Gastrointestinal Steering Committee Task Force Rosters

Jared D. Acoba, M.D.
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center 
Honolulu, HI

Nilofer S. Azad, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Baltimore, MD

Michael Cecchini, M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine 
New Haven, CT

Julie S. Clauer, M.B.A
Patient Advocate 
Burbank, CA

Deirdre J. Cohen, M.D., M.S.
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Marwan Fakih, M.D.
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Duarte, CA

Belal Firwana, M.D., M.S.
BJC HealthCare
St. Louis, MO

Vaia Florou, M.D., M.S.
University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute 
Salt Lake City, UT

Phuong Gallagher
Fight Colorectal Cancer 
Springfield, MO

Sepideh Gholami, M.D., M.A.S., FACS, FSSO
Northwell Health Cancer Institute 
New Hyde Park, NY

Bruce Giantonio, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital  
Boston, MA

Philip J. Gold, M.D.
Swedish Medical Center 
Seattle, WA

Rachel Goodwin, M.D., FRCPC
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Atif Iqbal, M.D., FACS, FACRS
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Audrey E. Kam, M.D.
Rush University Medical College 
Chicago, IL

Dipen M. Maru, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Van K. Morris, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Bruno C. Odisio, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Fang-Shu Ou, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Michael J. Overman, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Aparna R. Parikh, M.D., M.S.
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Boston, MA

Ibrahim H. Sahin, M.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center  
Pittsburgh, PA

Abdulazeez Salawu, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto  
Toronto, ON, Canada

Mohamed Salem, M.D.
Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute  
Charlotte, NC

Hanna K. Sanoff, M.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Chapel Hill, NC

Antonia Sepulveda, M.D., Ph.D..
George Washington University 
Washington DC

Christina Wu, M.B. B.Ch.
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ

Rona Yaeger, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Mekhail Anwar, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Afsaneh Barzi, M.D., Ph.D.
City of Hope
Duarte, CA

Paul J. Catalano, Sc.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Lynn DeGregorio
DeGregorio Family Foundation 
North Salem, NY

Dana Deighton
Patient Advocate 
Alexandria, VA

Elena Elimova, M.D., M.Sc.
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 
Toronto, ON, Canada 

Peter C. Enzinger, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute   
Boston, MA

Michael K. Gibson, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, TN

David Ilson, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Syma Iqbal, M.D.
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Salma Jabbour, M.D.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ

Kaitlyn J. Kelly, M.D., M.A.S.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Maged F. Khalil, M.D.
Lehigh Valley Health Network 
Allentown, PA

Lawrence R. Kleinberg, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center  
Baltimore, MD

Geoff Y. Ku, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Sangjune Lee, M.D., FRCPC, DABR
University of Calgary Tom Baker Cancer Centre 
Calgary, AB, Canada

Aamer Mahmud, M.D.
Queen's University School of Medicine
Kingston, ON, Canada

Steven B. Maron, M.D., M.Sc.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Rutika Mehta, M.D., M.P.H.
Moffitt Cancer Center 
Tampa, FL

Daniela Molena, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Haeseong Park, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Viktoriya Paroder, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Lakshmi Rajdev, M.D., M.S.
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Hannah Roberts, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Manish A. Shah, M.D.
Cornell University Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Gina M. Vaccaro, M.D.
Providence Cancer Institute 
Portland, OR

Zev A. Wainberg, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA

Kay Washington, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 
Nashville, TN

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, M.D., M.B.A.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Mitesh Borad, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ

Marinela Capanu, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  
New York, NY

Sreenivasa R. Chandana, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Cancer & Hematology Centers of West Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI

Ann-Lii Cheng, M.D., Ph.D.
National Taiwan University Hospital 
Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China

Laura Dawson, M.D., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 
Toronto, ON, Canada

Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, M.D.
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA

Susan M. Geyer, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic  
Rochester, MN

