UT Southwestern at the 2025 Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting

UT Southwestern’s surgical oncologists will be presenting at the Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting this week in Tampa, Florida. Don’t miss these sessions!

Wednesday, March 26

Presenter: Patricio Polanco, M.D.
Title: Hands-on Robotics in Gastrectomy, Esophagectomy, Pancreas, Liver (Non-CME)
Type: Pre-Course
Time: 7:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. EDT

Presenter: Herbert Zeh, M.D.
Title: SSO Women in Cancer Surgery: Leading Beyond the Operating Room (Non-CME)
Type: Pre-Course
Time: 1 – 3:30 p.m. EDT

Thursday, March 27

Presenter/Moderator: Amanda Dann, M.D.
Title: Sarcoma
Type: Abstract Presentations
Time: 8:20 – 9:50 a.m. EDT

Presenter: Alex Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Biomarker Based Treatment Stratification for Peritoneal Surface Malignancy
Type: Symposium
Time: 10:30 a.m. – Noon EDT

Presenter: Adam Yopp, M.D.
Title: Becoming a Surgical Oncologist: What Trainees Should Know for a Successful Match
Type: Resident/Fellow Programming
Time: 1:50 – 3:20 p.m. EDT

Presenter: Patricio Polanco, M.D.
Title: Meet the HPB Experts
Type: Continuing the Conversation
Time: 3:30 – 3:50 p.m. EDT

Friday, March 28

Presenter: Jason B. Fleming, M.D.
Title: Cross Disciplinary Patient Care in Surgical Oncology
Type: Symposium Panel
Time: 8 – 9:30 a.m. EDT

Presenter: Patricio Polanco, M.D.
Title: Medtronic: Advanced Techniques for Liver Tumors Resections and Ablations
Type: Industry Forum Presentation
Time: 12 – 12:45 p.m. EDT

Presenter: Alex Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Peritoneal Surface Malignancy
Type: Abstract Presentations
Time: 1 – 2:30 p.m. EDT

Saturday, March 29

Presenter: Deborah Farr, M.D.
Title: Safe Dissemination of New Technologies or Treatments in Practice: The Robotic Mastectomy
Type: Symposium
Time: 10:30 a.m. – Noon EDT

March 27-29

Presenter: Shruti Zaveri, M.D.
Title: Variation in Locoregional Surgical Management of Stage IV Breast Cancer; Local/Institutional and Regional Geographic Considerations
Type: E-Poster

View the full schedule here.