Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
Sam S. Yoon, M.D. became Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Vice-Chair of Surgical Oncology Research and Education in the Department of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) in the fall of 2021. Dr. Yoon graduated from Harvard University and received his M.D. from the University of California at San Diego. He completed his residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and his fellowship in surgical oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was an Associate Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School before joining the staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2012. Dr. Yoon was an Attending Surgeon in the Division of Gastric and Mixed Tumors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College before joining CUIMC. Dr. Yoon is an expert in the treatment of patients with sarcomas and other soft tissue tumors, gastric (stomach) and gastroesophageal junction cancers, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). He has been the principal investigator of several clinical trials examining novel treatment strategies and given numerous invited national and international lectures in relation to these cancers. Dr. Yoon’s main research interests are in cancer stem cells and targeted biological agents in combination with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. His laboratory has been funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for 18 years and strives to translate new research discoveries into the clinic.
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
1:25 PM – 1:35 PM CST
Thursday, March 10, 2022
1:35 PM – 1:37 PM CST