Robert J. Coffey, M.D., is Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology and the Ingram Professor of Cancer Research. Dr. Coffey has directed the Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Program since the inception of the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in 1994. He is Principle Investigator of the Vanderbilt Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium (MMHCC) grant. Dr. Coffey also directs Vanderbilt\'s GI Special Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant. Dr. Coffey is the only individual in the country to direct both a MMHCC and SPORE grant. Additionally, Dr. Coffey is a member of The American Society of Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Physicians.