Laura W. Goff, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Ingram Cancer Center  
Nashville, TN

Gregory M. Heestand, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine  
Stanford, CA

Julie K. Heimbach, M.D.
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, MN

Z. Ian Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Paul J. Karanicolas, M.D., Ph.D., FRCS(C), FACS
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Thomas Karasic, M.D.
Abramson Cancer Center Perelman
Philadelphia, PA

Ahmed O. Kaseb, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

R. Kate Kelley, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Jennifer J. Knox, M.D., M.Sc., FRCPC
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 
Toronto, ON, Canada

Eugene J. Koay, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Evan Lapinsky, M.D.
ChristianaCare Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants
Newark, DE

Gregory B. Lesinski, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Emory University Winship Cancer Institute 
Atlanta, GA

Armeen Mahvash, M.D.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Tim Meyer, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., FRCP
University College London
London, United Kingdom

Bruno N. Nattero, M.D.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 
Santiago, Chile

Do-Youn Oh, M.D., Ph.D.
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul, South Korea

Manisha Palta, M.D.
Duke University
Durham, NC

Lorenza Rimassa, M.D.
IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital 
Milan, Italy 

Lourdes A. Rocha-Nussbaum, M.A.
Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation  
Golden, CO

Sarah Schiltz
Patient Advocate 
Los Gatos, CA

Aaron J. Scott, M.D.
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Tucson, AZ

Rachna T. Shroff, M.D., M.S.
University of Arizona Cancer Center 
Tucson, AZ

Amit Singal, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Stacey M. Stein, M.D., M.M.S.
Yale University 
New Haven, CT

Weijing Sun, M.D., FACP
The University of Kansas Medical Center 
Kansas City, KS

Vincent C. Tam, M.D.
University of Calgary Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute  
Calgary, AB, Canada

Leila T. Tchelebi, M.D.
Northern Westchester Hospital 
Mt. Kisco, NY

Michael K. Yan, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Junaid Arshad, M.D.
University of Arizona Cancer Center  
Tucson, AZ

Timothy Asmis, M.D., FRCPC
Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre 
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Lisa Bodei, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center  
New York, NY

Jennifer Chan, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Aman Chauhan, M.D.
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Miami, FL

N. Arvind Dasari, M.D., M.S.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Brittany Dingley, M.D., M.P.H., FRCSC
The Ottawa Hospital  Research Institute 
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Jennifer R. Eads, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center 
Philadelphia, PA

Bret Friday, M.D., Ph.D.
Essentia Health Cancer Center
Duluth, MN

Kathryn E. Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Timothy J. Hobday, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Thomas A. Hope, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco 
San Francisco, CA

Erik S. Mittra, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University 
Portland, OR

Amr R. M. Mohamed, M.D.
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Cleveland, OH

Sten Myrehaug, M.D., FRCPC
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Itzhak Nir, M.D.
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Albuquerque, NM

Fang-Shu Ou, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Brian H. Ramnaraign, M.D.
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Diane Reidy-Lagunes, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

David B. Schrimmer, M.D.
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA

Walid L. Shaib, M.D.
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers
Cartersville, GA

Bassam B. Sonbol, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ

Michael C. Soulen, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
Philadelphia, PA

Jonathan R. Strosberg, M.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute 
Tampa, FL

Namrata Vijayvergia, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center 
Philadelphia, PA

Mary M. Zoeller, M.S.W.
Patient Advocate 
Indianapolis, IN

Andrew Aguirre, M.D., Ph.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 
Boston, MA

Helene Andrews-Polymenis, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Texas A&M University 
Bryan, TX

Nathan Bahary, M.D., Ph.D.
Allegheny Heath Network 
Pittsburgh, PA

Gregory P. Botta, M.D., Ph.D.
University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
La Jolla, CA

Dana Cardin, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Vanderbilt University Ingram Cancer Center 
Nashville, TN

