Colorectal Cancer ROundtable
Colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable — and treatable — cancers when found early.
The Colorectal Cancer Roundtable unites healthcare providers, public health professionals, community organizations, and advocates to increase screening rates, promote early detection, and reduce disparities in care across Georgia. We focus on expanding access to evidence-based screening options, raising public awareness about the importance of getting screened, and addressing barriers that keep people from timely diagnosis and treatment. By working together, we strive to ensure that every Georgian has the knowledge, resources, and opportunity to prevent colorectal cancer or catch it early, when it’s most treatable.
Colorectal Cancer News
Georgia CORE launches “Weird Looking Stools” to spark life-saving conversations around the state
With much anticipation, Georgia CORE has launched “Weird Looking Stools,” a statewide awareness campaign using unexpected art to normalize and prompt life-saving conversations about colon cancer and increase voluntary check-ups. To date, colon cancer is the second...
Cancer Center researcher targets colon cancer with a treatment fusion
According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is expected to cause about 52,000 deaths in America during 2025. A researcher at the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is hoping her treatment can one day reduce those numbers. “This is a...
GCRCCP honored by ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
Just in time for Colorectal Cancer Awareness month, the American Cancer Society National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (ACS NCCRT), founded in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, honored Georgia CORE and the Georgia...
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Dr. Saurabh Chawla, M.D., FACG, AGAF
Professor of Medicine at Emory University and Director of Endoscopy at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
A leader in advanced endoscopy, GI cancer detection, and pancreatitis research, Dr. Chawla co-directs Winship’s Pancreatitis Center of Excellence and oversees the Digestive Diseases Fellowship. A celebrated educator and clinician, he has earned multiple teaching and provider awards and serves on Winship’s cancer control research team.
Dr. Jim Hotz, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Clinical Services Director, Albany Area Primary Health Care
Dr. Hotz is a founding physician and long-time leader at AAPHC, a Cornell- and Ohio State-trained internist who has devoted nearly five decades to improving healthcare access across rural Southwest Georgia. A Mercer University clinical professor and former chair of multiple regional health boards, he has been a driving force in cancer prevention, chronic disease management, and building public health infrastructure. His lifetime of service earned him the Georgia Rural Health Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He broached the frontier of rural medicine in ways so impactful that they inspired the novel Where Remedies Lie, the film Doc Hollywood, and the Tribeca-featured documentary “Doc Albany.”