May 7th, 2024 (Tuesday)
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Cannon House Office Building - Room 401
27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Gastric cancer has severe impacts on certain ethnicities and races, with the highest number of cases in the US occurring among Asian and Hispanic Americans. The five-year survival rate in the US in all stages combined remains dismally low at 33%. There is also a disparity in mortality rates between the various racial and ethnic groups. Despite these alarming statistics, there is no structured system to screen gastric cancer in high-risk populations.
Program
11:30 AM-11:45 AM
Opening
Joe McMenamin, MD, JD | Partner, Christian & Barton, LLP.
| Editor-in-Chief, World Asian Medical Journal
Welcome Remarks
Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH | President, Stomach Cancer Task Force
| Chairman, New York Health Forum
11:45 AM-12:00 PM
Congratulatory
The Honorable Young Kim (R-CA)
The Honorable Andy Kim (D-NJ)
The Honorable Wiley Nickel (D-NC)
12:05-12:25 PM
"Impact of Precision Medicine on Gastric Cancer"
John Marshall, MD | Physician Executive Director, the MedStar Washington DC
12:30-12:45 PM
"Hope for Stomach Cancer"
Aki Smith | Stomach Cancer Awareness Network
Mahathi Vojjala, PhD | Epidemiologist, School of Global Public Health, NYU
12:50-1:10 PM
"Stomach Cancer Screening in High-risk Population"
Mu K. Hong, MD | Gastroenterologist, Fair Oaks Hospital, VA
1:15-1:35 PM
Q&A
Joe McMenamin, MD, JD | Partner, Christian & Barton, LLP.
| Editor-in-Chief, World Asian Medical Journal
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