Sam C. Wang

Surgical Oncologist. Basic science and translational research. @UTSW_Surgery. Tweets are my own.

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations @IamLinghua and team !

[Linghua Wang, MD, PhD @IamLinghua]

1/ Thrilled to share our new paper, out today in @ScienceMagazine! We built a pan-cancer spatial atlas of tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) and developed computation and AI frameworks to study TLS biology at scale.
https://t.co/zgcBnnm7Rl

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations @MPorembka !

[UTSW Surgery @UTSW_Surgery]

Matthew Porembka, M.D., has been selected as Section Head of HPB/Upper GI Surgery within the Division of Surgical Oncology. His leadership, clinical expertise & dedication to advancing patient care continue to make a lasting impact on our department & the patients we serve.

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

It's been a great honor and privilege to have been your colleague for the past 12 years. We will miss you but we are all excited to see what you accomplish next!

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

It has been an emotional few weeks as I wrap up nearly 12 years at @UTSouthwestern in Dallas.
Apologies for the long thread, but I want to thank the people who made this journey so meaningful, special, & successful.
First, thank you to @herbert_zeh for leading by example and for sharing your knowledge & wisdom over the years.
To my partners: thank you for supporting me, challenging me, & partnering to build ambitious programs. @AdamYopp @MansourSurgOnc @SamWangMD @MPorembka @Alex_Kim_HIPEC @ADannMD #AdrienneShannon Together, we built things I will always be proud of:
• One of the most advanced Robotic HPB programs in the U.S.
• A comprehensive Robotic Surgery Training Program: (>100 residents, 18 faculty, >40 international visiting surgeons, >25 domestic surgeons, & many trainees)
• One of the busiest Peritoneal Surface Malignancy and HIPEC programs in the country, now led by the outstanding @Alex_Kim_HIPEC
• Growth of the @utswcancer Pancreatic Cancer Program into one of the busiest and most comprehensive programs of its kind (Thank you @aguilera_md & @Salthecancerguy for co-leading this)
• SOON: the Surgical Oncology Outreach Network in North Texas, designed to address disparities in access to cancer surgery(Thank you @CarlosArteagaMD #KyleTaylor #LaurenDement)
• The largest Pancreatic Cancer Prevention Program in the country, with >5,800 high-risk patients, under the leadership of @nkubiliun and a remarkable multidisciplinary team
• >200 peer-reviewed articles, guidelines, and book chapters
• Most importantly, lasting partnerships and friendships across.

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations @SkylarNahiMD !

[Skylar Nahi @SkylarNahiMD]

Motivated by the excellent presentations of colleagues and collaborators within UT.

Honored to receive the Best Oral Presentation award for our work in the @SamWangMD lab investigating the mechanistic relationship between obesity and gastric cancer.

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations @Fil_Bednar !

[Rogel and Blondy Center for Pancreatic Cancer @UMICHpancreas]

Last evening we celebrated the installation of Filip Bednar, MD, PhD as the Maud T. Lane Research Professor in Surgical Oncology. A distinguished pancreatic surgeon, brilliant researcher and highly respected teacher and mentor. Congratulations, Dr. Bednar! @Fil_Bednar @timofran1 @LyssiotisLab @Pasca_Lab

[Tim Brown, MD MSCE @TimothyJBrownMD]

Excited to share our recent work out now in @JAMAOnc
“Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With BRCA+ or PALB2+Pancreatic Cancer Treated With Maintenance Rucaparib
A Secondary Analysis of a Nonrandomized Clinical Trial”
@KReissMD

https://t.co/zrZlAMc6vK

[Skylar Nahi @SkylarNahiMD]

Today in the lab 🧫 plated matrigel domes closer together than usual, so curious to see the physical characteristics of the 3D tumoroids at the boundaries, and consider the implications of “attraction” and “communication” in this system #CancerResearch

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

@ZhiVenFongMD @cutitoutPODCAS1 @SkylarNahiMD @MPorembka @UTSW_Surgery @DrDavidLarson @SurgEndosc @AnnalsofSurgery Haha, my fault for stirring up a hornet's nest. To be honest, I wasn't even thinking robot vs laparoscopy, it was open vs MIS.

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Great paper @ZhiVenFongMD!

