Membership

Ruesch Membership

Executive Committee: Oversee all activities of the center, including membership, budget matters, philanthropy management, research prioritization, mentorship, disease outcomes, strategic planning, and CME planning.

Disease Teams: Compromised of a multi-disciplinary group whose primary responsibility is to oversee care, research and disease outcomes for a given tumor type. While we all see a variety of GI cancers, the teams monitor and maintain the treatment pathways, the clinical research portfolio, the CME programs, tumor boards, and outcomes.

General Membership: An integral contributor to our efforts to integrate discoveries in molecular medicine and translational research with a patient-centered philosophy to transform the standard of care for patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

Membership in the Ruesch Center includes:

• Funding opportunities through the Ruesch Center and Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Access to research infrastructure support – CRMO (Clinical Research Management Office)
• Supported access to shared resources including biostatistics, tumor banks, tissue collection support
  
• Strategic research collaborations across our network and region
  
• Publicity about member activities through the Ruesch website, newsletter, and other communications
  
• Technical advice and resources for program development
• CME planning support
• Medical writing support
• Access to world class annotated tissue banks
  
• Outcomes support with patient tracking, data base
• Summer student program
  

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Please contact RueschCenter@georgetown.edu for more details.