach in pMMR/MSS disease. Faculty will examine the comparatively modest benefit of immunotherapy in this subgroup and emphasize the role of targeted combinations and molecular subtyping to guide treatment. Practical considerations around patient selection, sequencing, and emerging data will be addressed.