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Associate Member, Associate Professor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, United States
J. Joshua Smith, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Member on the Colorectal Service in the Department of Surgery at MSK. His objective as a surgeon and scientist is to uncover more precise treatments for each individual rectal and colon cancer patient. He actively cares for patients with rectal, colon, and anal cancer using modern surgical methods in a cutting-edge multidisciplinary setting in New York. He and the MSK Colorectal team have recently established an AIN clinic at MSK. He is the co-Chair of the GI Oncology portfolio for the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and is a member of the NCI's Rectal Anal Task Force. He serves as the Chair for the Janus Rectal Cancer Trial, an NCI-approved Phase II trial investigating nonoperative management (NOM) in patients with rectal cancer through the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, SWOG and NRG Oncology. He was an active co-investigator in the recently completed randomized trial integrating NOM for selected patients with rectal cancer (NCT02008656 – The OPRA Trial). He also runs an NCI-funded laboratory at MSK working to understand the molecular underpinnings of disease progression in patients with rectal cancer and to develop individualized disease models facilitating both effective research and precision treatment.
Friday, March 24, 2023
10:46 AM – 10:51 AM
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Friday, March 24, 2023
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
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