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  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    8:15 AM - 8:50 AM MST
    James Ewing Featured Lecture: True North: The Making of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Board, Protecting the Public and Enhancing the Progression
    Location: 301A
    Featured Speaker: Jo Buyske, MD – The American Board of Surgery
    Introducer/Moderator: Russell S. Berman, MD, FSSO, MAMSE (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    CME
     CME .50
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    8:55 AM - 9:55 AM MST
    The Current Management of Peritoneal Mesothelioma
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Deepa Magge, MD, FACS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Byrne Lee, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    PSMCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    8:55 AM - 9:55 AM MST
    Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy in Surgical Oncology: Evidence, Experience, and Future Directions
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Ajay V. Maker, MD, FACS – University of California San Francisco
    Moderator: Stephanie Downs-Canner, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    SITC/SSOCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    8:55 AM - 9:55 AM MST
    Learning Together: Trainee and Early Career Programming: Econ 101 for Surgical Oncologists
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Micah J. Brainerd, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Moderator: Robin Schmitz, MD (he/him/his) – University of Arizona - Phoenix
    Trainee and Early CareerCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    8:55 AM - 9:55 AM MST
    HPB Great Debate: Histotripsy for Liver Malignancies: Breakthrough or Hype?
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Hop S. Tran Cao, MD (he/him/his) – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    HPBCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    8:55 AM - 9:55 AM MST
    Breast Great Debate
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, MD PhD MHCM (she/her/hers) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    BreastCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Sarcoma
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Ann Y. Lee, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Malcolm H. Squires, MD – Levine Cancer Institute, Advocate Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Charlotte
    SarcomaCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    2025 American Thyroid Association Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Guidelines: What is New? A Surgical Summary
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Sarah B. Fisher, MD – Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Moderator: Aditya S. Shirali, MD (he/him/his) – University of Florida College of Medicine
    Endocrine/Head and NeckCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Global Partner Abstract Program
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Gabrielle H. van Ramshorst, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Ghent University Hospital
    Moderator: Cherif Boutros, MD – Englewood Health
    CME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Breast I
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: David W. W. Lim, MDCM MEd PhD FRCSC FACS – Women's College Hospital
    Moderator: Ingrid Meszoely, M.D. (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    BreastCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: HPB I
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Sandeep Anantha, MD (he/him/his) – Catholic Health
    Moderator: Richelle Williams, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland Medical Center
    HPBCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:32 AM - 10:39 AM MST
    GP1. Digital biopsy of high-grade colorectal cancer with Radiomics using preoperative PET 
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Yui Tanaka
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:39 AM - 10:46 AM MST
    GP2. Adjuvant endocrine therapy patterns and survival outcomes among premenopausal women with HR+/HER2- early breast cancer undergone multigene assay
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Ee Jin Kim
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:46 AM - 10:53 AM MST
    GP3. From Scalpel to Slide: The Enigma of Tumor Margin Shrinkage in Oral Cancer Resection 
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Saurin Chaudhary, MCh (he/him/his) – KLE CANCER HOSPITAL & JNMC MEDICAL COLLEGE, BELAGAVI , INDIA
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    10:53 AM - 11:00 AM MST
    GP4. Characterizing Colorectal Liver Metastases in Nigeria: A Prospective Multicenter Database Review
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Olusegun I. Alatise, MBChB, MSc, FWACS, MD (he/him/his) – Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:00 AM - 11:07 AM MST
    GP5. Cervical Cancer Self-Sampling Screening in Chenalhó, Chiapas
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Carlos Aranda Flores, Surgical Ocologist (he/him/his) – General Hospital of Mexico Dr. Eduardo Liceaga
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:07 AM - 11:14 AM MST
    GP6. Evaluating the Safety of Sentinel Node Biopsy Omission in Early-Stage Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Lorenzo Scardina, MD (he/him/his) – Breast Unit, Department of Science and Health of Women, Children and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:14 AM - 11:21 AM MST
    GP7. Preliminary Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Chi-Cheng Huang, MD PhD – Taipei Veterans General Hospital
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:21 AM - 11:28 AM MST
    GP8: The Nodal Nexus: Unraveling the Lymph Node Dynamics and Outcomes in Node-Positive Carcinoma Penis
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Niveditha Puthalath, MBBS MS (General Surgery) Mch ( Surgical Oncology) (she/her/hers) – Cancer Institute Adyar (WIA), Chennai
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:28 AM - 11:35 AM MST
    GP9: Immigrant Women’s Breast Cancer Treatment Experience in a Canadian Healthcare System: A Qualitative Study
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Ashley Eom, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:35 AM - 11:42 AM MST
    GP10. Evaluation on the safety of sentinel lymph node detection by surgeons in training in gynecological cancers
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Claudio Rotta Lucena, MD – São Vicente Hospital
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    11:42 AM - 11:49 AM MST
    GP11. Thyro-GenAI: A Chatbot Using Retrieval-Augmented Generative Models for Personalized Thyroid Disease Management
    Location: 106A-C
    Primary Presenter: Min Jeong Shin, MD (she/her/hers) – Seoul Metropolitan Government – Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center
    CME
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    1:15 PM - 1:50 PM MST
    SSO Surgical Oncology Pathways to Health Engagement, Representation, & Education (SPHERE) Featured Lecture: What Cannot Be Dismantled: The Promise of Belonging
