Congratulations to our 2024 Bree Collaborative award winner for Best Practices in Colorectal Cancer Screening:
- Community Health Plan of Washington
- UW Medicine & UW Physicians
- Kaiser Permanente
- MultiCare
- United Health Care
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in the United States. Washington State has wide variation in who has received appropriate colorectal cancer screening, with very low rates in some populations. This workgroup met from January to November 2020 and the Recommendations were adopted in November 2020.
Meeting Materials
Workgroup Members
| Member | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Rick Ludwig, MD (Chair) | Chief Executive Officer | Pacific Medical Centers |
| Patricia Auerbach, MD, MBA, FACP | Chief Medical Officer, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, Employer & Individual, Medicare & Retirement | UnitedHealthcare |
| Elizabeth Broussard, MD | Gastroenterology | Pacific Medical Centers First Hill |
| Jason Dominitz, MD, MHS | National Director of Gastroenterology | VA Puget Sound |
| Casey Eastman, MPH | Content Lead, Breast, Cervical, Colon Health Program | Washington State Department of Health |
| Bev Green, MD, MPH | Senior Investigator, Family Physician | Kaiser Permanente Washington |
| Tracey Hugel, MSN, RN | Senior Clinical Program Consultant | Regence |
| John Inadomi, MD | Gastroenterology | University of Washington Medicine |
| Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS | Assistant Member, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinical Research Division | Fred Hutch |
| Hagen Kennecke, MD | Medical Oncology | Virginia Mason |
| Val Simianu, MD, MPH | Colon and Rectal Surgeon | Virginia Mason |
| Julie Stofel | Patient and Family Advocate | |
| Tammy Wild, MPH, RDN, LD, NSCA-CPT | State Health Systems Manager | American Cancer Society |
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