Scientific Advisory Board members are highly accomplished professionals with medical and/or research background, who provide expert and comprehensive perspectives as well as guidance to No Stomach For Cancer, Inc. with regard to technical, medical, and research related topics. The Board provides knowledge and support that are critical in furthering our Mission.
Daniel C. Chung, MD
Clinical Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit
Director, GI Cancer Genetics Program, Cancer Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Associate Professor Parry Guilford
Cancer Genetics Laboratory
University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
University of Otato, Cancer Genetics Laboratory
Curriculum Vitae 2009
Associate Professor Parry Guilford is a principal Investigator in the Cancer Genetics Laboratory, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, and the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Pacific Edge Biotechnology Ltd. He completed his MSc at Otago in 1983, and his PhD at Cambridge University in 1989. During postdoctoral studies at the Paasteur Institute in Paris, he led a team that localised the first genes for non-syndromic recessive deafness. His current research interests include the genetics of inherited cancers, in particular stomach cancer, and the application of genetics to the diagnosis and management of cancer. He has worked for the last 10 years with the Maori tribe Ngai te Rangi researching the causes and treatment of inherited stomach cancer.
Gregory Y. Lauwers, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital, Pathology Service, Boston, MA
Curriculum Vitae 2009
Devanshi Patel, MS, CGC
Senior Genetic Counselor
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Devanshi Patel is a licensed genetic counselor who earned her master’s degree in Genetic Counseling from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. After graduating she joined the cardiology department at Children’s Hospital Boston where she gained experience working with pediatric, adult and prenatal cardiovascular genetics patients in both clinical and research capacities. She then went on to join Center for Medical Genetics at Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (now Northshore University Healthsystem) in Illinois where was involved in providing clinical care for adult patients. She was also the research coordinator for the Pancreatic Cancer Family Registry. In 2005, she joined the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cancer Risk Assessment. Devanshi provides cancer risk assessment and genetic counseling services to patients within the diverse clinical programs at the MGH Cancer Center. Her activities also include educating health-care providers and the lay-public in genetics, student supervision and training. Devanshi’s primary interests lie in patient care and education outreach programs that facilitate the integration of genetics into medical care.
Donna Walsh, MS, RD, CSO, LD
Nutrition & Wellness Coordinator
Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care
Augusta, ME
B.S. Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Rhode Island
M.S. Public Health - Community Health Education, University of Massachusetts
Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition, Commission on Dietetic Registration
Donna Walsh is a Registered Dietitian with over 30 years of experience in the field of nutrition and health education. She provides nutrition services for oncology patients at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta. In addition, Donna also provides education and classes on nutrition and cancer prevention throughout the central Maine area.
Sam S. Yoon, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Sam S. Yoon, MD, is a surgical oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Yoon specializes in the treatment of patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancies including gastric cancer as well as patients with soft tissue sarcomas. Dr. Yoon is a graduate of Harvard University and received his medical degree from the University of California at San Diego. He completed his residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and his fellowship in surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Dr. Yoon’s clinical research focuses on the development of novel treatment strategies for patients with gastric cancer and sarcomas. Dr. Yoon received additional training in gastric cancer surgery at Seoul National University Hospital, which performs nearly 1000 gastric cancer surgeries per year, and has published several articles on prophylactic total gastrectomy for patients at risk for hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. Overall, he has published over 50 original research and review articles related to gastric cancer, sarcomas, and tumor angiogenesis in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Annals of Surgery.
