About GI Cancers Alliance | Our Mission & Team

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The GI Cancers Alliance is the collective voice of the GI cancer community working alongside our members to raise awareness, provide education, and keep the patient voice central to advocacy.

1 in 4

cancers are GI cancers

1 in 3

cancer deaths are from GI cancers

4.5M

lives lost globally  each year

Meet the Team

Board of Directors

Martha Raymond, MA

CEO, GI Cancers Alliance and Raymond Foundation

Margaret-Ann Simonetta, PhD Scholar

Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, PhD Scholar. Harvard University Class of 2019 and 2024 President, GI Cancers Alliance

Keith Kaplan, MA

Director, Digital Experience Hologic and Vice President, GI Cancers Alliance

Eniola Omoro Akintunde

Founder & CEO Niola Cancer Care Foundation, Nigeria Global Speaker, Patient Navigator

Lama Sharara, PhD

Directrice Generale, Chief Executive Officer Foundation A.R.C.A.D. - Aide et Recherche en Cancérologie Digestive

Iga Rawicka

Vice President and Board of Directors, EuropaColon Poland Board of Directors, Digestive Cancers Europe (DICE)

Jennifer Booth

Global Partner at IBM, North America Healthcare Life Sciences practices for Enterprise AI, Salesforce, and ServiceNow

Andrew Krikorian, PACS

Field Reimbursement Manager, Johnson & Johnson

Sharon Kong-Perring, PhD Scholar

Media and Cultural Studies at Birmingham City University, PhD Scholar

Thomas Weber, MD

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

John Hopper

Founding Co-Chair Emeritus GI Cancers Alliance, Emeritus

Meet the Team

Medical Advisory Committee

This multidisciplinary committee advises the GI Cancers Alliance by providing expertise, insights, and review of the latest research and progress in the prevention, treatment, and cure of gastrointestinal cancers. These professionals connect other advocacy groups, academic centers, and industry partners to the GI Cancers Alliance so the GI cancer community can continue to have a strong, united, collective voice.

If you’re a healthcare professional interested in joining the committee, please contact us.

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

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

Jaffer Ajani, MD

MD Anderson, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine

Jeremy Davis, MD

National Cancer Institute Chief, General Surgery Consultative Services Associate Research Physician, Surgical Oncology Program

Mark Furth, PhD.

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

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

Sandra Ryeom, PhD

Columbia University Irving Medical Center Associate Professor, Division of Surgical Sciences in Surgery Associate Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs and New Master’s Degree Programs, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, CUIMC

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

About us

Our Mission

Board of Directors

Medical Advisory Committee