🙏 to Dr. Adam Yopp and @UTSWMedCenter Surgical Oncology Team for the invitation to speak with residents and faculty on how to build an academic and research career.

Excited to see this published! The review team at @JAMAOnc was incredible and made this manuscript significantly better. Had a great time working with @ZachWhitham402 @MPettigrewMD @SamWangMD @Alex_Kim_HIPEC and the entire team. @UTSW_Surgery @UTSWSurgeryLife @utswcancer

Excited to share our new work in @JAMAOnc on early onset #colorectalcancer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… Using real-world data from last 20 years in Texas-one of the most diverse states in the US-we identified two key findings:

1/ Thrilled to share our new paper, out today in @ScienceMagazine! We built a pan-cancer spatial atlas of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) and developed computation and AI frameworks to study TLS biology at scale. science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Matthew Porembka, M.D., has been selected as Section Head of HPB/Upper GI Surgery within the Division of Surgical Oncology. His leadership, clinical expertise & dedication to advancing patient care continue to make a lasting impact on our department & the patients we serve.

It has been an emotional few weeks as I wrap up nearly 12 years at @UTSouthwestern in Dallas. Apologies for the long thread, but I want to thank the people who made this journey so meaningful, special, & successful. First, thank you to @herbert_zeh for leading by example and for sharing your knowledge & wisdom over the years. To my partners: thank you for supporting me, challenging me, & partnering to build ambitious programs. @AdamYopp @MansourSurgOnc @SamWangMD @MPorembka @Alex_Kim_HIPEC @ADannMD #AdrienneShannon Together, we built things I will always be proud of: • One of the most advanced Robotic HPB programs in the U.S. • A comprehensive Robotic Surgery Training Program: (>100 residents, 18 faculty, >40 international visiting surgeons, >25 domestic surgeons, & many trainees) • One of the busiest Peritoneal Surface Malignancy and HIPEC programs in the country, now led by the outstanding @Alex_Kim_HIPEC • Growth of the @utswcancer Pancreatic Cancer Program into one of the busiest and most comprehensive programs of its kind (Thank you @aguilera_md & @Salthecancerguy for co-leading this) • SOON: the Surgical Oncology Outreach Network in North Texas, designed to address disparities in access to cancer surgery(Thank you @CarlosArteagaMD #KyleTaylor #LaurenDement) • The largest Pancreatic Cancer Prevention Program in the country, with >5,800 high-risk patients, under the leadership of @nkubiliun and a remarkable multidisciplinary team • >200 peer-reviewed articles, guidelines, and book chapters • Most importantly, lasting partnerships and friendships across.

Motivated by the excellent presentations of colleagues and collaborators within UT. Honored to receive the Best Oral Presentation award for our work in the @SamWangMD lab investigating the mechanistic relationship between obesity and gastric cancer.

Last evening we celebrated the installation of Filip Bednar, MD, PhD as the Maud T. Lane Research Professor in Surgical Oncology. A distinguished pancreatic surgeon, brilliant researcher and highly respected teacher and mentor. Congratulations, Dr. Bednar! @Fil_Bednar @timofran1 @LyssiotisLab @Pasca_Lab

🧵1/ Your partner sees a pt who has remnant cholecystitis s/p a subtotal CCY last year, and laments that this is an epidemic of the push for more subtotals as a bailout. We explore this question in our article in @acsJACS & 🧵below. journals.lww.com/journalacs/…

The first project of @TROPANCregistry published in @SurgEndosc! Thank you @mauricezwart @brady_campbell @sarbhays @aramrojas @jhatjhmi1 @HoggNDMD @IqQ4q @paniccia_ale @PatricioPolanc0 @AmerZureikatMD @herbert_zeh @BasGrootKoerkam @MarcBesselink @EAES_eu rdcu.be/faNcq

Last week, @UTSW_Surgery and @utswcancer were proudly represented at the @AHPBA annual meeting by an outstanding group of research fellows, residents, and alumni. Congratulations to @ahmadassi_ @SamyCastilloF @amrus1992 @sohinikhan @SkylarNahiMD @NicNev91 for their excellent work and contributions!