IDCA Structure & Committees
The IDCA is an Alliance that collaborates with individuals and organizations drawn from every area of the public and private sector able to bring resources and influence to bear on the prevention and reduction of digestive cancers worldwide including:
- Medical professional organizations including representation from the fields of gastroenterology, oncology, nursing, surgery and others
- Public advocacy organizations and patient survivor groups
- Political parties or groupings
- Insurers
- The media
- Industry
The Alliance comprises over 100 national gastroenterological associations whose representatives concern themselves with the development of cancer awareness programs in their respective regions.
In addition committees have been formed to address all aspects of each specific cancer as we as review related topics such as epidemiology, statistics and primary prevention.
| Steering Committee |
| Co-Chair: |
Sidney Winawer, USA |
| Co-Chair: |
Meinhard Classen, Germany |
| Vice Chair: |
Guido Tytgat, Netherlands |
| Vice Chair: |
Eric van Cutsem, Belgium |
| Secretary General: |
David Lieberman, USA |
| Deputy Secretary General: |
Wolff Schmiegel, Germany |
| Finance Officer: |
Joseph Geenen, USA |
| WGO President: |
Eamonn Quigley, Ireland (or representative) |
| Councillors: |
- Carolyn Aldige, USA
- Naima Amrani, Morocco
- Angelita Habr-Gama, Brazil
- Vladimir Ivashkin, Russia
- Masaki Kitajima, Japan
- René Lambert, France
- Bernard Levin, USA
- San Ren Lin, China
- Christa Maar, Germany
- Maria Elena Martinez, USA
- Alberto Montori, Italy
- Robert Smith, USA
- Graeme Young, Australia
- Wei-Cheng You, China
- Ann Zauber, USA
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| Committees: |
| Finance Committee: |
Joseph Geenen/Douglas LaBrecque (WGO) |
| Nominations Committee: |
TBC |
| Project Teams: |
| Screening: |
Sidney Winawer, USA |
| Cancer Leagues & Patient Advocacy: |
Meinhard Classen, Germany |
| Surgery: |
Guido Tytgat, Netherlands |
| Prevention: |
Eric van Cutsem, Belgium |
| Management: |
David Lieberman, USA |
| Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Trials: |
Wolff Schmiegel, Germany |
| Publications & PR: |
Joseph Geenen, USA |
| Development: |
Eamonn Quigley, Ireland (or representative) |
| Postgraduate Courses: |
Co-Ordinator: Guido Tytgat
(develop training courses in training centers with WGO via the Training and Education Committee) |
| Executive Secretariat: |
Caley Kleczka, World Gastroenterology Organisation |
| Organization: World Gastroenterology Organisation |
| Contact information: |
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Founding Organizations:
Several organizations in the field of gastroenterology have joined forces to form the International Digestive Cancer Alliance (IDCA) in order to raise global awareness of digestive cancers. |
| World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) |
| World Organization of Digestive Endoscopy (OMED) » visit website |
| United European Gastroenterology Federation (UEGF) » visit website |
| European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (EGSE) » visit website |
| Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation (CRPF) » visit website |
| International Union Against Cancer (UICC) » visit website |
Professor Meinhard Classen (Past President WGO) being received by His Holiness the Late Pope John Paul II.
United States Senator