Esophageal Cancer

Esophageal Cancer Research

The Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center is leading the way in finding new therapies for esophageal squamous cell cancer, esophageal adenocarcinoma, and Barrett’s esophagus. Our esophageal biology and cancer research has the highest NIH funding in the country, and our researchers are world-renowned experts dedicated to uncovering new ways to find and treat esophageal cancers. Highlights of our research program include: 

  • Dr. Anil Rustgi, overall PI of an NCI program project on esophageal cancer.
  •  Dr. Julian Abrams, overall PI of the NCI U54 BETRNet (Barrett’s Esophagus Translational Research Network).

Esophageal Stem Cell Research 

  • Jianwen Que, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Anil K Rustgi, MD

    • Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine
    Anil K. Rustgi, MD

Eosinophilic Esophagitis Research 

  • Dominique Bailey, MD

    • Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at CUMC

  • David A. Katzka, MD

    • Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) Research

  • Julian Adin Abrams, MD

    • Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Columbia University Medical Center
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  • Timothy Cragin Wang, MD

    • Dorothy L. and Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Medicine
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  • Jianwen Que, MD, PhD

    • Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine

  • Anil K Rustgi, MD

    • Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine
    Anil K. Rustgi, MD

  • Joel T. Gabre, MD

    • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUIMC
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Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (ESCC) Research

Dr. Rustgi leads an NCI program project on esophageal cancer, involving J. Alan Diehl (Case Western Cancer Center), Hiroshi Nakagawa and has 3 core facilities (Administrative/Biostatistics; 3D organoid/cell culture under Dr. Nakagawa; and Molecular Pathology).

Esophageal Cancer Epidemiology

  • Chin Hur, MD

    • Professor of Medicine
    • Professor of Epidemiology
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Optimizing Radiation Treatments 

  • Simon K. Cheng, MD, PhD

    • Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at CUMC
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  • Lisa Ann Kachnic, MD, FASTRO

    • Chu H. Chang Professor of Radiation Oncology
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