Each year SSO acknowledges the outstanding work of surgical oncologists with a variety of awards. The following list presents this year’s recipients.
The Charles M. Balch, MD, Distinguished Service Award
Selwyn M. Vickers, MD
Senior Vice President, Dean
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Dr. Thomas K. Weber Colorectal Cancer Research Award
Brett S. Walker, MD
21: Circulating Hybrid Cells as a Novel Liquid Biomarker of Treatment Response in Gastrointestinal Cancers
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Harvey Baker Traveling Fellow Award
David W. Lim, MDCM, MEd, PhD, FRCSC
Women’s College Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9: Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Outcomes After Surgery in Women with Unilateral, Sporadic Breast Cancer
Resident/Fellow Essay Contest: Best Clinical Research Paper
Erek Nelson, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
43: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy-Associated Liver Injury in Pancreatic Cancer: Incidence and Implications
Resident/Fellow Essay Contest: Basic Science Research Paper
Thinzar Lwin, MD
Dana Farber Cancer Center
West Roxbury, MA
19: Rapid Tumor Labeling Kinetics with a Site-specific Near-infrared Anti-CEA Nanobody in a Patient-Derived Mouse Model of Colon Cancer
Poster Competition: Best Clinical Research Poster
Sarah P. Shubeck, MD, MS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY
P37: Comparison of Outcomes Between BRCA Mutation Carriers Undergoing Breast Conserving Surgery Versus Mastectomy
Poster Competition: Best Basic/Translational Research Poster
Kaitlyn Kennard, MD
Lankenau Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
P5: Using the 21-Gene Recurrence Score as a Predictor of Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Hormone Receptor Positive HER2 Negative Patients