July 1–4, 2026 · Munich, Germany · 491 curated tweets analyzed · interactive retweet/mention graph
This is the ESMO GI 2026 influencer network — a map of the oncologists who drove the meeting's conversation, ranked by reach and engagement and drawn into an interactive retweet and mention graph. Every account is classified (physician, institution, media, industry), and clicking any KOL filters the graph to the accounts amplifying that voice. Academic leaders appear alongside rising community oncologists and fellows. Last updated July 13, 2026.










| Account | Category | Institution | Location | Topics & Trials | Tweets | Impressions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Rishabh Jain | Intl KOL | SMS Medical College / Renova Hospitals, | India | capri2galaxy | 15 | 110.5K |
Erman Akkus | Intl KOL | Ankara University | Turkey | RAS/Lungemerald1emerald3 | 26 | 42.1K |
Nieves Martinez Lago MD PhD | Intl KOL | University Hospital Complex of Santiago | Spain | RAS/Lungcapri2emerald1 | 22 | 38.8K |
Angela Lamarca | Intl KOL | Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez | Spain | RAS/Lungemerald1emerald3 | 33 | 37.4K |
Arndt Vogel | Intl KOL | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | Canada | RAS/Lungatomicemerald1 | 11 | 29.0K |
Anirban Maitra | US KOL | NYU Langone Health / Perlmutter Cancer C | NY | RAS/Lungrasolutermc9805 | 2 | 21.6K |
Grainne O'Kane | Intl KOL | Trinity St James's Cancer Institute | Ireland | RAS/GIRAS/Lunggleamproactif | 7 | 16.8K |
MV Chandrakanth | Intl KOL | NH Rabindranath Tagore Institute / Naray | India | GIbreakwatercapri2 | 14 | 15.9K |
Paolo Ciracì | Intl KOL | Hospital del Mar Research Institute | Spain | GIatomicbreakwater | 6 | 15.7K |
Dr Amol Akhade | Intl KOL | Suyog Cancer Clinics & Reliance Hospital | India | RAS/Lungatomicemerald1 | 3 | 14.0K |
Yakup Ergün | Intl KOL | Bower Hospital | Turkey | emerald1gleam | 2 | 9.7K |
Dr. Cathy Eng | US KOL | Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center | TN | galaxyrasolute | 5 | 7.4K |
Wungki Park, MD MS | US KOL | Memorial Sloan Kettering | NY | RAS/GIgleamrasolute | 3 | 7.1K |
Nicholas Hornstein | US KOL | Northwell Health / Zucker School of Medi | NY | atomickrystal10 | 2 | 6.0K |
Mario Balsa | Intl KOL | Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO), Barce | Spain | RAS/Lungemerald1proactif | 5 | 5.8K |
Markus Eckstein | Intl KOL | Uniklinikum Erlangen | Germany | — | 1 | 5.5K |
Sharlene Gill, MD, MPH, MBA, FASCO | Intl KOL | - | Canada | — | 3 | 4.2K |
Vilma P. Barcia MD, PhD, MSc | Intl KOL | Hospital La Luz / Quirónsalud (GI Cancer | Spain | RAS/Lungrmc9805rmc9805001 | 4 | 3.3K |
Uğur Özkerim | Intl KOL | - | Turkey | emerald1rmc9805 | 3 | 3.3K |
Frank Sinicrope, MD | US KOL | Mayo Clinic | MN | RAS/GIatomicrasolute | 2 | 3.2K |
Daisuke Kotani, MD, Ph.D 小谷 大輔 | Intl KOL | - | Japan | krystal10star221 | 3 | 3.1K |
Daneng Li | US KOL | City of Hope National Medical Center | - | — | 1 | 2.9K |
Teresa Macarulla | Intl KOL | - | Spain | — | 1 | 2.7K |
Lucy Flanders | Intl KOL | - | UK | emerald1emerald3 | 2 | 2.1K |
Ismael Macias Declara | Intl KOL | Hospital Clínic Barcelona | Spain | — | 2 | 2.1K |
ERDEM KÖLEMEN, MD | Intl KOL | - | — | rasolute | 4 | 2.0K |
Jeff Ryckman | US KOL | West Virginia University Cancer Institut | WV | emerald3 | 1 | 1.9K |
Diana Rosero | Intl KOL | Fundación Jiménez Díaz | Spain | — | 1 | 1.8K |
Hidehito HORINOUCHI | Intl KOL | National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo | Japan | — | 1 | 1.7K |
Jordi Bruix | Intl KOL | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona / IDIBAPS | Spain | — | 1 | 1.6K |
KOL Pulse ranks the most influential voices at ESMO GI 2026 by how much reach and engagement each account generated among the oncology community during the meeting — not by follower count alone. The network above surfaces the top-ranked oncologists and identified accounts, each linked to their profile, so you can see exactly who drove the ESMO GI 2026 conversation. Academic key opinion leaders appear alongside a growing set of high-signal community oncologists and fellows.
A KOL influencer network is a map of who is amplifying whom in the oncology conversation around a conference. KOL Pulse builds it from verified physician social content collected during ESMO GI 2026: every account is classified (physician, institution, media, industry, patient advocate), engagement is measured, and retweet and mention relationships are drawn into an interactive graph. Clicking any KOL filters the network to the accounts amplifying that voice, showing the real structure of influence at the meeting.
The network breaks ESMO GI 2026 participation down by institution and by geography. Each identified account is tagged to its category and, where known, its region and country, so the page can show which cancer centers, societies, and countries generated the most physician activity at the meeting. Use the category and region breakdowns on the page to see where the ESMO GI 2026 conversation was concentrated.
Beyond the established academic names, KOL Pulse surfaces rising community oncologists and graduating fellows at ESMO GI 2026 by ranking on engagement rather than follower count — physicians whose posts drove peer discussion even without a large audience. These emerging voices are classified and ranked alongside the incumbents in the network above, making it easy to spot the newer high-signal contributors the traditional lists miss.
KOL Pulse captures the verbatim posts oncologists publish during ESMO GI 2026 and organizes them by the trials and themes generating the most discussion. Rather than summarizing, the platform shows the actual physician voices and links each ranked KOL to their commentary, so you can see which readouts, debates, and topics the oncology community engaged with most at the meeting.