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
Carolyn Langlie-Lesnik, RN, MSN, CNS

Nursing Instructor, Everett College Clinical and Oncology Nurse

Christopher R. Heery, M.D.
Christopher R. Heery, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer, Bavarian Nordic

Fay Kastrinos
Fay Kastrinos, MD

Gastroenterologist, New York Presbyterian - Columbia

Abou Alfa Ghassan
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

Mark Furth
Mark Furth, PhD.

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

Mark McNiven
Mark McNiven, PhD

Director, Center for Bio Medical Discovery Mayo Clinic

Michael Choti
Michael Choti, MD, MBA

Professor of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Randall Brand
Randall E. Brand, MD

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

Thomas Kenneth Weber, MD
Thomas Weber, MD

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

Tim F. Greten, M.D.
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
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