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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, March 22, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    Training Committee (Closed Meeting)
  • 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    Registration
  • 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    Executive Council (Closed Meeting)
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    SSO 2023 Pre-Meeting: SSO Fellows Institute II: Practical Aspects of Starting a Surgical Oncology Career (Separate Registration)

    Moderator & Session Organizer: Amanda L. Kong, MD, MS – Medical College of Wisconsin

    Moderator & Session Organizer: Dan Blazer, III, MD – Duke University Medical Center

    Pre-Meeting

    non-CME

  • 1:00 PM – 2:40 PM
    SSO 2023 Research Pre-Meeting: SSO Grant Writing Workshop

    Moderator & Session Organizer: Darren R. Carpizo, MD, PhD – University of Rochester

    Pre-Meeting

    non-CME

  • 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    SSO 2023 Research Pre-Meeting: SSO Mock Study Section (Closed Session)

    Pre-Meeting

    non-CME

  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
    Welcome Reception
  • Thursday, March 23, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM
    New Member Breakfast (Invite Only)
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM
    Research Committee (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
    Registration
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    AstraZeneca Industry Forum: Focused Review: Adjuvant Therapy in Certain Patients with HER2-Negative, High-Risk Early Breast Cancer

    Faculty: Frederick P. Smith, MD

    Industry

    non-CME

    Breast

  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    BMS Industry Forum: An Overview of Resectable Melanoma Followed by the Potential of Immunotherapy in Earlier Stages of Cancer

    Industry

    non-CME

    Melanoma

  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    CGSO Fellowship Program Directors Committee (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    CME/CPD Committee (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Education Council (Closed Meeting)
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    Morning Welcome Coffee
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM
    SSO Consensus Statement Meeting (Closed Meeting)
  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
    Welcome to SSO 2023
  • 8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
    James Ewing Lecture: “Developing Sustainable Surgical Specialty Programs in East Africa”
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    Breast Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Andrea L. Merrill, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – Boston Medical Center

    HUB Moderator: Tolga Ozmen, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Breast

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    Colorectal Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Center

    Colorectal/GI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    Management of Advanced Thyroid Cancer in the Era of Targeted Therapy

    HUB Moderator: Paxton V. Dickson, MD – University of Tennessee Health Science Center

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    The Next Generation of Vaccination Approaches to the Treatment of Cancer: mRNA and Designer Cancer Vaccines

    HUB Moderator: Danielle M. Bello, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    HUB Presenter: Vinod Balachandran, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    HUB Presenter: Patrick A. Ott, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Dana Farber Cancer Institute

    Immuno-Oncology

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    De-escalation of Surgery for Melanoma

    Moderator: Lesly A. Dossett, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

    Moderator: Joshua M.V Mammen, MD,PhD,MBA – University of Nebraska

    Melanoma

    CME

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    Global Good Morning Brunch (Closed Meeting)
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    Updates in the Role of Multimodality Therapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases

    Moderator: Alexander A. Parikh, MD, MPH, FACS, FSSO (he/him/his) – UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson

    Moderator: Timothy E. Newhook, MD, FACS – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    HPB

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    Value Based Cancer Care: Where Are We Now?

    Moderator: Stephen B. Edge, MD (he/him/his) – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Jacobs School of Medicine University at Buffalo

    Moderator: Tasha Hughes, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

    Quality

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
    Disparities Poster Presentations

    HUB Moderator: Syed Nabeel Zafar, MD, MPH – University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Disparities in Surgical Oncologic Care

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    Upper GI Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Richelle Williams, MD MS FACS – University of Maryland School of Medicine

    HUB Moderator: Danny Yakoub, MD, PhD – Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University

    Upper GI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:45 AM – 10:05 AM
    Elucent Industry Spotlight Session: Software Based Surgical Navigation and the Clinical Advantages

    Faculty: Chantal Reyna, MD (she/her/hers) – Crozer Health System

    Industry

    non-CME

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
    Partner Society - BSSO (Closed Meeting)
  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
    PSM Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Christopher Scally, MD, MS – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    PSM

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
    The Expanding Role of T cell Based Therapies in Cancer Care

    HUB Moderator: Nicholas D. Klemen, MD – National Cancer Institute

    Immuno-Oncology

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Breast Great Debate: The Surgeon’s Role in Locoregional Management of Stage IV Breast Cancer

    Moderator: Tari A. King, MD, FSSO, FASCO (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Womens Hospital, Dana Farber/Brigham Cancer Center

    Breast

    CME

  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
    Colorectal Parallel Session

    Moderator: Bridget N. Fahy, MD (she/her/hers) – University of New Mexico, Division of Surgical Oncology

    Moderator: Brian K. Bednarski, MD, MEHP (he/him/his) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Colorectal/GI

    CME

  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM
    HPB Parallel Session 1

    Moderator: Patricio M. Polanco, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Moderator: Miral Sadaria Grandhi, MD – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    HPB

    CME

  • 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
    Endocrine/H & N and Sarcoma Parallel Session

