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Gastrointestinal Steering Committee Task Force Rosters

The Colon, Esophagogastric, Hepatobiliary, Neuroendocrine Tumors, Pancreas, and Rectal-Anal task forces of the NCI Gastrointestinal Steering Committee were established to provide a forum for in-depth discussion of clinical trial concepts, provide advisory input on trial design, and make recommendations for clinical trial planning meetings.

Colon Task Force

Co-Chairs

Smitha Subramanyan Krishnamurthi, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic

Jonathan Loree, M.D., M.S., FRCPC
BC Cancer - Vancouver


Members

Jared Acoba, M.D.
University of Hawaii

Robert A. Anders, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Nilofer Saba Azad, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Julie Saliba Clauer, M.B.A.
Patient Advocate

Deirdre J. Cohen, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Marwan G. Fakih, M.D.
City of Hope

Belal Firwana, M.D., M.S.
Missouri Baptist Medical Center/Heartland NCORP

Vaia Florou, M.D., M.S.
Huntsman Cancer Institute

Sepideh Gholami, M.D., M.A.S.
Northwell Health

Bruce Giantonio, M.D.
Harvard Medical School

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

Rachel Goodwin, M.D., FRCPC
Ottawa Hospital

Ronan Hsieh, M.D., M.S.
Swedish Cancer Institute

Atif Iqbal, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Audrey Kam, M.D.
Rush University

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

Bruno Odisio, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Fang-Shu Ou, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic

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

Aparna R. Parikh, M.D., M.S.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University

Ibrahim Halil Sahin, M.D.
University of Michigan

Abdulazeez Salawu, M.D., Ph.D.
Mount Sinai Hospital

Mohamed Salem, M.D.
Levine Cancer Institute

Hanna K. Sanoff, M.D., M.P.H.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chanjuan Shi, M.D., Ph.D.
Duke University Medical Center

Christina Wu, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Arizona

Rona Yaeger, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCI CCCT Program Director

Laurie Shuman Moss, Ph.D.
laurie.shumanmoss@nih.gov

 

Esophagogastric Task Force

Co-Chairs

Samuel Klempner, M.D.
Massachusetts General  Hospital

Nataliya Uboha, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin


Members

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

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

Ki Young Chung, M.D.
Greenville Health System

Dana Deighton
Patient Advocate

Elena Elimova, M.D., M.Sc.
University Health Network, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

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

Michael Gibson, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University

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

Syma Iqbal, M.D.
USC

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

Maged Khalil, M.D.
Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lawrence R. Kleinberg, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Geoff Ku, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sangjune Laurence Lee, M.D., M.S.
University of Calgary

Aamer Mahmud, M.D.
Queen's University

Rutika Mehta, M.D., M.P.H.
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Daniela Molena, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center

Rutika Mukherji, M.D.
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Haeseong Park, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

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

Chengwei Peng, M.D.
Northwestern University

Lakshmi Rajdev, M.D., M.S.
Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital

Hannah Roberts, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

Manish A. Shah, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine

Aki Agata Smith
Hope For Stomach Cancer

Zev Wainberg, M.D.
UCLA

Mary Kay Washington, M.D., Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

David Bing Zhen, M.D.
University of Washington

NCI CCCT Program Director

Laurie Shuman Moss, Ph.D.
laurie.shumanmoss@nih.gov

 

Hepatobiliary Task Force

Co-Chairs

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Milind Javle, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center


Members

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

Mitesh Borad, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Marinela Capanu, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sreenivasa Chandana, M.D., Ph.D.
Cancer Research Consortium of West Michigan NCORP

Laura Dawson, M.D., FRCPC
University of Toronto

Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, M.D.
University of Southern California

Laura A. Goff, M.D.
Vanderbilt University

Julie Kathleen Heimbach, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Thatcher Heumann, M.D.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Zishuo Ian Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Paul Jack Karanicolas, M.D., Ph.D.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Ahmed Omar Kaseb, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

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

Jennifer Knox, M.D., FRCPC., M.Sc.
University Health Network

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

Evan Michael Lapinsky, M.D.
MOHC (Delaware)

Gregory B. Lesinski, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Emory University

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

Do-Youn Oh, M.D., Ph.D.
Seoul National University Hospital

Manisha Palta, M.D.
Duke University

Lorenza Rimassa, M.D.
Humanitas University - IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital

Lourdes Alicia Rocha-Nussbaum, M.A.
Patient Advocate

Sarah Schiltz
Patient Advocate

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

Kristen Spencer, D.O., M.P.H.
NYU Langone Medical Center

Stacey M. Stein, M.D.
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Weijing Sun, M.D., FACP
University of Kansas School of Medicine

