Annabelle Fonseca

Awesome job @iliapis_md. Really important aspect of patient-centered cancer care!

Grateful to be part of the vibrant research environment at @UABSurgery and honored that our paper was highlighted alongside other outstanding work from @UABSurgery! @afonsecaMD, @Jaspinder_med, @MM_Holland_MD, @KristaMehari, @SmitaBhatia10, @DChu80 uab.edu/medicine/news/…

Proud of what the lab has achieved in such a short time, and excited for projects under way and to come! Congratulations @iliapis_md! Great job team! #FonsecaLab Adrian Harsono @MM_Holland_MD @Jaspinder_med @KristaMehari @SmitaBhatia10 @DChu80 @UABSurgery @AnnSurgOncol

Awesome job @iliapis_md & @Jaspinder_med. Great job presenting at @SSATNews and representing @UABSurgery

Had an amazing time visiting U.Chicago through the SSAT Jeffrey & Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program. It was great to spend time with faculty & residents. Visiting old friends & making new ones! Thank you for the opportunity @JBMatthews @JoanieGum @SSATNews @UABSurgery

Apply for the Jeffrey & Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program! A 2-year opportunity for mid-career GI surgery faculty from underrepresented backgrounds. Leadership training, DDW support, and more. Apply - ssat.com/awards/Jeffrey… @afonsecaMD @JBMatthews @DrPandalai @HInMD

Congrats to the 2025 UAB Department of Surgery PRISM & FUSSION summer research program participants who shared their project findings with the department today. 🔬 We're so proud of all you've accomplished and can't wait to see the many great things you'll continue to do!

As we conclude AAPI month, I'm grateful to @afonsecaMD @AsianAcadSurg for the opportunity to contribute to the @WomenSurgeons blog. It's about being an Asian first-gen immigrant female doc married to a white non-medical husband (said hubs in photo): blog.womensurgeons.org/family-life/tw…

Michelle Holland presents qualitative facilitators to oncologic care for foregut cancer performed under the mentorship of Dr. Fonseca during @UABSurgery Resident Research Day. These facilitators will help develop targeted interventions to improve cancer care.

Delighted to complete the Johns Hopkins Strategic Healthcare Leadership Program. Thank you @WomenSurgeons for the leadership education grant that allowed me to do this. An amazing experience. I learned a lot! @UABSurgery

Honored to visit @UVASurgery. It was awesome to spend time getting to know faculty, residents & med students! @AsianAcadSurg @WomenSurgeons @UABSurgery

Our lab well represented! #ASC2025. Awesome talks by @MM_Holland_MD Adrian Harsono, Emily Grant & Matthew Reardon @UABSurgery @OncologyUab @AcademicSurgery

The research infrastructure is a co-investment by universities, donors, government and others. This unilateral withdrawal of support to that infrastructure where breakthroughs that advances our understanding and treatment of diseases will impact us all- not just universities.

The UAB Department of Surgery has a research program for high schoolers (PRISM) and one for undergrads (FUSSION). Help us spread the word on these unique opportunities to work w/ UAB's surgeon-scientists! Apply by Feb. 16: uab.edu/medicine/surge… @DrAndreaGillis1 @afonsecaMD

Congratulations Adrian on your presentation @SurgOutcomes today on caregiver reported barriers to foregut cancer care Great job! @UABSurgery

"Fate favors the prepared" - Fantastic first session on the success and challenges of a career in HSR @afonsecaMD @ardenmorris1 @SurgOutcomes @rpmerkow @MeguidRobert

Honored to visit UTSW & give grand rounds. It was awesome to spend time getting to know faculty & residents. Visiting old friends and making new ones! Thank you for the opportunity @UTSW_Surgery @SSATNews @JBMatthews @JoanieGum. @UTSWSurgeryLife @UABSurgery @YaleSurgery

At Étoile in New Orleans - a bunch of Asian surgeons give 👍👍👍

What an honor to introduce my close friend @dreskim as the President of @AsianAcadSurg

Associate Professor @afonsecaMD was awarded over $295,000 for pancreatic cancer research from the @DeptofDefense. Her research will "help us get one step closer to mitigation of disparities in the treatment of pancreatic cancer," she says. 💻 Read more: bit.ly/4g6mz1m