David Greenwald, MD

American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Public Awareness and Social Media Task Group Co-Chair

Dr. Greenwald is currently Director of Clinical Gastroenterology and Endoscopy at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Previously, he was Fellowship Program Director in Gastroenterology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine for nearly two decades, and was Associate Division Director of Gastroenterology at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. He was a Medical Director of the Advanced Endoscopy Center.

Dr. Greenwald graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University, and attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he earned an MD. He did a residency in Internal Medicine followed by a Gastroenterology Fellowship, both at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. He is a past president of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and currently serves as that organization’s Education Director. He is Secretary of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the Board of Trustees, and previously was Chairman of the Board of Governors. He has been active in many ASGE Committees, and was Chairman of the ASGE’s Public and Member Outreach Committee. He was recognized by ASGE with a Master Endoscopist Award in 2006. He is a Board Member of GIQuIC, the GI Quality Improvement Consortium. He has been a member of the Steering Committee of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, and is now the Co-Chair of that organization’s Public Awareness and Social Media Task Group. In New York, he is the co-chairman of the Citywide Colorectal Cancer Control Coalition (C5). He served for many years as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on GI Endoscopy for the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).

His interests in endoscopy include new technology, reprocessing and infection control in endoscopy, training, quality in endoscopy, sedation, patient preparation, GERD, colon cancer screening and prevention, and capsule endoscopy.

Anjelica “Anjee” Davis, MPPA

Fight Colorectal Cancer

Steering Committee Member

Public Awareness and Social Media Task Group Co-Chair

Anjee Davis serves as President of Fight Colorectal Cancer, a national nonprofit founded in 2005. For over a decade she has focused her work on colorectal cancer research, education and awareness. Prior to joining Fight Colorectal Cancer, Anjee worked at the University of South Carolina’s Center for Colon Cancer Research, administering over $11 million dollars from the NIH to build a multidisciplinary basic science team of young investigators in colorectal cancer. Her experience spans from leading public health efforts and developing statewide colorectal cancer screening programs to managing a community oncology practice and overseeing its clinical trials program. Ms. Davis brings a unique understanding of cancer research as well as clinical systems to her position at Fight CRC. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Southwest Missouri State University and a Master of Public Policy Administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Ms. Davis co-chairs the Public Awareness and Social Media Task Group for the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), and is a member of the steering committee (2009-2012; 2017). She actively serves on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) advisory panels and is a member of the Cancer Leadership Council, Research!America, One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) and Alliance for a Stronger FDA. As a research advocate, she joined NCI’s Colon Cancer Task Force, Patient Advocate Steering Committee, Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) Dream Team Patient Advocate and the DIA Fellows program. She was recognized by her peers in 2011, 2013 and 2014 as a part of NCCRT’s Blue Star Challenge for her role in colon cancer awareness efforts. She has received the Betty Anne Moore Community Leadership award, the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s Laurel Award for Advocacy, and was honored by the Springfield Business Journal’s 40 under 40 for her civic leadership. Building collaborations is an important part of her role and she is best known for championing patient empowerment within the research and healthcare community.