    Moderator: John M. Kane, III, MD – Rowell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Moderator: Chee-Chee H. Stucky, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    Sarcoma

    CME

  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
    Partner Society - SMeO (Closed Meeting)
  • 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
    Replimune Industry Spotlight Session: Oncolytic Immunotherapy: Past, Present, & Future

    Industry

    non-CME

    Immuno-Oncology

  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    "Help the Doctor": How Best to Utilize APCs in Your Surgical Oncology Practice

    HUB Moderator: Erik Dunki-Jacobs, MD – TriHealth Cancer Institute

    Community Practice Surgeons

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
    Meet the Experts: Current Controversies in the Management of Gastric Cancer

    Expert: John T. Mullen, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    Session Presenter: Kaitlyn Kelly

    Upper GI

    Meet the Experts

    non-CME

  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
    HUB Lunch
  • 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
    CRS and HIPEC for Unusual Primaries

    HUB Moderator: Edward A. Levine, MD – Wake Forest University

    PSM

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
    ERAS Colorectal Surgery Update: Is Same Day Colectomy Ready for Primetime?

    HUB Presenter: Iris H. Wei, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    HUB Presenter: Lawrence Lee, MD PhD (he/him/his) – McGill University Health Centre

    Colorectal/GI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
    Strategies to Increase Enrollment of Diverse Populations in Clinical Trials

    HUB Presenter: Alliric I. Willis, MD, MSPH (he/him/his) – Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

    HUB Presenter: Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, FACS (she/her/hers) – The University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine

    HUB Presenter: Rachel Adams Greenup, MD, MPH, FACS – Yale School of Medicine

    Cross Disciplinary

    DEI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Fellows and Young Attendings (Closed Meeting)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Gastrointestinal Disease Site Work Group (Closed Meeting)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Surgeons Leading outside the OR: Health System Leadership Opportunities Outside Traditional Academic Practice
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
    Constitution and Bylaws Committee (Closed Meeting)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
    Between Patient and Policy Maker - What We Can do to Build Global Capacity for Cancer Surgery

    Moderator: Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, FSSO FACS FASCO (she/her/hers) – Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

    Moderator: Aaron Saunders, MD, MAS, FACS, FSSO (he/him/his) – Summit Cancer Center

    Panelist: Rajendra Toprani, M.S., M.Ch. (Onco) (he/him/his) – HCG Cancer Center, Ahmedabad, India

    Panelist: Jason Park, MEd, MD, FRCSC, FACS – Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology

    Panelist: Joon Jeong, MD PhD – Gangnam Severance Hospital

    Panelist: Heber S. de C Ribeiro, MD, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – AC Camargo Cancer Center

    Panelist: Ashraf S. Zaghloul, MD, PhD,FACS,FSSO,FESSO (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute, Cairo University

    Panelist: Almog Ben-Yaacov, MD – Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

    Panelist: Hector Martinez-Said, MPP, MD (he/him/his) – Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia

    Panelist: Do Joong Park, MD, PhD – Seoul National University Hospital

    International

    CME

  • 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
    The Role of Adrenal Metastasectomy in the New Era of Immune Checkpoint Blockade and/or Targeted Therapy

    Moderator: Patricia Cronin, MD, FRCS – Mayo Clinic

    Moderator: Carmen C. Solórzano, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 12:30 PM – 12:50 PM
    Sirtex industry Spotlight Session: Integrating SIR-Spheres into the Continuum of Surgical Treatment

    Faculty: N Joseph Espat, MS MD (he/him/his) – RWMC-BUSM

    Industry

    non-CME

  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
    Advances in Minimally Invasive Breast Cancer Surgery

    HUB Presenter: Mara A. Piltin, DO (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

    Breast

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
    HPB Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Mihir M. Shah, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University Winship Cancer Institute

    HPB

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
    Regional Therapies for Soft Tissue Sarcomas

    HUB Presenter: Dan Blazer, III, MD – Duke University Medical Center

    HUB Presenter: Giorgos Karakousis, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Sarcoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
    Recent Advances in the Management of Thyroid Nodules

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
    Recent Advances in the Management of Thyroid Nodules

    HUB Moderator: Jeffrey Pelton, MD, MS, MBA, FACS – Mary Washington Health Care

  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
    American Cancer Society/SSO Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lecture: Oncologic Anthropology: Unique Opportunities for Surgeons to Address Global Breast Cancer Disparities
  • 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
    Refreshment Break
  • 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM
    Lumicell Industry Spotlight Session: Intraoperative Imaging Inside the Breast Cavity for Real Time Margin Assessment and Residual Cancer Removal

    Faculty: Kelly K. Hunt, MD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Industry

    non-CME

    Breast

  • 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
    Partner Society - CSSO (Closed Meeting) Partner Society - CSSO (Closed Meeting)
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Management of Extensive PMP

    Moderator: Travis E. Grotz, MD – Mayo Clinic

    PSM

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    The Use of Circulating Tumor DNA in the Management of Cutaneous, Thoracic and Breast Malignancies

    Moderator: Genevieve M. Boland, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Immuno-Oncology

