Ajay Maker

Surgeon In Chief @UCSFCancer | Professor and Chief of Surgical Oncology @UCSFSurgery | tumor immunologist | Passionate about CRLM and IPMN | Loving Dad

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

Deeply honored to be the Don Morton Visiting Professor and deliver his lectureship at @wvu_surgery. I hope we kept his discoveries alive discussing metastasectomy & immunotherapy. Incredibly impressed w/WVU 🔪 & 🔬 Grateful for incredible hospitality! @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

A couple of times each 📆, I enjoy dinner with our clinical asst. professors. Always great to discuss clinical/research updates, share ideas and practices, & learn from one another. Grateful for their new ideas, programs, and energy moving #UCSFSurgOnc forward!

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

Truly an honor to receive the @AmerSurg-European Surgical Association Exchange Award in Rome last week. 🙏🏽 to the leaders of both societies and gracious hosts at San Raffaele and Humanitas! 🇮🇹@Massimo04868945 @TorzilliGuido @StefanoCrippa6 @spartelli @lelecapurso #ESA2026

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

@DDWMeeting @UCSFCancer @UCSFSurgery @VautheyMD @KennethTanabeMD @HalletJulie @edulundu @ryanwday @SSATNews @SocSurgOnc

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

@DDWMeeting @UCSFCancer @UCSFSurgery Look fwd to great discussion & session today on treating and managing colorectal liver metastases - joint SSAT/SSO symposium at DDW with a fantastic panel of experts 💪✂️🦀@VautheyMD @KennethTanabeMD @HalletJulie @edulundu @ryanwday #michaelLi @SSATNews @SocSurgOnc @DDWMeeting

[Digestive Disease Week @DDWMeeting]

The liver isn’t just passive “soil” for cancer spread – it’s an active partner. Understanding its immune-tolerant environment could unlock new therapies for colorectal cancer metastases, says @Maker_MD of @UCSFCancer and @UCSFSurgery. #Oncology #DDW2026 #LiverTwitter

[Sophia Hernandez @SEHernandezz]

The Tissue is the Tissue at #AHPBA2026 @Maker_MD gave a fantastic talk on some of the innovative ways we are taking on the biology of cancer @UCSFSurgery and @UCSFCancer! Using our own immune system to fight against cancer is how we will get the job done 🧪

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

@AHPBA

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Congratulations to our many #UCSFSurgOnc trainees, fellows, and faculty for their outstanding contributions and presentations at #AHPBA2026 ! @UCSFSurgery @mohamedadamMD @HPB_Surgeon @SEHernandezz @LThornblade @stasinosmd @UCSFGSResidency @Lalehforoutani @paul_wongg

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

Hot off the press❗️@JAMANetwork 💪. We teamed up with #Prenuvo to study elective screening MRIs in healthy asymptomatic individuals to establish the true prevalence of pancreatic cysts. Now we know 6-7% of the population has a cyst. >21% of 80+yo. #UCSFSurgOnc #IPMN @UCSFSurgery

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

Among 21,651 asymptomatic adults screened with MRI, 6.3% had incidental pancreatic cystic lesions, with <1% ≥3 cm; risk increased with age, female sex, and certain medical or family histories. #PancreaticCysts #MRI

https://t.co/f6rLi1wjND

[UCSF Surgery @UCSFSurgery]

‼️Dr. Ajay Maker (@Maker_MD) has been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (@the_asci) — a peer-elected honor recognizing leaders in biomedical research — becoming only the second #surgeon-scientist from @UCSF elected to ASCI 👏

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

Packed room 4 collaborative symposium b/t @sitcancer & @SocSurgOnc on Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy #SSO2026. This approach will shape the future of many cancers we manage. Grateful to plan with @EMittendorfMD @gmboland @SDownsCanner @JohnEMullinaxMD M.Lowe,S.Cohen,G.Beasley 👏🧬

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

@SocSurgOnc Fantastic program and excited to host Deepa Magge at #UCSFSurgicalOncology @UCSFSurgery

[Michael David Alvarado @mdAlvaradoMD]

Great meeting all the future candidates for our UCSF breast surgery fellowship program. Dr Chandler, Dr. Maker and Dr. Alvarado #SSO2026 @UCSFSurgery @Maker_MD

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

Congrats Profs Hirano,Noji & Takaori on fantastic IASGO Course at @HokkaidoUni Hospital & #HPB Winter Meeting 🇯🇵👏🏼. Honored to share work from #UCSFSurgicalOncology Tumor Immunology and Early Detection Lab & build new @UCSFSurgery collaborations with experts from 🇯🇵 & Europe

[Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer @sitcancer]

Consider evidence, experience and future directions of neoadjuvant IO in surgical oncology with @sitcancer experts! Join us on March 5 for a joint session at the @SocSurgOnc 2026 Annual Meeting. Learn more: https://t.co/vqSsnC24DA
#SSO2026 @Maker_MD @SDownsCanner

[Julie Hallet @HalletJulie]

🧩New data coming in care of IPMN

Where are the gaps?
What studies are ongoing for monitoring, prophylaxis & stopping surveillance

🎧Explore it all with @Maker_MD @Gio_Marchegiani and Rebecca Snyder in a new episode of #SurgOncToday 🎙️

https://t.co/vWPym3ZjlT

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

Holiday cheer with an extraordinary group. Proud of our UCSF Surgical Oncology Division and the people who make it exceptional. A wonderful evening at our annual holiday party celebrating this team that brings talent, teamwork, and heart every day🎉 #UCSFSurgOnc

[Ajay Maker @Maker_MD]

A true honor to give the 57th Annual Slaughter Lecture in Chicago & spend the day with @uicgensurgery residents exploring pancreatic cancer/biomarkers of pancreatic cystic neoplasms. Proud to share @UCSFSurgery data & approach-energized by the curiosity & commitment in the room!

[UCSF Surgery @UCSFSurgery]

‼️From Science Advances! @UCSFSurgery’s Dr. Ajay V. Maker (@Maker_MD) reveals how a novel combination of immunotherapies can reshape the immune microenvironment of colon cancer liver metastases—eradicating tumors in preclinical models👇 https://t.co/Pgru1RtRZd