Dr. Alan Venook Wins 2016 Blue Faery Award

As the leader of the gastrointestinal oncology clinical program and the Madden Family Distinguished Professor of Medical Oncology and Translational Research at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Alan Venook is a nationally recognized expert in colorectal and liver cancers. He has published more than 70 original articles, chapters or books dealing with gastrointestinal malignancies. Dr. Venook has chaired the Scientific Program for ASCO 2015 and the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Hepatobiliary Task Force. He is a member of NCI’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Steering Committee and currently chairs the Gastrointestinal Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, where he oversees an extensive clinical trial portfolio.