Providing the best possible care in a timely manner for colorectal cancer patients is the goal of Matthew Kalady, MD, for the new James Colorectal Cancer Center. “Everything starts with a vision and our vision is to be the best,” he said. In this episode, Kalady discusses how he fell in love with surgery during medical school and eventually came to specialize in colorectal cancer; his research on how the genetics of a colorectal tumor impact their development, growth and response to treatment; and his goals for the new, multidisciplinary colorectal cancer center, which is one of the first in the country. “The James is adept at taking translational research in the lab to patients and I’m excited to be part of that,” Kalady said. He also talks about the cancer journey of his father, who eventually died from cancer of the appendix. “What I learned from the process and seeing him go through it drives how I want to take care of patients,” he said. “Every time I see a cancer patient, I think of him.”