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The 2023 AGA Tech Summit was made possible by support from Castle Biosciences and Medtronic (Diamond Sponsors), AI Medical Services, Boston Scientific, Exact Sciences Corporation, FUJIFILM Medical Systems and Olympus Corporation (Gold Sponsors), Cook Medical Inc., and STERIS Endoscopy (Silver Sponsors), and Apollo Endosurgery and EvoEndo (Bronze Sponsors).
AGA takes CRC month to Capitol Hill
Participating in Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Washington, D.C., means one thing – taking the fight to save lives from CRC to Capitol Hill and advocating for increased access to screening and research to improve outcomes.
Austin Chiang, MD, MPH
AGA members and partners in the CRC community attend the Cancer Moonshot Colorectal Cancer Forum hosted by the White House.
In March, AGA joined the national advocacy organization Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) and partners in the colorectal cancer community for events in our nation’s capital. The goal was to destigmatize talking about gut health and CRC and to collaboratively develop solutions that will improve and increase access to CRC screening.
Austin Chiang, MD, MPH
AGA member and FORWARD graduate Dr. Fola May speaks about disparities in CRC during a panel discussion at the White House’s Cancer Moonshot Colorectal Cancer Forum.
Fight CRC working lunch
Former AGA president Dr. David Lieberman and fellow AGA member and FORWARD graduate Dr. Fola May served as facilitators for the coalition of public and private leaders assembled by Fight CRC. The group is working to develop an action plan to further equitable CRC screening and lower the number of lives impacted by CRC. Among the participants were insurers, industry, federal agencies, healthcare providers, retail businesses, and patients.
White House Cancer Moonshot colorectal cancer forum
In partnership with President Biden’s reignited Cancer Moonshot initiative, we joined Fight CRC and other advocacy and industry leaders in the colorectal cancer community for the Cancer Moonshot Colorectal Cancer Forum, hosted by the White House.
Dr. May participated as a panelist during the forum and discussed how we should address disparities in CRC. “Research dollars are essential in [combating CRC inequity]. We do not know how to effectively deliver care and preventive services to these populations unless we do deep dives into these particular settings to understand how to best deliver that care. This is not a “pick a model and apply broadly” approach. We need to go to the people, and we need to go to the people with the methods that work for that particular setting, and that’s going to be different in every community.”
American Gastroenterological Association
AGA members Drs. Austin Chiang, Rachel Issaka, Fola May, David Lieberman and Swati Patel participate in advocacy events in Washington, D.C. in support of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
In addition to Dr. Lieberman, who attended on behalf of AGA, fellow AGA members Drs. Austin Chiang, Swati Patel and AGA FORWARD Scholar Rachel Issaka were in attendance. We are appreciative of the opportunity to be included in these important discussions with the Administration and partners in the CRC community as we work together to reduce the burden of CRC and save lives.
Fight CRC United in Blue rally on the National Mall
It’s become an annual tradition for us to join Fight CRC’s United in Blue rally and blue flag installation on the National Mall, and this year was no different. We joined industry and patient advocacy groups in the CRC community to raise our voices about the need for screening, research, and advocacy to improve colon cancer outcomes.
