Colorectal Cancer

Our Experts

Doctors

• Dr. Nathan M. Bass, medical director, Liver Transplant Service for adults

• Dr. Emily Bergsland, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. J. Michael Berry, cancer specialist

• Dr. Fergus V. Coakley, radiologist

• Dr. Edward H. Kim, colon and rectal surgeon

• Dr. Andrew H. Ko, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. Richard M. Krieg, radiation cancer specialist

• Dr. Joel Palefsky, infectious disease specialist

• Dr. Margaret A. Tempero, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. Madhulika G Varma, colon and rectal surgeon

• Dr. Alan Venook, gastrointestinal cancer specialist

• Dr. Robert S. Warren, cancer surgeon

• Dr. Judy Yee, radiologist

Nurses

Naomi Jay is a nurse practitioner in the UCSF Dysplasia Clinic. She specializes in the detection and diagnosis of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the anal canal and also helped pioneer the use of the diagnostic tool, colposcope, for HPV-related diseases. Jay also participates in HPV-related research, including the natural history of HPV-related anal disease in men and women, treatment studies using vaccines, infrared coagulation, DFMO and traditional Chinese medicine as well as cervical HPV clinical studies of adolescents and young women.

Jay completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Subsequently, she earned her graduate degree in nursing, specializing in womens health, at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professionals.

Other Experts

Amie Blanco is the lead genetic counselor in the Gastrointestinal Cancer Prevention Program, a subspecialty of the UCSF Cancer Risk Program. As a member of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumors, Blanco is widely recognized as an expert in the diagnosis and management of hereditary cancer syndromes.

After completing undergraduate studies at the University of San Diego, Blanco worked in a biotechnology laboratory, focusing on the identification of small molecules for cancer treatment. She then earned a master's degree in genetic counseling at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she completed a fellowship in Cancer Prevention Education. Blanco has written about hereditary cancer syndromes for numerous publications, including a chapter on genetic risk assessment and counseling for the book "Everyones Guide to Cancer Therapy, Revised 5th Edition." Currently, she is the Gordon and Betty Moore Endowed Counselor in Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.