Giants of Cancer Care® Program Inductees
Surgical Oncology
Kelly K. Hunt, MD, FACS, FSSO
Professor and chair, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery
Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery
Professor, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Hunt is president of the Society of Surgical Oncology for the 2023-2024 term.
- She is the program leader of the Alliance/American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Research Program (CRP), for which she also formerly served as the principal investigator and director.
- She helped create the ACS Cancer Surgery Standards Program, which aims to standardize surgical operations to improve the quality of care for patients with cancer undergoing surgery. This program educates surgeons on the technical standards for cancer surgeries and provides educational materials and documentation resources.
- Hunt helped develop the Alliance/ACS CRP Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery manuals, which include guidelines for several cancer surgeries and may be referenced in clinical trials that use surgical interventions.
- Much of her breast cancer research surrounds the role of axillary node dissection and has contributed to widespread de-escalation of axillary surgery.
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