Top experts by indication / Oncology
Most active experts in Colorectal Cancer
2026 edition, data as of October 26, 2026
681 key opinion leaders in the directory are tagged to Colorectal Cancer. The tables below rank them by one public measure each: registered trials, citations, NIH awards and congress contributions. Each is a count from a named source, not a judgment about the person, and every row links a profile where the count can be checked.
Most registered trials
Registered clinical trials in this indication on which the person is a listed investigator, counted from ClinicalTrials.gov. 370 of the 681 people tagged to this indication have this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov.
| # | Expert | trials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marwan FakihCity of Hope, CA | 23 trials |
| 2 | Norman WolmarkUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA | 22 trials |
| 3 | Leonard SaltzMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 15 trials |
| 4 | Josep TaberneroVall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) | 14 trials |
| 5 | Heinz-Josef LenzUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA | 11 trials |
| 6 | Eric Van CutsemUniversity Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven) | 11 trials |
| 7 | Nilofer AzadJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 11 trials |
| 8 | Johanna BendellPfizer, TN | 11 trials |
| 9 | Scott KopetzThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 10 trials |
| 10 | Nancy KemenyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 10 trials |
| 11 | Michael OvermanThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 9 trials |
| 12 | Wells MessersmithUniversity of Colorado Cancer Center, CO | 8 trials |
| 13 | Andrea CercekMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 8 trials |
| 14 | Jeffrey MeyerhardtDana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA | 8 trials |
| 15 | Alexander SpiraVirginia Cancer Specialists, VA | 7 trials |
| 16 | Kanwal RaghavThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 7 trials |
| 17 | Olatunji AleseEmory University, GA | 7 trials |
| 18 | Hagen KenneckeOregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute, OR | 7 trials |
| 19 | Hedy KindlerUniversity of Chicago, IL | 7 trials |
| 20 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 7 trials |
| 21 | William SchelmanWI | 6 trials |
| 22 | John StricklerNC | 6 trials |
| 23 | Gina BrownNE | 6 trials |
| 24 | David HongThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 6 trials |
| 25 | Cathy EngVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 6 trials |
Most cited
Citations to the person's whole published record in OpenAlex, not only their work in this indication, among the people with at least two registered trials in it. 112 of the 681 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: OpenAlex.
| # | Expert | citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Van CutsemUniversity Hospitals Leuven (UZ Leuven) | 176,402 citations |
| 2 | Josep TaberneroVall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) | 129,261 citations |
| 3 | Norman WolmarkUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA | 124,155 citations |
| 4 | Jaffer AjaniThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 118,781 citations |
| 5 | Charles FuchsTubulis GmbH | 114,486 citations |
| 6 | Razelle KurzrockMedical College of Wisconsin, WI | 88,610 citations |
| 7 | Leonard SaltzMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 86,391 citations |
| 8 | Yuman FongCity of Hope, CA | 80,193 citations |
| 9 | David SpigelSarah Cannon Research Institute, TN | 79,383 citations |
| 10 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 74,238 citations |
| 11 | Richard GoldbergAgenus Inc., WV | 66,884 citations |
| 12 | Scott KopetzThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 59,091 citations |
| 13 | Heinz-Josef LenzUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA | 57,638 citations |
| 14 | Tim GretenNational Institutes of Health, MD | 54,882 citations |
| 15 | Jeffrey MeyerhardtDana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA | 53,998 citations |
| 16 | Eric ChenUniversity of Hong Kong, TX | 52,043 citations |
| 17 | Dung LeJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 49,697 citations |
| 18 | Charles LoprinziMayo Clinic, MN | 49,105 citations |
| 19 | Amit SingalUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 48,718 citations |
| 20 | David HongThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 47,734 citations |
| 21 | Herbert ZehHarold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, PA | 43,713 citations |
| 22 | Peter O'DwyerECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, PA | 43,318 citations |
| 23 | Alan VenookUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 43,039 citations |
| 24 | Dawn HershmanColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 42,795 citations |
| 25 | Jordan BerlinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 40,633 citations |
Most NIH awards
NIH awards on the person's record in NIH RePORTER, across all of their funded work, among the people with at least two registered trials in this indication. 85 of the 681 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: NIH RePORTER.
