Division Overview

The Division of Surgical Oncology has extensive experience in the surgical management of cancer. The expertise of divisional faculty encompasses malignancies ranging from the routine (nonmelanoma cancers of the skin) to the highly complex (liver and pancreatic tumors, cancers requiring extensive multiorgan resections). The division is committed to a multidisciplinary approach to cancer management. All members participate in regular cancer conferences with colleagues and associates in Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology, Diagnostic Radiology, Pathology, Social Services, Psychology and Psychiatry (through the UM/Sylvester's Courtelis Center), Rehabilitation Therapy and Dietetics.

The longstanding association of the University of Miami School of Medicine with Jackson Memorial Hospital has enabled this Medical Center and our division to offer patients the most advanced and latest techniques and technology, in addition to providing a superb educational environment for physicians in training. The surgical oncology division has access to and participates in research in positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), spiral CT scanning, endoscopic ultrasound techniques, lymphatic mapping, tumor imaging with radiolabeled antitumor antibodies, and invasive radiology techniques. All of these modalities contribute significantly to precise tumor staging and imaging, and thereby allow the surgical oncologist to select the treatment most likely to result in cure and control of the tumor for the individual patient.