Medical Scientific Advisory Committee

Chloe Atreya, MD, PhD

Gastrointestinal Oncologist
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, San Francisco

Nilofer Saba Azad, M.D.

Co-Director of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Professor of Oncology

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Patrick Boland, MD 

Medical Oncologist Assistant Professor
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Michael Choti, MD

Chief of Surgery
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center/ Banner Health Arizona

Edward Chu, MD

Director Albert Einstein Cancer Center
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System

J. Randolph Hecht, MD

Director of the UCLA Gastrointestinal Oncology Program/ Professor of Clinical Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA

Rachel Issaka, MD, M.A.S

Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinical Research Division
Fred Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research (HICOR)

Steven H. Itzkowitz, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology, Oncological Sciences and Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Patrick Jackson, MD

Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery / Associate Professor of Surgery 
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Deborah Keller, MD

Colorectal Surgeon
New York- Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP

Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine Colon Cancer Task Force Chair National Cancer Institute
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

David Lieberman, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine
Oregon Health and Science University

Christopher Lieu, MD

Director, Colorectal Medical Oncology Program Deputy Associate Director for Clinical Research
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus

John L. Marshall, MD

Chief, Division Of Hematology/Oncology
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Associate Director, Clinical Research
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cedrek McFadden, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Colorectal Surgeon

Vice-Chair of Operations, Prisma Health Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Jeffery A. Meyerhardt, MD, MPH

Clinical Director, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center / Deputy Clinical Research Officer / Douglas Gray Woodruff Chair in Colorectal Cancer Research/ Co-Director, Colon and Rectal Cancer Center / Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Edith Mitchell, MD FACP, FCPP

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncology
Department of Medical Oncology
Director, Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities
Associate Director, Diversity Affairs
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Kimmie Ng, MD, MPH

Director Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mark Pochapin, MD, FACG, FASGE, FACP

Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
NYU Langone

Nina Sanford, MD

Radiation Oncology, Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
University of Texas Southwestern

Frank L. Sapienza

Partner
The Drug & Chemical Advisory Group, LLC

Christine Sardo Molmenti, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Medicine, Epidemiology, and Prevention
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine

Deb Schrag, MD, MPH

Chief, Division of Population Sciences, Department of Medical Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sharon L. Stein, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency
Associate Professor of Surgery
University Hospital/Cleveland Medical Center

Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD, CSO

Professor and Director
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health,
Canyon Ranch Center for Prevention & Health Promotion
University of Arizona (UA) Cancer Center

Alan P. Venook, MD, FASCO

The Madden Family Distinguished Professor of Medical Oncology and Translational Research, Shorenstein Associate Director of Program Development
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, San Francisco

Ben Weinberg, MD

Hematology/Oncology
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Rich Wender, MD

Chair of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Pennsylvania Health System
 

Jason Zell, DO, MPH

Gastrointestinal Medical Oncologist / Associate Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
University of California-Irvine Health