    Location: 301A
    Introducer/Moderator: Alliric I. Willis, MD, MSPH (he/him/his) – Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
    Presenter: KMarie King, MD, MS, MBA, FACS (she/her/hers) – Albany Medical College
    CME
     CME .50
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    1:55 PM - 3:25 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Colorectal
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Luz Maria Rodriguez, MD – National Cancer Institute / Division of Cancer Prevention . Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMC) Department of Surgery Bethesda, MD
    Moderator: Karineh Kazazian, MD PhD FRCSC FACS (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto and University Health Network
    ColorectalCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    1:55 PM - 3:25 PM MST
    Optimizing Global Cancer Surgery through Community Networks
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Gabrielle H. van Ramshorst, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Ghent University Hospital
    Moderator: Cherif Boutros, MD – Englewood Health
    International CommitteeCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    1:55 PM - 3:25 PM MST
    Learning Together: Trainee and Early Career Programming: Becoming a Surgical Oncologist: What Trainees Should Know for a Successful Match
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Christopher P. Childers, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Moderator: Danielle Graham, MD, PhD, MBA – UCLA
    Trainee and Early CareerCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    1:55 PM - 3:25 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: PSM
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Jula Veerapong, MD – University of California San Diego
    Moderator: Beth A. Helmink, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    PSMCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    1:55 PM - 3:25 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Melanoma
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Joshua M.V Mammen, MD, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Moderator: Eleanor A. Fallon, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
    MelanomaCME
     CME 1.5
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
    Evolving Landscape of GIST and Treatment Implications - Beyond c-KIT
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Valerie P. Grignol, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Moderator: Carolyn Nessim, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS (she/her/hers) – The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    SarcomaCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Endocrine/Head and Neck
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Randall Scheri, MD (he/him/his) – Duke University
    Moderator: Eduardo A. Guzman, MD (he/him/his) – Tecnologico de Monterrey
    Endocrine/Head and NeckCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
    Learning Together: Trainee and Early Career Programming: Meet the Surgical Oncologists: A Guide to Diverse Career Paths for Trainees
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Eliza H. Lorentzen, MD – Brigham and Womens Hospital
    Moderator: Christina H. Bae, BA (she/her/hers) – Medical College of Georgia
    Trainee and Early CareerCME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
    CIA/YIA Research Presentations
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Christina V. Angeles, MD, FACS, FSSO (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Mihir M. Shah, MD, MS, FACS, FSSO (he/him/his) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    CME
     CME 1
  • Thursday, Mar 5th
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
    Updates in Neoadjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Stage II and Stage III Melanoma and Implications in Surgical De-escalation
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Sarah B. Bateni, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    MelanomaCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM MST
    Measuring Quality Measures: What Makes Sense to Report to the Public and How to Deal With it
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Steven Chen, MD,MBA – OasisMD
    Moderator: Meredith C. Mason, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Quality CommitteeCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM MST
    Patient-Centered Rectal Cancer Care
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD – Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Moderator: Nader Hanna, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University
    ColorectalCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM MST
    What Type of Surgeon am I? Redefining the Academic Versus Community Practice Paradigm
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Jill K. Onesti, MD – Trinity Health St. Mary's
    CME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM MST
    Best Papers I
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD, FSSO – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    Moderator: Genevieve M. Boland, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mass General Brigham
    BreastMelanomaEndocrineSarcomaCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    8:00 AM - 9:30 AM MST
    Management Across the Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Continuum: From Pre-cursors to Metastases
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Patricio M. Polanco, MD – UT Southwestern
    Moderator: Neha Lad, MD – Mount Sinai Health System
    HPBCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    9:45 AM - 10:20 AM MST
    John Wayne Clinical Research Lecture: Translational Immuno-Oncology: Perspectives of a Surgeon
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Russell S. Berman, MD, FSSO, MAMSE (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Featured Speaker: Genevieve M. Boland, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mass General Brigham
    CME
     CME .50
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons: Financial Toxicity Associated with Cancer Surgery - Global Perspectives on Risk Factors and Solutions
    Location: 101A-C
    Global Forum of Cancer SurgeonsCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Advancing Equity: From Root Causes to Real Change
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Vivian Bea, MD, MBA, MS, MBS, FACS – New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
    Moderator: Alliric I. Willis, MD, MSPH (he/him/his) – Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
    SPHERE CommitteeCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Healing Our Patients and Our Planet: Surgical Oncologists at the Intersection of Cancer and Climate Change
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, MBA – Duke University
    Moderator: Ricardo J. Bello, MD, MPH – Virginia Commonwealth University
    SustainabilityCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Best Papers II
