
Our Team
“We are clinicians, researchers, advocates, and community leaders united by a shared purpose: to stop stomach cancer where it hits hardest.
Our team brings together medical expertise, public health leadership, and lived community experience.”
Leadership Team

President
Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH

Vice President
Joe McMenamin, MD, JD
Advisory Board
Chair
Chul S. Hyun, MD, PhD, MPH
Division of Digestive Disease,
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Vice Chair
Joe McMenamin, MD, JD, FCLM
Legal Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Yoon-Kyo An, MD, PhD
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Queensland School of Medicine
Brisbane, Australia
Sam Bae, MD
Division of Gastroenterology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Steven Brower, MD
Professor of Surgery,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, NY
Miguel Burch, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Cedar Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Hearn J. Cho, MD, PhD
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, NY
Soo-Jeong Cho, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Korea
Marcia Cruz-Correa, MD, PhD
Division of Gastroenterology
University of Puerto Rico
Manami Inoue, MD, PhD, MPH
National Cancer Center
Tokyo, Japan.
Eugene Han, MD, MPH
Division of Gastroenterology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Sung-Hwi Hong, MD, MPH
Yonsei Medical College
Seoul, Korea
Won-Jae Huh, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Takuji Gotoda, MD, PhD
Cancer Institute Hospital
Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
Tokyo, Japan
Alex Kim, MD
Department of Surgery
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Hyoung Il Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery
Yonsei Medical College
Seoul, Korea
Hyung-Kwon Kim, MD
Department of Surgery,
Sociedade Beneficente Israelita Hospital
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pamela Kunz, MD
Division of Oncology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Loren Laine, MD
Division of Digestive Disease,
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Hye Seung Lee, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Korea
Hyuk-Joon Lee, MD, PhD
Department of Surgery and Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine;
Gastric Cancer Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital,
Seoul, Korea
Chen Liu, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology,
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Xavier Llor, MD
Division of Digestive Diseases,
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Xiaomei Ma, PhD
Epidemiology
Yale School of Public Health
New Haven, CT
John Marshall, MD
Division of Oncology
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Reef Mukherji, MD
Division of Oncology
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Division of Digestive Diseases
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Shilpa Murthy, MD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Jaeil Shin, MD, PhD
Yonsei Medical College
Seoul, Korea
Mitch Spinnell, MD
Division of Gastroenterology
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
Raghav Sundar, MD, PhD
Division of Oncology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Tamar Taddei, MD
Div of Digestive Diseases
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Rong Wang, PhD
Epidemiology
Yale School of Public Health
New Haven, CT
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE
Department of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Han-Kwang Yang, MD, PhD
Division of Surgical Oncology
Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea
Xuchen Zhang, MD, PhD
Dept of Pathology,
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Partners and Collaborators
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Yale Gastric Cancer Prevention Program – Clinical and research partner
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Korean Community Services (KCS) – Outreach and screening
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Hope for Stomach Cancer – Advocacy and survivor engagement
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Debbie’s Dream Foundation (DDF) – Education and awareness
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NexBioHealth – Media and public engagement
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Faith-Based Organizations – Grassroots outreach and trust-building
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Local Clinics – On-the-ground support and navigation





