Alycia So, MD

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Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

Specialties

Breast Surgical Oncology

Areas of Expertise

Breast Cancer

Clinical Locations

Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19111
Phone: 888-369-2427

Educational Background

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA , August 2013 – May 2018
Rutgers University, Genetics, Art History, New Brunswick, NJ, September 2009 – May 2013

Honors & Awards

Adrian Greenstein M.D. Award – The Mount Sinai Hospital June 2023
FOCUS Fellowship in Women’s Health – Rena Rowan Breast Cancer Center June 2016 – October 2017
Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ September 2009 – May 2013
Groote Schuur Hospital – Cape Town, South Africa June 2010 – August 2010

Selected Publications

Silvestre J, So A, Lee BT. Accessibility of Academic Plastic Surgeons as Mentors to Medical Students. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2015. 74;1:85-88.

So A, De La Cruz LM, Williams AD, Bahng J, Liao G, et al. The Impact of Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Lumpectomy Cavity Shavings on Re-excision Rate in Pure Ductal Carcinoma In Situ - a single institution's experience. J Surg Oncol. 2017. 117;4:558-566.

Williams AD, So A, Synnestvedt M, Tewksbury CM, Kontos D, et al. Mammographic breast density decreases after bariatric surgery. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017. 163;3:565-572.

Williams AD, Li YR, So A, Steel L, Carrigan E, et al. The Impact of Aspirin Use on Breast Cancer Subtype and Clinical Course. J Surg Res. 2017. 230: 71-79.

Gershuni V, Li YR, Williams AD, So A, Steel L, et al. Breast Cancer Subtype Distribution is Different in Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obese Women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017. 163;2: 375-381.

Tchou J, Zhao Y, Levine B, Zhang P, Melenhorst J, Kulikovskaya I, Brennan A, Liu X, Lacey S, Williams AD, So A, et al. Safety and efficacy of intratumoral injections of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2017. 5;12: 1152-1161.

Agarwal D, So A, Williams AD, Zhang PJ, et al. Abundance of Antigen-Presenting Cell Markers Is Associated with Favorable Prognosis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Breast. 2018. 227;4: S30.

Williams AD, So A, J Tchou. Overall survival is similar between women who seek care at one or more institutions after diagnosis of operable breast cancer in the community. Surgical Oncology. 2018. 27;3: 387- 391.

Kennedy GT, Huang Y, So A, Williams AD, et al. Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol reduces perioperative narcotic requirement in patients undergoing mastectomy with implant-based reconstruction. Am J Surg. 2018 Oct. pii: S0002-9610(19)31154-7.

Li YR, Ro V, Steel L, Carrigan E, Nguyen J, Williams A, So A, et al. Impact of long-term lipid-lowering therapy on clinical outcomes in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Aug. 176(3): 669-677.

Williams AD, So A, J Tchou. (2019). Surgical Oncology. In Surgery Morning Report: Beyond the Pearls EBook. Breast Mass in a 32-Year-Old Female. (pp. 157). Elsevier.

Zaveri S, Adler A, Bangla V, Johnson S, So A, C Divino. Delay in Care and Increasing Incidence of Perforated Appendicitis During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JACS. 2021 Nov. 233(5):S90-S91.

So A, Bangla V, Marin M, C Divino. Impact of an interdisciplinary mortality council on the utilization of palliative care consultation service in surgery patients. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. In review.

Additional Publications

So A, Williams A, Liao G, McDonald E, Ugras S, Zhang PJ, J Tchou. Reducing the Re-Excision Rate in DCIS: How Does the Use (or not) of Cavity Shave Margins and Preoperative MRI with Partial Mastectomy Patients Impact Outcomes. Poster presentation at 2017 Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Cancer Symposium.

So A, De La Cruz LM, McMillan M, Williams A, Fisher C, J Tchou. Clinical Outcome of Optimally Treated Her2 Positive and Her2 Negative Breast Cancers. Poster presentation at 2017 American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Williams AD, Payne KK, So A, Conejo-Garcia J, J Tchou. (2017). Characterization of Novel Immune Checkpoint Receptors within the Breast Cancer Tumor Microenvironment [Paper presentation]. American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, San Diego, CA, USA.

Williams AD, So A, J Tchou. Characteristics of women who seek care at one or more institutions after diagnosis of their operable breast cancer. Poster presentation at 2017 American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

So A, Khetan P, Liao G, Marin M, C Divino. Joint Palliative Care and Surgical Morality Council Increases Palliative Care Referrals in Surgery. Poster presentation at 2020 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress.

So A, Bangla V, Miller R, Marin M, C Divino. Impact of a mortality council on the utilization of palliative care consultation service in surgery patients. Oral presentation at 2021 Academic Surgical Congress.

Kollipara K, Port E, Roy N, So A, Naughton H, S Cate. Treatment of Breast Disease During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Poster presentation at 2022 American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

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