Oncology Forum - 2026 Healthcare Oncology Conference
May 6-8, 2026
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Engage Directly with Health System Leaders
Navigating the complexities of oncology leadership has never been more challenging. Between escalating specialty drug costs, evolving Washington policy, and the operational strain of building integrated cancer care programs like CAR-T therapy, Oncology Service Line Executives are under immense pressure to balance innovation with sustainability. The Health Management Academy’s Oncology Forum provides a rare solution: an intimate, member-driven setting built for strategic collaboration among peers. Designed exclusively for senior health system executives and select industry leaders, the Forum fosters candid dialogue, joint pharmacy-oncology sessions, and real-world problem-solving that lead to actionable strategies. With a strict 1:1 health system-to-industry ratio, members gain trusted insights, form meaningful partnerships, and explore new pathways to achieve seamless, cost-effective, and patient-centered oncology care.
Upcoming Event Dates and Locations
The Oncology Forum is hosted twice a year in thoughtfully selected locations across the country. Each event is timed to align with evolving industry priorities, providing a fresh opportunity to reconnect with peers, gain new insights, and advance your healthcare financial strategy.
Health System Forum Members
What Sets Oncology Forum Apart
Member-Driven Content, Curated for Oncology Service Line Executives: All our meetings are built around the priorities that matter most to today’s healthcare Oncology leaders. Members shape forum content to reflect their top priorities, such as determining the clinical and financial benefits of unprecedented transformations in cancer care.
The Right People, in the Right Room: Attendees include Oncology Service Line Executives from organizations like Mayo Clinic, Yale New Haven Health, and Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Health, alongside key industry leaders - typically CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and product and strategy executives. All participants are hand-selected based on their ability to contribute meaningfully to the conversation.
A Forum Built for Relationships: Reception-style dinners and informal social gatherings welcome friends and family and facilitate long-term relationship building.
True Partnership: This is a peer-to-peer forum. The industry executives who attend want to listen, contribute insights, and build lasting connections with cardiovascular service line leaders facing similar challenges.
The THMA Difference Lies in Access, Intentional Design, and a Strict Focus on Community
The Oncology Forum creates a purpose-built space for executive-level engagement. Every session, social setting, and touchpoint is curated to foster meaningful, candid dialogue between fellow Oncology Service Line Executives and select industry innovators, most commonly CEOs, Chief Growth Officers, and strategic product leaders.
Industry Forum Members
Topics include:
Integrating Oncology and Pharmacy Strategy: Oncology and pharmacy leaders from Banner Health shared how cross-functional partnerships are breaking down silos to improve patient access, enhance coordination, and strengthen financial sustainability. Members examined strategies for aligning clinical, operational, and financial stakeholders to deliver integrated cancer care.
Enhancing Access and Navigation in Cancer Care: Emory Healthcare leaders presented their Nurse Navigation Program and digital platform, Cancer Insights, which reduced medical record retrieval time from days to minutes. Discussions focused on redesigning patient access workflows to improve efficiency, experience, and care continuity across the oncology service line.
Advancing Precision Oncology Through Strategic Partnerships: Providence and Pfizer shared insights from their POWER initiative—Precision Oncology With Equitable Reach—illustrating how health systems and industry partners can co-create programs that expand access, leverage data for clinical decision-making, and embed equity into precision medicine strategies.
Navigating Ambulatory Infusion and Cell Therapy Models: Health systems explored build-versus-partner strategies for ambulatory infusion services and operational considerations for CAR-T cell therapy programs. Discussions highlighted infrastructure, logistics, and partnership models that enable innovative therapies to reach patients efficiently and sustainably.
The Oncology Forum Experience
Each Oncology Forum is a 2.5-day immersive experience with member-led sessions focusing on real-time challenges and forward-looking strategies. The Health Management Academy’s Fall 2025 Oncology Forum provides original insights and analysis of today’s challenges.
Our Convening Experiences
Extending Value Beyond the Oncology Conference
Members gain access to a year-round ecosystem of insights and engagement through THMA’s Executive Insights Hub. This digital platform discusses trends and challenges unique to strategic planning, as well as trending CXO priorities, from large health systems across the country. Our other year-round resources include:
Quarterly Trend Reports: Digestible insights and follow-ups from live briefings and proprietary research.
Executive Edge: A Sunday evening digest with quick-read summaries of industry-impacting events.
Post-Forum Debriefs: Key takeaways and insights from our Forums - useful even for teammates who did not attend.
Healthcare Bootcamp: A library of short videos and modules to onboard new team members or sharpen your team’s healthcare knowledge.
About The Health Management Academy
Since 1998, The Health Management Academy has cultivated the premier membership-based community of healthcare’s most influential CXOs from top U.S. health systems, as well as decision makers from innovative industry companies.
We cultivate exceptional peer groups, providing original market insights, world-class leadership development programs, and novel member alliances to more than 2,000 health system senior executives and 200 industry organizations.
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