MEET THE SPEAKERS

glas Evans is Chair of the Department of Surgery and came to MCW in 2009 from the University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center The Department of Surgery currently has over 110 faculty, approximately 70 residents and fellows and 117 advanced care practitioners. Dr. Evans has been involved in the research and treatment of pancreatic cancer for his entire career, with a special interest in treatment sequencing, clinical trials, surgical technique and translational research infrastructure. He is a member of the Review Panel for the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and the National Advisory Committee of TGEN. He has been a member of the Scientific Review Committee for the PanCAN-AACR Career Development Awards and served as Scientific Review Committee Chair for the PanCAN-AACR Research Acceleration Network Awards.

Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick was appointed the 17th president of Howard University in 2014 and was named the distinguished Charles R Drew Professor of Surgery by the Board of Trustees in 2020. Today, he continues to perform in the operating room and teach in the classroom. Dr. Frederick is a widely recognized expert on disparities in health care and medical education His medical research focuses on narrowing racial, ethnic and gender disparities in cancer care outcomes, especially in relation to gastrointestinal cancers. He also devotes his time to writing and speaking on salient topics in higher education and the underrepresentation of African-Americans in health care He also serves on numerous boards and committees including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Cancer Society as well as Humana Inc. and Insulet Corporation.

University of West Indies

Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Professor Dan attended medical school at UWI, Mona and completed a general surgery residency at SUNY in Buffalo, New York. Following, he did a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in Washington DC In 2003, he returned home to Trinidad and pioneered advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery in the Caribbean and in Trinidad. He joined the University of the West Indies in 2004 and was made Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery in 2015 From 2015- 2021 he headed the Department of Clinical Surgical Sciences at UWI, following he assumed the post of Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.

Director, Surgical Services, UH Seidman Cancer Center; Division Chief, Surgical Oncology, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Professor

Dr. Winter is a nationally recognized, boardcertified surgeon with a special interest in the medical and surgical management of pancreatic and related cancers, pancreatic cysts, chronic pancreatitis, biliary, bile duct strictures, gastric and liver cancers and abdominal tumors. In addition to being a highly skilled clinician, Dr. Winter is a leader in translational and basic research. As director of the Winter Lab, which is funded by the American Cancer Society and the NIH, he is at the forefront of investigational efforts to find alternative treatments for pancreatic cancer.