| # | Expert | awards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li LiCA | 17 awards |
| 2 | Peter O'DwyerECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, PA | 15 awards |
| 3 | Dean BrennerUniversity of Michigan, MI | 14 awards |
| 4 | Dawn HershmanColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 14 awards |
| 5 | Scott KopetzThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 13 awards |
| 6 | Branimir SikicStanford University School of Medicine, CA | 10 awards |
| 7 | Amit SingalUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 10 awards |
| 8 | Adrian DobsJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 9 awards |
| 9 | Brennan SpiegelCedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA | 8 awards |
| 10 | Manish ShahWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 8 awards |
| 11 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 8 awards |
| 12 | Samir GuptaIndiana University School of Medicine, IN | 8 awards |
| 13 | Jordan BerlinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 8 awards |
| 14 | David BartlettAllegheny Health Network, PA | 7 awards |
| 15 | Herbert HurwitzDuke University, NC | 6 awards |
| 16 | Charles RogersAZ | 6 awards |
| 17 | Anthony ShieldsMI | 6 awards |
| 18 | Norman WolmarkUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA | 6 awards |
| 19 | Hedy KindlerUniversity of Chicago, IL | 6 awards |
| 20 | Steven AlbertsMayo Clinic, MN | 6 awards |
| 21 | Charles FuchsTubulis GmbH | 5 awards |
| 22 | Jaffer AjaniThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 5 awards |
| 23 | Mace RothenbergMuseum of Medicine and Biomedical Discovery, TN | 5 awards |
| 24 | Nilofer AzadJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 5 awards |
| 25 | Jeffrey MeyerhardtDana-Farber Cancer Institute, MA | 5 awards |
Most congress contributions
Congress abstracts and presentations attributed to the person and verified by DOI, across every meeting the directory tracks, among the people with at least two registered trials in this indication. 57 of the 681 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: Congress abstracts, DOI-verified.
| # | Expert | contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josep TaberneroVall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) | 574 contributions |
| 2 | Michael OvermanThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 333 contributions |
| 3 | Johanna BendellPfizer, TN | 310 contributions |
| 4 | Dawn HershmanColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 278 contributions |
| 5 | Norman WolmarkUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA | 273 contributions |
| 6 | Patricia LorussoYale School of Medicine, MI | 272 contributions |
| 7 | James GulleyNational Cancer Institute, MD | 255 contributions |
| 8 | Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 250 contributions |
| 9 | Siqing FuThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 241 contributions |
| 10 | Cathy EngVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 240 contributions |
| 11 | Anthony TolcherNEXT Oncology, TX | 229 contributions |
| 12 | Marwan FakihCity of Hope, CA | 228 contributions |
| 13 | Timothy YapThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 221 contributions |
| 14 | Leonard SaltzMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 202 contributions |
| 15 | Kanwal RaghavThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX | 191 contributions |
| 16 | Manish ShahWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 174 contributions |
| 17 | Dustin DemingUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, WI | 174 contributions |
| 18 | Axel GrotheyWest Cancer Center, TN | 169 contributions |
| 19 | Rona YaegerMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY | 168 contributions |
| 20 | Michael PishvaianJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, DC | 165 contributions |
| 21 | Hedy KindlerUniversity of Chicago, IL | 163 contributions |
| 22 | Al BensonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 160 contributions |
| 23 | Jordan BerlinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 156 contributions |
| 24 | Shivaani KummarOregon Health & Science University (OHSU), OR | 155 contributions |
| 25 | Elena ChioreanUniversity of Washington, WA | 154 contributions |
Emerging
35 of the 681 carry the Emerging flag: publication and trial activity rising over the recent three years, in the top ten percent for growth among specialty peers at a similar career stage. Listed A to Z, not ranked; the flag is a yes or nothing, never a score. How the flag is computed.
| Abdullah AbbasiUniversity of Iowa, IA |
| Olivia AranhaWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO |
| Fiyinfolu BalogunMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY |
| Marina BarettiJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD |
| Dean BrennerUniversity of Michigan, MI |
| Sita ChokhavatiaNJ |
| Cathy EngVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN |
| Cristina FerroneCedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA |
| Phillip GarfinJazz Pharmaceuticals, CA |
| Susan GilchristTX |
| Patrick GriersonWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO |
| Stephen GruberCity of Hope, CA |
| Matthew HadfieldBrown University, RI |
| Theodore HongMassachusetts General Hospital, MA |
| Herbert HurwitzDuke University, NC |
| Brian KaderaUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA |
| Udai KammulaUniversity of Pittsburgh, PA |
| Samir KhleifGeorgetown University School of Medicine, GA |
| Jeremy KratzWI |
| Heinz-Josef LenzUSC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, CA |
| Nicolas LlosaJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD |
| Wells MessersmithUniversity of Colorado Cancer Center, CO |
| J. PipasGeoVax, NH |
| Michael PishvaianJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, DC |
| Salman PunekarNYU Langone Health, NY |
How these tables are computed
The cohort is every profile in the directory tagged to Colorectal Cancer, from the person's registered trials and published research. Only indications with at least 200 tagged people get a page; a smaller cohort would say more about the tag than about the people in it. Each table sorts the cohort by one count, highest first, with no weighting, no blending and no editorial pass. Ties are broken by the profile's stable internal id so the same counts always give the same order. A person with no count on record is left out of that table, not ranked last.
Citations, NIH awards and congress contributions are counts over a person's whole record, not their work in this indication alone, so those three tables are limited to the indication's investigators: people with at least 2 registered trials in it. Without that rule the most cited people in a cohort are the ones whose careers span many diseases, which is a fact about their careers, not about this field. The registered-trials table is the indication-scoped count itself and has no such limit.
The counts are recomputed on every publish and the page carries the date of the publish it was built from. Previous editions are superseded, not archived.
What is deliberately absent
Reported industry payments are on every profile but are not a table here: a count of payers is a fact, and ranking people by it reads as a judgment. Prescribing volume is part of the paid workspace. The directory's influence tier is a judgment and never orders a public page. Sources and methodology.
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