Vincent C. Tam, M.D.
Tom Baker Cancer Centre

Leila T. Tchelebi, M.D.
Northwell Health/Northern Westchester Hospital

Linda Wu, M.D.
Columbia University Medical Center

Michael Yan, M.D., M.P.H.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

NCI CCCT Program Director

Laurie Shuman Moss, Ph.D.
laurie.shumanmoss@nih.gov

 

Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET) Task Force

Co-Chairs

Simron Singh, M.D., M.P.H., FRCPC
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Heloisa Soares, M.D., Ph.D.
Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah


Members

Junaid Arshad, M.D.
University of Arizona

Timothy Asmis, M.D., FRCPC
University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre

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

Jennifer Chan, M.D., M.P.H.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Aman Chauhan, M.D.
University of California San Francisco

Nageshwara Arvind Dasari, M.D., M.S.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brittany Dingley, M.D., M.P.H.
The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus

Jennifer Eads, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

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

Kathryn E. Hitchcock, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
University of Florida

Timothy J. Hobday, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

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

Boris Naraev, M.D., Ph.D.
Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute

Itzhak Nir, M.D.
Christus St. Vincent Regional Cancer Center

Fang-Shu Ou, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic

Diane Reidy Lagunes, M.D.
Duke Cancer Center

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

Walid Labib Shaib, M.D.
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers

Bassam Sonbol, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Michael C. Soulen, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

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

Namrata Vijayvergia, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Vanessa Wookey, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Mary Mitchell Zoeller, M.S.W.
Patient Advocate

NCI CCCT Program Director

Laurie Shuman Moss, Ph.D.
laurie.shumanmoss@nih.gov

 

Pancreas Task Force

Co-Chairs

Efrat Dotan, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania

Andrew Ko, M.D.
University of California San Francisco


Members

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

Nathan Bahary, M.D., Ph.D.
AHN Cancer Institute

Dana Backlund Cardin, M.D., M.S.
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Elena Gabriela Chiorean, M.D.
University of Washington

Vijay Kumar Damarla, M.D., M.P.H.
Illinois Cancer Care

Joan Menna Fowler
Patient Advocate

Lauren Elizabeth Henke, M.D., M.S.
University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University

Peter J. Hosein, M.B.B.S.
University of Miami

Brandon Huffman, M.D.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Anup Kasi, M.D.
University of Kansas Medical Center

Bryson William Katona, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Daniel Alexander King, M.D., Ph.D.
Northwell Health

Gulam Abbas Manji, M.D., Ph.D.
Columbia University

Omeed Moaven, M.D.
Louisiana State University

Shubham Pant, M.D., M.B.B.S.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Michael Pishvaian, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Daniel Renouf, M.D., M.P.H., FRCPC
BC Cancer Agency

Nina Niu Sanford, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern

Rebecca A. Snyder, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Davendra Sohal, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Cincinnati

Elise Roth Tedeschi
Patient Advocate

Erica Tsang, M.D., M.P.H.
University Health Network-Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Raymond Couric Wadlow, M.D.
Inova Schar Cancer Institute

Hao Wang, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University

Jennifer Yon-Li Wo, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital

Lei Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

George Zogopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
McGill University 

NCI CCCT Program Director

Laurie Shuman Moss, Ph.D.
laurie.shumanmoss@nih.gov

 

Rectal-Anal Task Force

Co-Chairs

Prajnan Das, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Jason A. Zell, D.O., M.P.H.
University of California Irvine


Members

Justine Almada
Anal Cancer Foundation

Christopher James Anker, M.D.
University of Vermont Cancer Center

Al B. Benson, M.D.
Northwestern University

Carl Brown, M.D., M.Sc., FRCSC, FACS
Providence Health Cancer Center

Christopher Cann, M.D.
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Stacey A. Cohen, M.D.
University of Washington

Dustin Deming, M.D.
University of Wisconsin Institute Medicine Research

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

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

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

Marc Jeffrey Gollub, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Ragisha Gopalakrishnan, M.D.
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Vallerie Gordon, M.D., FRCPC
University of Manitoba

William Adrian Hall, M.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin

David P. Horowitz, M.D.
Columbia University

Atif Iqbal, M.D.
Baylor College of Medicine

Mehraneh Dorna Jafari, M.D.
Weill Cornell Medicine

Krishan R. Jethwa, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

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

Jonathan Daniel Mizrahi, M.D.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Lindsay Brown Romak, M.D.
Christiana Care

Leonard Saltz, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Niloy J. Samadder, M.D.
Mayo Clinic

Enrique Sanz Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre - University Health Network

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

Maheswari Senthil, M.D., FACS
University of California Irvine

Arshin Sheybani, M.D.
UnityPoint

Martin Ross Weiser, M.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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

Guang-Yu Yang, M.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

NCI CCCT Program Director

Laurie Shuman Moss, Ph.D.
laurie.shumanmoss@nih.gov

 

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