Jovana Pavisic, MD

Dr. Ryan Moy is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and medical oncologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center where he specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies, with a focus on esophageal and stomach cancers. He received his MD/PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He then completed fellowship training in Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and postdoctoral research at The Rockefeller University. Dr. Moy is actively involved in translational research to understand the biological mechanisms that regulate metastasis, the primary driver of mortality in gastrointestinal cancers. He has performed laboratory-based research to define critical genes that promote liver metastasis in colorectal cancer. He is also conducting research to discover key vulnerabilities in esophageal and gastric cancers, with the goal of translating these findings from the lab to develop more effective treatments for patients. As an active member of the gastrointestinal oncology and experimental therapeutics groups, Dr. Moy is involved in developing and leading clinical trials investigating novel targeted and immunotherapy treatments for esophagogastric cancer and other malignancies. His work has been recognized by several awards including a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellow Award and a National Cancer Institute (NCI) K08 Career Development Award. Dr. Moy works as part of a multidisciplinary team with the mission of delivering compassionate and state-of-the-art oncologic care to each patient, using a precision medicine approach to provide innovative and promising treatments.

Susanne M. Roberts, MD, FAAOS is a board certified orthopedic handsurgeon specializing in operative and non-operative treatment of acute andchronic hand and upper extremity conditions. Dr. Roberts treats bothadult and pediatric patients. She has a special interest and experience in thecare of athletes and sports-related hand and wrist injuries. She is alsotrained in microsurgery and nerve repair. Dr. Roberts completed her medical education at Pennsylvania StateUniversity College of Medicine where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alphahonor society. After medical school, Dr. Roberts completed her residencytraining at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program, serving as ChiefResident at Massachusetts General Hospital during her final year. Her residencytraining was followed by a fellowship in hand surgery at the Hospital forSpecial Surgery. Dr. Roberts has also obtained her subspecialtycertificate in surgery of the hand (CAQ). As an active member of the academic orthopedic community, Dr.Roberts is the recipient of numerous awards and research grants. She has beeninvited to give clinical practice and research related lectures both locallyand nationally. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles andbook chapters, and is an active member of the American Society for Surgery ofthe Hand.

Dr. Stein is an Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at Columbia University Medical Center. He is a recognized expert in field of genitourinary oncology – treating patients with prostate, kidney, bladder and testicular cancers. He is also a member of the Experimental Therapeutics program, investigating novel therapies across all solid tumors. In addition to providing standard therapies for the treatment of genitourinary cancers such as hormonal therapy, molecularly targeted therapy and chemotherapy, Dr. Stein leads multiple investigator initiated and industry sponsored clinical trials. Dr. Stein has a particular interest in the development of novel immune therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer, both in men with early recurrence of prostate cancer as well as in men with more advanced prostate cancer. He is also helping to lead two national trials in kidney cancer sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Stein received his B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University. He earned his medical degree at New York Medical College, receiving the graduation award in oncology for his published research. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, and a fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Prior to joining Columbia University, Dr. Stein practiced genitourinary oncology for 13 years at Rutgers University and has been an author on over 60 publications including guidelines for assessing the efficacy of new drugs in prostate cancer and recommendations for the use of immunotherapy to treat prostate cancer.