Emily Keung, MD
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
“The Impact of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis on the Fecal Microbiome in Patients with Cutaneous Malignancy”
For more on Dr. Keung and her research click here.
This award was made possible by donors to The SSO Research and Education Fund.
Young Investigator Award-ACPMP
SSO is pleased to announce this second, topic-specific Young Investigator Award related to appendix cancer, pseudomyxoma peritonei, peritoneal surface malignancies/peritoneal carcinomatosis (as related to appendix cancer and/or pseudomyxoma peritonei), and/or HIPEC as a treatment for appendix cancer/pseudomyxoma peritonei.
*Supported by a grant from the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation (ACPMP), it is for $25,000 for one year.
Georgios Karagkounis, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
“Role of Peritoneal Mesenchymal Cells in Promoting Appendix Cancer Peritoneal Dissemination and Treatment Resistance”
Supported by a grant from ACPMP.
For more on Dr. Karagkounis and his research click here.
Jashodeep Datta, MD
University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine
“Intercepting Lineage Trajectories of Tolerogenic Myeloid Cells in Pancreatic Cancer”
This award was made possible by donors to The SSO Research and Education Fund.
For more on Dr. Datta and his research click here.
Sepideh Gholami, MD,
University of California
“An Ex-vivo 3D Chip to Investigate Response to Therapy and Immune Cell Trafficking in Colorectal Liver Metastases”
This award was made possible by donors to The SSO Research and Education Fund.
For more on Dr. Gholami and her research click here.
Georgia Beasley, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Proposal: “Comprehensive Immunologic Profiling of the Sentinel Node to Optimize Care for Patients with Melanoma.”
This award was made possible by donors to The SSO Research and Education Fund.
For more on Dr. Beasley and her research click here.
Michael Lowe, MD, MA
Emory University School of Medicine
Proposal: Evaluation of FcγRIIB as a Novel T-cell Inhibitor in Cutaneous Melanoma
For more on Dr. Lowe and his research click here.
Vikas Dudeja, MD
University of Miami, Department of Surgery and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Proposal: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Anti-Stromal Drug Pirfenidone in Combination with Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy against Pancreatic Cancer
This award was made possible by donors to The SSO Foundation.
Dr. Dudeja received his medical degree and initial surgical training at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India. After completing a research fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Ashok Saluja, a renowned pancreas scientist, he went on to complete his general surgery residency at the University of Minnesota and completed a fellowship in Complex Surgical Oncology and Hepato-pancreatico-biliary Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. After his fellowship training, he joined a faculty position at the University of Minnesota as an Assistant Professor, Masonic Cancer Center Scholar and Varco Surgeon Scientist until he was recruited to the University of Miami.
Dr Dudeja’s laboratory focuses on deciphering the biology of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer and to devise strategies to modulate it for therapeutic gain. Elucidation of the mechanism and determinants of tumor recurrence is another key area studied in his laboratory. His laboratory is funded by the NIH and Department of Defense. In clinics, he specializes in surgery for tumors of the liver, pancreas and biliary system.
Kamran Idrees, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN
Proposal: Health Literacy and Cancer Outcomes
This award was made possible by donors to The SSO Foundation.
Dr. Idrees received his BS and medical degrees from the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He is finishing a master’s degree in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) in March, 2016 at Vanderbilt University. He was a Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Surgery Fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. He has a research focus is in health sciences outcomes research in patients undergoing major abdominal surgeries. The two areas of focus are evaluating impact of health literacy and frailty in regards to postoperative morbidity and mortality as well as oncological outcomes in patients undergoing major operative procedures. He is a Member of Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research (CSQOR) and co-founded Vanderbilt Surgical Oncology and Health Literacy (V-SOHL). He is Assistant Professor of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN and Director, Peritoneal Surface Malignancy/HIPEC program.