Patricio Polanco

Sub-typing to select NAT in #PDAC? NeoPancONE 🇨🇦 #ASCO25 @CHPBAsurg 👥84 resectable PDAC 💉mFOLFIRINOX NAT Median OS 34 months😀 🔬Classical vs basal sub-type main predictor EFS & OS What next🤔: sub-type all PDAC prior to chemo? wait for more data? ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Great work by @HalletJulie showing that surgeons and anesthesiologists who routinely work together have improved postoperative outcomes for patients!

It was a special week hosting my dear friend & #HPBSurgery brother-in-arms, @DavidCabaMD from @LLUHealth @UCRiverside, at our Robotic Surgery Training Program @UTSW_Surgery. 2 days, 4 Robotic Whipples, Sim Center visit, & great conversations with old @PittSurgery friends

More guidance on MEN1, with review of surgery for related #NETs 💭MEN1 PanNETs are multiple, small (<5mm), & survival excellent ＃1️⃣ is observation👀 🔪Resection if >2cm or progression 👉🏻 focus on dominant NET, spare parenchyma & ⚠️avoid total 🔗endocrinepractice.org/article/S1530-…

Congrats @sankaganesh & Huu Phong Nguyen! This new publication from our collaborative group highlights the use AI-driven surgical video segmentation using KFAR,a novel tool that will facilitate our efforts towards surgical skills assessment during robotic surgery. @UTSW_Surgery

Thanks @UofTSurgOnc fellows for the honour of 2025 McCready Cup!🙏🏻😀 Always inspired to see you all grow as surgical oncologists. And so special to receive this from the hands of a #surgonc legend I learned so much from, Dr David McCready💛⭐️ (& nice hat trick for the HPB team)

Our article is out in yesterday’s issue! Grateful to all the patients & coauthors who made this possible. Huge thanks to Peter Leung for leading the charge on tissue analysis and bringing it together. A team effort! doi.org/10.1158/1078-0… @utswcancer @UTSW_RadOnc @UTSWMedCenter

We’re proud to share a few recent achievements and recognitions earned by our team in the Artificial Intelligence and Medical Simulation Lab. Swipe through to see what our team has been up to! ⬅️📸

@PatricioPolanc0 The success of your mentees is a testament to your excellence as a mentor. 👏👏👏@UTSW_Surgery @UTSWSurgeryLife

So proud of my team @sofiagarcesp02 @md_desir Sharanya! @UTSWSurgeryLife

Recent work by our lab showing feasibility as a biomarker in pancreas cancer #ctDNA #Chawlalab @MPishvaian @PatricioPolanc0 @TheNotoriousHPB @SyedAAhmad5 @skmaithel @EileenMOReilly @NMSurgery @LurieCancer

Simply, THANK YOU to our @UTSWSurgeryLife graduating Chief Residents @Jenniemeier @TekeMartha @JohnDKaralisMD @zeinasaadeddin @amrus1992 @amandamgarza @jcjacobson22 @itscaitw @Amrus1992 @JHarvMD20 @almick8 Maisa Nimer,Raghav Chandra,Griffith Olsen, Jenn Gueler. @UTSW_Surgery

6 years later, hard work pays off. Surreal matching at my dream fellowship. Thankful for @herbert_zeh @AdamYopp @PatricioPolanc0 and all my mentors @UTSW_Surgery and elsewhere. Wouldn't have made it here without them

Good times in 🇮🇪for #eahpba2025 representing the @ahpba region with colleagues & friends 👩🏻‍🏫Many podium & poster presentation 🤝 @IHPBA meetings Much Guinness🍺 Catching up with friends around 🌍 Thanks Dublin! ☘️Congrats @EAHPBA @MarcBesselink & all on an great meeting 👏🏻

Stable OR teams contribute to better outcomes🤝✨ Each additional case done by same anesthesiologist-surgeon team 👉 ⬇️ major morbidity 🔓‼Opportunity is knocking: ⬆️outcomes by re-organizing teams How to do it? 🆕📝@JAMASurgery tinyurl.com/yx44pm96

Thankful for my mentors, whose giant shoulders of support have carried me at @UTSWedu! @ricardo_nunezr @SamyCastilloF @PatricioPolanc0