Dr. Hur is the Herbert and Florence Irving Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and the Director of Healthcare Innovations and Research at Columbia University Medical Center. He is a nationally recognized expert in cancer screening and the prevention of gastrointestinal cancers, and a leader within the National Cancer Institute consortium of researchers that work toward improving cancer management. His research focuses on esophageal, gastric, and pancreatic disease and the use of data analytics and advanced machine learning to develop clinical prediction rules.