Dr. Sonali M. Smith is the Elwood V. Jensen Professor of Medicine, Section Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Co-Leader of the Cancer Service Line, and Co-Director of the Lymphoma Program at the University of Chicago in the Department of Medicine. She is a clinical investigator in lymphoma and a clinical expert in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. As faculty member at the University of Chicago since 2001, she has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has written over 25 review articles on lymphoid malignancies. She is particularly interested in targeted agents and pathway inhibitors, and has first and senior author publications through cooperative group trials and investigator-initiated trials. She has had many active leadership roles including Vice-Chair of the SWOG Lymphoma Committee since 2014, Chair of the Lymphoma Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, immediate past-chair of the ASCO 2022 Scientific Program Committee, and a founding member of the international Women in Lymphoma group. She has given educational lectures at ASH, ASCO, ASTRO, and the International Conference for Malignant Lymphomas (ICML) and is considered a thought leader in the field. She has won numerous teaching awards, including the ASCO Excellence in Education Award, and considers mentorship a key aspect of her career.