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Biography: Dr. Kevin Chow is a trauma and acute care surgeon as well as a surgical intensivist joining the Acute Care Surgery Division. He completed a residency in General Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Acute Care Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Emory University and Grady Memorial Hospital. His clinic interests include surgical innovation, point of care ultrasound, robotic surgery, and trauma. He also has an interest in resident education through simulation and cadaver labs.

Biography: Dr. Joel Gabre, MD is a Gastroenterology Specialist who practices in New York, NY. He is 39 years old and has been practicing for 13 years. Dr. Joel Gabre, MD is affiliated with Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center.

Biography: Michael Brener, MD, MS, is an interventional cardiologist with over five years of experience treating patients with a variety of cardiovascular conditions, specifically coronary artery disease, heart failure, and heart valve abnormalities. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and interventional cardiology. Dr. Brener serves as a full-time faculty member of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University School of Medicine. Dr. Brener completed his medical degree and training in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Before starting his training in cardiology, Dr. Brener was an Assistant Chief of Service (Chief Resident) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed his cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, and structural interventional cardiology fellowships at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Brener's clinical practice focuses on cardiac catheterization, percutaneous treatment of coronary artery disease with stents and angioplasty, and procedures to treat heart valve conditions like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair. In addition, Dr. Brener is an active researcher with a faculty appointment at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. His work focuses on cardiovascular hemodynamics in patients with heart failure and valvular heart disease.

Biography: Dr. Yoanna Pumpalova is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and medical oncologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center where she specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies, with a focus on colorectal and anal cancers. She received her MD from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed internship and residency training in Internal Medicine and Global Health at Stanford University. She then completed fellowship training in Medical Oncology at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Pumpalova 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. Dr. Pumpalova is actively involved in translational research to understand the biological mechanisms driving early onset colorectal cancer. She collaborates with Dr. Joel Gabre, a gastroenterologist and clinician scientist and Dr. Beatrice Dionigi, colorectal surgeon, on research to understand how early onset colorectal cancer differs from average onset colorectal cancer, with the goal of uncovering novel ways to treat all patients with colorectal cancer. Dr. Pumpalova is also the site principal investigator of industry-sponsored clinical trials investigating novel therapies for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Further, Dr. Pumpalova conducts studies in low- and middle-income countries focused on early detection and screening for colorectal cancer. She has active studies in South Africa and Dominican Republic. Her research goal is to improve outcomes for patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, regardless of where they reside. Her work has been recognized by several awards including an ASCO Young Investigator Award and ASCO Career Development Award. In the NewsColumbia Researchers Seek Answers for Rise of Colon Cancer in Younger PatientsWhat to Know About the Rise of Colorectal Cancer in Younger PeopleExploring Strategies for Earlier Colon Cancer Detection in Sub-Saharan Africa