Healthcare Professionals Advisory Committee

Goal

To accelerate the mission and vision of the GICA by creating a committee of highly respected and influential healthcare professionals that will guide and help lead the Alliance in matters of importance to its members.

Multidisciplinary Committee

Committed to GICA’s mission/vision
Recognized in the HCP community as a thought leader in GI Cancers
Brings a depth and breadth of expertise in areas that are important across the GI cancer patient experience
Willing and available to advise GICA leadership and committees
Well networked in such areas as industry, government, academia
Available for branding and public relations opportunities

Allison F. O’Neill, MD

Clinical Director - Solid Tumor Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Director of Medical Therapies - Liver Tumor Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Senior Physician and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Carolyn Langlie-Lesnik, RN, MSN, CNS

Nursing Instructor, Everett College Clinical and Oncology Nurse

Christopher R. Heery, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer, Bavarian Nordic

Fay Kastrinos, MD

Gastroenterologist, New York Presbyterian - Columbia

Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD

Medical Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Associate Professor of Medicine in Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University

John L. Marshall, MD

Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Director, Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancer Professor of Medicine and Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University GI Cancers Alliance Medical Advisory Board Chairman

Mark Furth, PhD.

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine/Scientific Director at Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation

Mark McNiven, PhD

Director, Center for Bio Medical Discovery Mayo Clinic

Michael Choti, MD, MBA

Professor of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Randall E. Brand, MD

Academic Director, GI Division University of Pittsburgh - UPMC Shadyside Director, GI Malignancy Early Detection, Diagnosis & Prevention Program

Thomas Weber, MD

(1954 - 2019)
Founding Medical Advisor - with gratitude, honor and respect

Tim F. Greten, M.D.

Senior Investigator & Deputy Branch Chief, Thoracic and GI Oncology Branch, Co-Director NCI CCR Liver Cancer Program, CCR/NCI, Bethesda, USA

William P. Harris, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Oncology University of Washington School of Medicine Associate Professor, Clinical Research Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Physician, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance