Dr. Issaka is a Gastroenterologist and Assistant Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington with expertise in colorectal cancer prevention, quality improvement, and health equity. Dr. Issaka’s research focuses on decreasing colorectal cancer mortality through increased screening in medically underserved populations. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [cont.]

Dr. Anyaoku is Vice President and the inaugural Chief Health Equity Officer for Swedish Health Services. Dr. Anyaoku has been at Swedish since 2016 in leadership over pediatrics and Medicaid strategy, and served as the physician lead for health equity and community partnerships. Prior to arriving at Swedish, Dr. Anyaoku served as the Division Chief of General Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, then as the Medical Director of Pediatrics for CHI Alegent Creighton health system in Omaha, Nebraska. She is a board-certified pediatrician and professor of pediatrics. [cont.]

Dr. Gibson is a psychiatrist in private-practice in Madison Valley, Seattle. He provides medication management, adult medium- and long-term psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis.  He is on faculty with the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and he is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Washington School of Medicine.