Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Breast Cancer
Breast Surgical Oncology
As a breast surgical oncologist, I feel lucky to devote my clinical practice to the care of patients with breast cancer. A cancer diagnosis can be a devastating and frightening time, and it is my privilege and responsibility to help patients and their families navigate this difficult period through a relationship founded on empathy, understanding, and collaboration. I joined Fox Chase Cancer Center because of their commitment to innovation and unified approach to cancer care to guide each patient from diagnosis through treatment and survivorship.
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.
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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