Surgeon In Chief @UCSFCancer | Professor and Chief of Surgical Oncology @UCSFSurgery | tumor immunologist | Passionate about CRLM and IPMN | Loving Dad
Joined October 2016
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Jun 3
Deeply honored to be the Don Morton Visiting Professor and deliver his lectureship at @wvu_surgery. I hope we kept his discoveries alive discussing metastasectomy & immunotherapy. Incredibly impressed w/WVU 🔪 & 🔬 Grateful for incredible hospitality! @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals
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A couple of times each 📆, I enjoy dinner with our clinical asst. professors. Always great to discuss clinical/research updates, share ideas and practices, & learn from one another. Grateful for their new ideas, programs, and energy moving #UCSFSurgOnc forward!
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May 18
Truly an honor to receive the @AmerSurg-European Surgical Association Exchange Award in Rome last week. 🙏🏽 to the leaders of both societies and gracious hosts at San Raffaele and Humanitas! 🇮🇹@Massimo04868945 @TorzilliGuido @StefanoCrippa6 @spartelli @lelecapurso #ESA2026
ALT Honored to receive this award with @gru6n and honorary member @jdimick1
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The liver isn’t just passive “soil” for cancer spread – it’s an active partner. Understanding its immune-tolerant environment could unlock new therapies for colorectal cancer metastases, says @Maker_MD of @UCSFCancer and @UCSFSurgery. #Oncology #DDW2026 #LiverTwitter
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The Tissue is the Tissue at #AHPBA2026 @Maker_MD gave a fantastic talk on some of the innovative ways we are taking on the biology of cancer @UCSFSurgery and @UCSFCancer! Using our own immune system to fight against cancer is how we will get the job done 🧪
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Mar 21
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Congratulations to our many #UCSFSurgOnc trainees, fellows, and faculty for their outstanding contributions and presentations at #AHPBA2026 ! @UCSFSurgery @mohamedadamMD @HPB_Surgeon @SEHernandezz @LThornblade @stasinosmd @UCSFGSResidency @Lalehforoutani @paul_wongg
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Mar 17
Hot off the press❗️@JAMANetwork 💪. We teamed up with #Prenuvo to study elective screening MRIs in healthy asymptomatic individuals to establish the true prevalence of pancreatic cysts. Now we know 6-7% of the population has a cyst. >21% of 80 yo. #UCSFSurgOnc #IPMN @UCSFSurgery
Among 21,651 asymptomatic adults screened with MRI, 6.3% had incidental pancreatic cystic lesions, with <1% ≥3 cm; risk increased with age, female sex, and certain medical or family histories. #PancreaticCysts #MRI
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ALT Bar graph shows prevalence of PCLs, in %. Age ranges(y) are on the x-axis and prevalence of PCLs in % is on the y-axis. The prevalence of PCLs increases with age range: \u226439 (text@1), 40-49 (text@2), 50-59 (text@3), 60-69 (text@4), 70-79 (text@5), \u226580 (text@6).
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Mar 9
Packed room 4 collaborative symposium b/t @sitcancer & @SocSurgOnc on Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy #SSO2026. This approach will shape the future of many cancers we manage. Grateful to plan with @EMittendorfMD @gmboland @SDownsCanner @JohnEMullinaxMD M.Lowe,S.Cohen,G.Beasley 👏🧬
ALT Georgia Beasley, @johnemullinax, Michael Lowe, @Maker_MD, @SDownsCanner, Sonia Cohen on behalf of the SITC Surgery Committee @MDSangeetha, Simon Turcotte
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Great meeting all the future candidates for our UCSF breast surgery fellowship program. Dr Chandler, Dr. Maker and Dr. Alvarado #SSO2026 @UCSFSurgery @Maker_MD
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Mar 2
Congrats Profs Hirano,Noji & Takaori on fantastic IASGO Course at @HokkaidoUni Hospital & #HPB Winter Meeting 🇯🇵👏🏼. Honored to share work from #UCSFSurgicalOncology Tumor Immunology and Early Detection Lab & build new @UCSFSurgery collaborations with experts from 🇯🇵 & Europe
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Consider evidence, experience and future directions of neoadjuvant IO in surgical oncology with @sitcancer experts! Join us on March 5 for a joint session at the @SocSurgOnc 2026 Annual Meeting. Learn more: ow.ly/JIBx50Y3TM6
#SSO2026 @Maker_MD @SDownsCanner
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Jan 23
🧩New data coming in care of IPMN
Where are the gaps?
What studies are ongoing for monitoring, prophylaxis & stopping surveillance
🎧Explore it all with @Maker_MD @Gio_Marchegiani and Rebecca Snyder in a new episode of #SurgOncToday 🎙️
tinyurl.com/43frwavc
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20 Dec 2025
Holiday cheer with an extraordinary group. Proud of our UCSF Surgical Oncology Division and the people who make it exceptional. A wonderful evening at our annual holiday party celebrating this team that brings talent, teamwork, and heart every day🎉 #UCSFSurgOnc
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28 Oct 2025
A true honor to give the 57th Annual Slaughter Lecture in Chicago & spend the day with @uicgensurgery residents exploring pancreatic cancer/biomarkers of pancreatic cystic neoplasms. Proud to share @UCSFSurgery data & approach-energized by the curiosity & commitment in the room!
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24 Oct 2025
‼️From Science Advances! @UCSFSurgery’s Dr. Ajay V. Maker (@Maker_MD) reveals how a novel combination of immunotherapies can reshape the immune microenvironment of colon cancer liver metastases—eradicating tumors in preclinical models👇 tinyurl.com/yc8c57mn
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14 Oct 2025
PUMP-2 published in JCO! HAIP chemo for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma #pump #CCA @FlavioRochaMD @ArndtVogel @curecc @timpawlik @DrAngelaLamarca @LorenzaRimassa @SyedAAhmad5 @JCO_ASCO
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11 Oct 2025
Metastatic colorectal cancer, esp. liver metastases, is ⬆️and is now 🥇 cause of cancer-related death in young 🇺🇸 men. Our lab has been developing new immunotherapies for this disease, and we’re 🔥excited to share our🔬 findings in Science Advances💪🏼: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
9 Oct 2025
A novel immunotherapy combo can reprogram the immune environment of #ColonCancer tumors spreading to the liver, a study finds. It's a "step forward in our understanding of the underlying makeup of these liver metastases," @UCSFCancer's Dr. @Maker_MD says. ucsfh.org/4h2yvBV
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6 Oct 2025
‼️Tomorrow is the final day of @AmCollSurgeons Clinical Congress—and our department is ready to close it out strong in Chicago at #ACS2025💥From cutting-edge research to leadership in the OR, plus awards tributes we’re bringing it home👇 #UCSFSurgery #Surgery #medicine
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