@SkylarNahiMD @MPorembka just reported our @UTSW_Surgery experience with robot completion CCY. https://t.co/b43ZFaqtHM

21 cases in past 3 yrs. 35 months was median interval from initial CCY to reoperation. All completed robotically, 70% same day d/c. 1 patient with major complication (IR drain for abscess). 🤖is definitely the way for these cases!
@herbert_zeh @PatricioPolanc0 @AdamYopp

[Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH @ZhiVenFongMD]

🧵1/
Your partner sees a pt who has remnant cholecystitis s/p a subtotal CCY last year, and laments that this is an epidemic of the push for more subtotals as a bailout.

We explore this question in our article in @acsJACS & 🧵below.

https://t.co/4O3nj4cWz9

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

This past weekend we hosted our 3rd Annual Pancreatic Cancer Symposium @utswcancer with an amazing keynote speaker @KarynAGoodman All the talks by the interdisciplinary faculty were exceptional. Thank you to all the faculty, attendees, community physicians partners, patients, patient advocates & industry sponsors that participated. @UTSWMedCenter @UTSW_Surgery @UTSWHemeOnc

[UTSW Simmons Cancer Center @utswcancer]

Join us for an insightful webinar about breakthroughs in breast cancer featuring Isaac Chan, M.D., Ph.D. This session will explore how the latest discoveries in breast cancer research are being translated into innovative therapies. @ithinkichan

Register: https://t.co/NjWnxvzpFn

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

Grateful to see my perspective/Letter to the Editor published in @washingtonpost today. As someone who uses AI in clinical & research settings, I strongly believe in its potential, but also in its limits.If we are serious about improving rural health, we must invest in people, physicians, nurses, and sustainable infrastructure.Views are my own
link: https://t.co/mdEAg8SZPH

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

Grateful for this international transatlantic collaborative group @TROPANCregistry : @DPCG_official @university Amsterdam @hopkinssurgery @UTSW_Surgery @UPMCSurgOnc NorthShore University @EndeavorHlth. Tremendous work lead by @julia_menso 👏🏽

[Elio Fabio Sánchez @elfasaco]

@SocSurgOnc @SurgOncInsight @liliana62010843 @FlavioRochaMD @DrMikeCavnar @skmaithel @HalletJulie @JulietOkoroh @TheNotoriousHPB Delighted to share our experience and contribute to advancing gastric cancer research in 🇨🇴 and Latin America #SurgicalOncology #GastricCancer @accion_col @MedicinaPUJ @HUSI_Investiga

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations !

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

Last week, @UTSW_Surgery and @utswcancer were proudly represented at the @AHPBA annual meeting by an outstanding group of research fellows, residents, and alumni.
Congratulations to @ahmadassi_ @SamyCastilloF @amrus1992 @sohinikhan @SkylarNahiMD @NicNev91 for their excellent work and contributions!

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

Yet, the greatest contribution this year was obtaining the Gold Medal of the @AHPBA 2026 Soccer World Cup by the @UTSW_Surgery @UTSWSurgeryLife team! Champions: @SamyCastilloF @ahmadassi_ #tonygiusepucci and tournament MVP @SkylarNahiMD
Thank you @DanielAnayaMD and the International Relations Committee for organizing it @IHPBA @EAHPBA

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

Last week, @UTSW_Surgery and @utswcancer were proudly represented at the @AHPBA annual meeting by an outstanding group of research fellows, residents, and alumni.
Congratulations to @ahmadassi_ @SamyCastilloF @amrus1992 @sohinikhan @SkylarNahiMD @NicNev91 for their excellent work and contributions!

[Cancer Research @CR_AACR]

New in the March 15 issue—Hot Zones for Liver Cancer: Metabolic Zonation, Ferroptosis, and the Origins of HCC https://t.co/cqVJwwsSuJ

This In the Spotlight commentary by @PoratShliomLab highlights a recent @ScienceMagazine article from @Zhu_Lab.

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations!

[Nafeesah Fatimah @NFatimahMD]

Honored to be part of @UTSW_Surgery (a place I already call home).

Grateful for the mentorship, especially @SamWangMD and incredibly excited to grow here alongside a truly hardworking group of residents.

#Match2026 #GeneralSurgeryMatch

[Sam C. Wang @SamWangMD]

Congratulations!

[Patricio Polanco @PatricioPolanc0]

Over 20 years ago, my dad was named an honorary member of the Peruvian Surgery Society for his contributions to the Peruvian surgical community.

A few days ago, I was deeply honored to receive the same recognition.

I wish he were here to see it.
Te extraño papá.