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Russell S. Berman, MD, FSSO, MAMSE (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Moderator: Carmen C. Solórzano, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Moderator: Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD, FSSO – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    GIHPBColorectalPSMCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Preventing Over-and Under-treatment in the Loco-Regional Management of Breast Cancer Patients
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Shayna Showalter, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Moderator: Janie G. Grumley, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – Saint John Cancer Institute
    BreastCME
     CME 1.5
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    2:35 PM - 3:35 PM MST
    Clinical Trials in PSM – Gastric ca, Colorectal Cancer, Pancreas Cancer
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Rupen Shah, MD – Henry Ford Cancer InstituteHenry Ford Health System
    Moderator: Alissa Greenbaum, MD – University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
    PSMCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    2:35 PM - 3:35 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Quality/Disparities
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Jill R. Dietz, MD MHCM (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Elliot A. Asare, MD, MS, FACS (he/him/his) – University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute
    Quality/DisparitiesCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    2:35 PM - 3:35 PM MST
    Learning Together: Trainee and Early Career Programming: Family Building as a Surgical Oncologist
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Julia M. Selfridge, MD – UNC, Chapel Hill
    Moderator: Paige Aiello, MD (she/her/hers) – Karmanos Cancer Center, Wayne State University
    Trainee and Early CareerCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    2:35 PM - 3:35 PM MST
    TIL (tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes) Therapy for Advanced Melanoma: From Experimental to Standard Care
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Jeffrey M. Farma, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – Fox Chase Cancer Center
    Moderator: Giao Q. Phan, MD – UConn Health/Neag Cancer Center
    MelanomaCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    2:35 PM - 3:35 PM MST
    Great Debate: Controversies in the Management of Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancers
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Mengyuan Liu, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Moderator: Meredith Gunder
    GICME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MST
    What Comes Next? Survivorship and Surveillance After Surgery
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Alexandra C. Istl, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FSSO (she/her/hers) – (1) Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin and 2) MCW Cancer Center,
    Moderator: Valerie A. Francescutti, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, (she/her/hers) – Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University
    SarcomaCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MST
    Management of Adrenal Metastases in the Era of Molecular Targeted and Immune Therapies
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Paxton V. Dickson, MD – The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Moderator: Colleen M. Kiernan, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Endocrine/Head and NeckCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MST
    Learning Together: Trainee and Early Career Programming Abstracts
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Natalie M. Bath, MD – USA Health
    Moderator: Carlos Ayala, MD, PhD – Moffitt Cancer Center
    Trainee and Early CareerCME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MST
    Frontiers in the Management of Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
    Location: 301A
    Moderator: Richelle Williams, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland Medical Center
    Moderator: Nasreen A. Vohra, MD (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
    GICME
     CME 1
  • Friday, Mar 6th
    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MST
    Colorectal Great Debates
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Jeremiah L. Deneve, DO, FACS – Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina
    Moderator: Ramy Behman, MD, PhD – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    ColorectalCME
     CME 1
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Abstract Presentations: GI
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Mio Kitano, MD (she/her/hers) – UT Health San Antonio - Mays Cancer Center
    Moderator: Lawrence Knab, MD – Penn State Health
    GICME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Abstract Presentations: HPB II
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Niraj J. Gusani, MD,MS, FACS – Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Moderator: Christy Chai, MD – Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Surgery
    HPBCME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Top Advances in Surgical Oncology: Breast, Melanoma, and HPB
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Herbert J. Zeh, III, MD – UT Southwestern
    Moderator: Meghan E. Garstka, MD, MS – University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Membership CommitteeHPBBreastMelanomaCME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Breast II
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Ronda Henry-Tillman, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Moderator: Nimmi S. Kapoor, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – UCLA Medical Center - Los Angeles, CA
    BreastCME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    ctDNA in GI Surgical Oncology – Game Changer or Prognostic Gimmick?
    Location: 101A-C
    Moderator: Katrina Duncan, MD MPH FRCSC – University of British Columbia
    Moderator: Erin P. Ward, MD – University of Utah
    GIHPBColorectalCME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Value-Based, Patient-Centric Care in Surgical Oncology
    Location: 105A-C
    Moderator: Cristina O'Donoghue, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
    Moderator: Nader Massarweh, MD MPH (he/him/his) – Grady Health
    Quality CommitteeValue Based Task ForceCME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Imagining the CGSO Training Paradigm for the Future: Can we Better Align Learner and Workforce Needs?
    Location: 106A-C
    Moderator: Adam C. Yopp, MD, FACS – University of Texas Southwestern
    Moderator: Maria C. Russell, MD – Emory University
    CGSO Program DirectorsCME
     CME 1.5
  • Saturday, Mar 7th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM MST
    Abstract Presentations: Top-Rated Videos
    Location: 301D
    Moderator: Darren R. Carpizo, MD, PhD – Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center
    Moderator: Fernando Simionato Perrotta, MD; MS (he/him/his) – Universidade de São Paulo
    CME
     CME 1.5