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Upper GI Great Debate: Chemoradiation Should be Added to Chemotherapy as Neoadjuvant Treatment Strategy for Resectable Gastric Adenocarcinoma

    Moderator: George Poultsides, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University

    Upper GI

    CME

  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
    Breast Poster Presentations 2

    HUB Moderator: Angelena Crown, MD – Swedish Cancer Institute

    HUB Moderator: Christina A. Minami, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Breast

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
    Cancer in the Transgender Community
  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
    Partner Society - EGSSO (Closed Meeting)
  • 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
    Sarcoma Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Neha Goel, MD, FACS – University of Miami

    Sarcoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
    Partner Society - ISSO (Closed Meeting)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    2018-2020 Clinical Investigator Award-Characterization of Skin Resident Memory T Cells in Melanoma Survivors
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Clinical Investigator Research Presentation

    Moderator: Darren R. Carpizo, MD, PhD – University of Rochester

    Research

    CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Endocrine/ Head & Neck Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Heather Wachtel, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    How to Leverage Cooperative Groups as a Research Platform

    Cross Disciplinary

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Melanoma Poster Presentations 1

    HUB Moderator: Danielle M. Bello, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Melanoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Should HPB Cancer Surgery be Regionalized?

    HUB Moderator: Annabelle L. Fonseca, MD, MHS (she/her/hers) – University of South Alabama

    HPB

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM
    Quality Poster Presentations

    HUB Moderator: Rebecca A. Snyder, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Quality

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    De-Escalation of Breast Surgery

    Moderator: Hiram S. Cody, III, MD (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Moderator: Ko-Un Clara Park, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Breast

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    The Role of Minimal Residual Disease Detection in the Management of GI Cancers

    Moderator: Mio Kitano, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Health San Antonio

    Moderator: Evan S. Glazer, MD, PhD, FACS, FSSO (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee Health Science Center

    Upper GI

    CME

    Self-Assessment Credit

  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
    HUB Happy Hour
  • 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
    Assessment and Management of Older Adults for HPB Cancer Surgery

    HUB Moderator: Julie Hallet, MD MSc FRCSC FSSO (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto; Odette Cancer Centre - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    HPB

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
    Skin Cancers in Pigmented Skin

    Melanoma

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
    The Evolution of Novel Combination Immunotherapies – Intralesional Treatments and New Targets for Treatment

    HUB Moderator: Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

    HUB Presenter: Teresa S. Kim, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington School of Medicine

    HUB Presenter: Howard L. Kaufman, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Immuno-Oncology

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
    The Role of Perioperative Immunotherapy in the Management of Resectable GEJ Adenocarcinoma

    HUB Moderator: Jose M. Pimiento, MD (he/him/his) – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

    Upper GI

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
    Surgical Oncology Bowl
  • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    PeerView Independent Satellite Symposium: Navigating Complex Decisions at the Intersection of Local and Systemic Management of Early Breast Cancer

    Faculty: Laura Dominici, MD – Dana-Farber/Brigham Cancer Center

    Faculty: Sara Tolaney, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Faculty: Adrienne G. Waks, MD – Harvard Medical School Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Breast

    CME

  • 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    PeerView Independent Satellite Symposium: Harnessing the Power of Immunotherapy in Resectable Melanoma: Guidance for Delivering Effective Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Strategies

    Faculty: Jen Wargo, MD, MMSc – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Faculty: Charlotte E. Ariyan, MD, PhD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Faculty: Michael Postow, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Melanoma

    CME

  • Friday, March 24, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM
    Quality Committee (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM
    Registration
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Breast Disease Site Work Group- (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Membership Committee Meeting (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Merck Industry Forum: An Adjuvant Treatment Option for Certain Stages of Melanoma

    Faculty: Omar Eton, MD – Hartford Health Care

    Industry

    non-CME

    Melanoma

  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Disease Site Work Group (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    Sarcoma Disease Site Work Group (Closed Meeting)
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM
    SpringWorks Industry Forum: The Current State of Desmoid Tumor Management

    Industry

    non-CME

    Sarcoma

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
    Morning Welcome Coffee
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM
    John Wayne Clinical Research Lecture: "Opportunities and Challenges of Clinical Trials in Addressing Cancer Health Disparities"
  • 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM
    Charles A. Balch Distinguished Service Award
  • 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
    Clinical Investigator and Young Investigator Awards
  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
    SSO Presidential Address: "Planning for the Future of Surgical Oncology"
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
    Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Work Group (Closed Meeting)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    HUB Refreshment Break
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    SSO Women in Cancer Surgery Breakfast
  • 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
    Challenging Cases in Parathyroid Disease

    HUB Moderator: Mahsa Javid, MB BChr MA DPhil FRCS FRCSC – University of Louisville

    Endocrine/Head and Neck

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
    Practical and Pragmatic Prehab

    HUB Moderator: Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, MD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Cross Disciplinary

    HUB

    non-CME

  • 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM
    Shark tank: What’s the Next Big Clinical Trial in Pancreas Cancer

    HUB Moderator: Alexandra Gangi, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    HPB

    HUB

    non-CME