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Dr. Wells Messersmith

Dr. Wells Messersmith is Associate Professor, Medical Oncology at the University of Colorado Cancer Center in Denver.

He graciously videotaped several segments on how colorectal cancer affects young people, screenings, and symptoms. Take six minutes to watch the following video.

Dr. Messersmith’s bio follows the video.

Greg's Cancer Foundation, Inc. is indebted to Dr. Wells Messersmith for his efforts to communicate information about this dreadful disease.

Dr. Messersmith joined the University of Colorado Cancer Center faculty in August 2007 as the Director of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology as well as an active participant in the Drug Development Program. He trained in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School and did his Medical Oncology / Drug Development Fellowship at Johns Hopkins, where he was on the faculty from 2004-2007 as Assistant Professor in the GI Oncology and Drug Development programs.

Dr. Messersmith is focused on clinical and translational cancer research and is the director of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Medical Oncology Program. This comprehensive program includes multi-disciplinary GI cancer clinics, tumor boards, and research endeavors. Dr. Messersmith holds several NIH grants (K23, R21) and is the principal investigator on numerous national and local therapeutic trials. He is an active investigator in the developmental therapeutics laboratory, working on novel targeted therapies as well as correlative studies for use on human tissue samples.

When recording the video presentation, Dr. Messersmith commented that he was the same age as Greg when Greg was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.