E. Gabriela Chiorean, M.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 
Seattle, WA

Kathryn G. Craig
Patient Advocate
Arlington, TN

Vijay Damarla, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.
Illinois CancerCare 
Decatur, IL

Lauren Henke, M.D., M.S.C.I.
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Cleveland, OH

Joseph M. Herman, M.D., M.Sc., M.S.H.C.M., FACR
Northwell Health
New Hyde Park, NY

Peter J. Hosein M.B.B.S.
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Miami, FL

Bryson W. Katona, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 
Philadelphia, PA

Matthew H.G. Katz, M.D., FACS, FASCO
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Kay Kays 
Kay Kays - Seena Magowitz Foundation 
Sun City, AZ

Daniel A. King, M.D., Ph.D.
Northwell Health  
New Hyde Park, NY

Andrew Lowy, M.D., FACS
University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center 
San Diego, CA

Gulam A. Manji, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Omeed Moaven, M.D., FACS
Louisiana State University Health
New Orleans, LA

Shubham Pant, M.B.B.S.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 
Houston, TX

Michael  J. Pishvaian, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University - Sibley Memorial Hospital 
Washington, DC

Daniel Renouf, M.D., M.P.H., FRCPC
British Columbia Cancer Agency Vancouver Centre 
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Nina N. Sanford, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Harshabad Singh, M.B.B.S.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute  
Boston, MA

Davendra P. Sohal, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Cincinnati Cancer Center 
Cleveland, OH

Erica Tsang, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Toronto, ON, Canada

Raymond C. Wadlow, M.D.
Inova Schar Cancer Institute 
Fairfax, VA

Hao Wang, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Baltimore, MD

Jennifer Wo, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital 
Boston, MA

Lei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Baltimore, MD

George Zogopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., FRCS(C), FACS
McGill University 
Montréal, QC, Canada 

Justine Almada
Anal Cancer Foundation
New York, NY

Christopher J. Anker, M.D.
University of Vermont Medical Center 
Burlington, VT

Al B. Benson, M.D., FACP, FASCO
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 
Chicago, IL

Carl J. Brown, M.D., M.Sc., FRCSC, FACS
Providence Health Care - St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Kristen K. Ciombor, M.D., M.S.C.I., M.A.
Vanderbilt University Ingram Cancer Center 
Nashville, TN

Stacey A. Cohen, M.D.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA

Dustin Deming, M.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI

Jennifer Dorth, M.D., M.H.Sc.
Case Western Reserve University 
Cleveland, OH

Karuna Ganesh, M.D., Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Manju George, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Paltown Development Foundation
Omaha, NE

Marc J. Gollub, M.D., FACR
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Vallerie L. Gordon, M.D., FRCPC
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

William A. Hall, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin 
Milwaukee, WI

David Horowitz, M.D.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
New York, NY

Atif Iqbal, M.D., FACS, FACRS
Baylor College of Medicine 
Houston, TX

Mehraneh D. Jafari, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Krishan R. Jethwa, M.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Adel Kardosh, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Eric D. Miller  M.D., Ph.D.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center 
Columbus, OH

Jonathan Nowak, M.D., Ph.D.
Brigham and Women's Hospital 
Boston, MA

Lindsay B. Romak, M.D.
Christiana Care
Newark, DE

Leonard Saltz, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Niloy J. Samadder, M.D., M.Sc.
Mayo Clinic 
Phoenix, AZ

Enrique Sanz Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Toronto Princess Margaret Cancer Centre 
Toronto, ON, Canada

Deborah Schrag, M.D., M.P.H.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Maseshwari Senthill, M.D.
University of California, Irvine 
Orange, CA

Arshin Sheybani, M.D.
UnityPoint Health
Des Moines, IA

Martin R. Weiser, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 
New York, NY

Kathryn A. Winter, M.S.
NRG Oncology Statistics and Data Management Center
Philadelphia, PA