Board Members
STEVE DEMEESTER
President and Executive Director
Thoracic, Foregut and Minimally Invasive Surgery
The Oregon Clinic, Portland OR
TOM DEMEESTER
Director and Chairman of the Board
Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
JEFF PETERS
Director and Secretary
Chief Operating Officer for University Hospitals Healthcare System, Professor of Surgery.
DONALD CASTELL
Director Emeritus
(b. Sept 19, 1935 – d. Jan 8, 2021)
Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the Director of the Esophageal Disorders Program at the Medical University of South Carolina
PHILIP KATZ
Director
Director of Motility Laboratories
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York City
STUART SPECHLER
Board Member
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Diseases, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, Co-Director, Center for Esophageal Research Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
ERIC ALCORN
Vice President, Finance / Administration and Treasurer
Managing Partner, Scout Capital Associates, a senior care services development company