NATIONAL WEBCAST ON COLORECTAL CANCER AND DIGESTIVE DISEASE
Panelists
Approximately 140,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed every year and another 56,000 people die annually of this disease. Colorectal cancer is a disease that can be prevented and cured if detected and treated early.
During this special event, doctors answer your questions about:
- Screening methods
- Risk factors
- How to prevent colorectal cancer
- Digestive Diseases
- Advances in treatment and more
Dr. Travis Stork
Vanderbilt Medical Center, Host Of The Doctors
Dr. Travis Stork is a host of the Emmy Award-winning talk show The Doctors. When he isn’t hosting the syndicated series, Dr. Stork is a faculty physician in the Emergency Department at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
His credentials include graduating Magna Cum Laude from Duke University and earning his M.D. with Honors from the University of Virginia. He completed his residency as an emergency room doctor at Vanderbilt University.
Tracy L. Hull, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Tracy Hull has been on staff in the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery at The
Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) since 1993. She received her Doctorate of Medicine, Cum Laude, from The Ohio State University in 1986. She did her surgical residency at SUNY Syracuse, New York from 1986-1991. Her fellowship was done at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation from 1991-1992. She currently is a Full Professor.
She has authored, or co-authored on over 100 peer reviewed articles and 54 book chapters. Additionally, she has been asked to speak at major meetings around the world.
Dr. Hull has a special interest in pelvic floor dysfunction, anorectal physiology and ultrasonography. Her other interest are colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohnís disease and diverticulitis.
Dr. Hull is active in numerous professional societies including Alpha Omega Alpha, the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, the American College of Surgeon and many others. She serves on the Editorial Board for Diseases of The Colon and Rectum and has been in charge of the launching of the streaming video portion. She has been on the Executive Council for The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Harry T. Papaconstantinou, M.D.
Scott & White Memorial Hospital
Dr. Papaconstantinou is the chief of colon and rectal surgery and the Vice Chairman of Clinical Operations in the Department of Surgery at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, Texas. He received his Doctorate of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and a Masters of Medical Science in surgical nutrition at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Dr. Papaconstantinou completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Cincinnati and completed his colon and rectal surgery fellowship at the University of Minnesota. He is board certified in general surgery and colon and rectal surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Dr. Papaconstantinou currently serves as the Chair of the Public Relations Committee of the American College of Surgeons. He has published numerous peer-review articles on colon and rectal cancer, anal cancer, and condyloma. He has authored book chapters on diverticulitis, anal fissure, fecal incontinence, constipation, pilonidal disease and hidrandenitis suppurativa. His research interests are in minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery techniques and outcomes, and inflammatory bowel disease. He has been elected into the AOA national medical honor society. Clinical interests include: colon rectal and anal cancer, minimally invasive surgery, single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), diverticular disease of the colon, anorectal disorders, inflammatory bowel disease and constipation.
Michael Stamos, M.D.
University of California Irvine
Dr. Michael J. Stamos is Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine. Michael was born in Miami, Florida and received his undergraduate and MD degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his internship and residency at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami, Florida and received his colon and rectal surgery training at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Michael then moved west where he joined the University of California Los Angeles faculty and worked primarily at Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California for eleven years. In 2002 he moved to UC Irvine Medical Center to establish the Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery at that institution. He has published over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts, 30 chapters and has also served as editor on 4 textbooks including the ASCRS textbook of Colon and Rectal surgery. He is currently serving as Chair of the Examination Committee and is President Elect of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ABCRS).
Bradley J. Champagne, MD
University Hospitals, Case Medical Center
Dr. Champagne obtained his Bachelors in Science from the University of Scranton, and his medical degree from Upstate Medical College at Syracuse, N.Y. He undertook his General Surgery Residency at Albany Medical College, and completed Colorectal Residency at the Georgia Colon and Rectal Surgery Clinic in Atlanta. He received certification by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery, and has been on staff at Case Western Reserve Medical Center and University Hospitals of Cleveland since 2006. Currently he is an Associate Professor and fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. He also serves as Chair of the Young Surgeon’s Committee of ASCRS, Surgical Director of the Community Gastroenterology and Quality Center for the Digestive Health Institute a Case Medical Center, and Program Director for the ACGME Colorectal Residency Program and Course Director of the Annual Career Development Course for colorectal residents.
Dr. Champagne has keen interest in teaching and his research focus is on training methods for laparoscopic colectomy and outcomes. He is a reviewer for Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, Annals of Surgery and multiple other journals.
Dr. Champagne has given several invited lectures both nationally and internationally. His clinical interests include laparoscopic colorectal surgery, colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease and benign anorectal disease.
Deborah Nagle, M.D.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Dr. Nagle is the Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She obtained her Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She completed her residency in general surgery at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, and completed a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, also in Philadelphia.
Dr. Nagle is Board Certified in General and Colon and Rectal Surgery, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. She has held numerous committee positions in the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Clinical interest includes: Minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery, Single incision minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery (SILS – Single incision laparoscopic surgery), inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), familial colorectal cancer syndromes, and anorectal diseases.
David E. Stein, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine
David E. Stein, M.D., received his medical degree from Downstate Medical College in New York. He completed his general surgery training in Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia before accepting a fellowship position in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio. Dr. Stein is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. His clinical focus includes the laparoscopic treatment of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, and is an expert in prevention strategies and identifying risk factors for colorectal cancer in younger patients. He serves as the director of education and sits on the board of directors of the Susan Cohan Kasdas Foundation, for which he has created numerous health education programs.
