Nicholas Petrelli Elected President of the Society of Surgical Oncology

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Nicholas Petrelli, M.D., Elected SSO President;William Cance, M.D., Becomes President-elect

Nicholas J. Petrelli, M.D., Newark, DE, was installed as 2007-08 President of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) at its annual business meeting in Washington, D.C. He succeeds Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, Houston, TX.

Others elected to serve on the SSO Executive Council are: William G. Cance, MD, Gainesville, FL, President-elect; Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, New York, NY, Vice President; Monica Morrow, MD, Philadelphia, PA, Secretary; Kenneth K. Tanabe, MD, Boston, MA, Executive Council Member; Douglas S. Tyler, .D, Durham, NC, Executive Council Member; and Martin J. Heslin, MD, Birmingham, AL, Councillor-at-Large.

Dr. Nicholas J. Petrelli: SSO President Dr. Petrelli is Medical Director of the Helen H. Graham Cancer Center, ChristianaCare, Newark, DE, and Professor of Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.

A former SSO President-elect and Vice President, Dr. Petrelli served two previous three-year terms on the Executive Council. He is former Chair of the Corporate Relations and Continuing Medical Education Committees; served on the Scientific Program, Training Program Directors, and Nominating Committees; spent five years on the James Ewing Foundation Board of Directors, and was Section Editor (Gastrointestinal) for Annals of Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Petrelli earned his medical degree at Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA. He completed residency training at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, and a surgical oncology fellowship at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY. Dr. Petrelli also completed a Union InternationaleContre le Cancer (International Union Against Cancer, or UICC) Fellowship in Milan, Italy.

President-elect: Dr. William Cance

Dr. Cance is Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, and Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Florida.

Dr. Cance is a past SSO Vice President and Treasurer, and served as a member of the Executive Council from 1999-2002. In addition, he has served as a member - and chair - of both the Scientific Program and Issues & Government Affairs Committees, and on the Editorial Board of Annals of Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Cance earned his medical degree from Duke University, Durham, NC, where he also completed a Bachelor's of Science degree in Zoology. He completed residency training at Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, and fellowship training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Vice President: Dr. Fabrizio Michelassi

Dr. Michelassi is the Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor of Surgery andChairman of the Department of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Surgeon-in-Chief at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center.

An SSO member since 1989, Dr. Michelassi has previously served on the Executive Council as Secretary and Councillor-at-Large. He was chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the 2001 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., and has served on several committees, including the Continuing Medical Education, Local Arrangements, and Clinical Affairs Committees.

Dr. Michelassi graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of Pisa, School of Medicine, Italy, then completed residencies at the University of Pisa, Department of Surgery, and New York University.

Secretary: Dr. Monica Morrow

Dr. Morrow is the G. Willing Pepper Chair in Cancer Research and theChairperson of the Department of Surgery at Fox Chase Cancer Center. She is also Professor of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine.

She previously served on the Executive Council from 1993 ˆ 1996, and 2003-2006. Dr. Morrow also served on the Issues Committee, and as a member of the Annals of Surgical Oncology Editorial Board. She was Secretary/Treasurer of the James Ewing Foundation, and chaired the SSO Committee on Standards for the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Disease.

Dr. Morrow earned her Bachelor's degree Magna cum Laude from Pennsylvania State University, and completed her medical degree at Jefferson Medical College. Upon graduation, she completed her surgical residency at the Medical Center of Vermont, followed by two years of surgical oncology training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Executive Council Member: Dr. Kenneth Tanabe

Dr. Tanabe is Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. He is also Deputy Clinical Director of the MGH Cancer Center.

Dr. Tanabe is a member of the Editorial Board of Annals of Surgical Oncology. He has chaired the Constitution & Bylaws Committee, and served on the Program Committee and Fellowship & Research Grant Committee.

Dr. Tanabe earned his Bachelor's degree at Stanford University, then completed his medical degree at the University of California, San Diego. He completed residency training at The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Tanabe then completed surgical oncology training at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Executive Council Member: Dr. Douglas Tyler

Dr. Tyler is Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Section of Surgical Oncology, and Vice Chairman (VA Services) of the Department of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He is also a member of Duke's Institute of Genomic Sciences and Policy, and the Institution's Comprehensive Cancer Center. In addition, Dr. Tyler is Chief of the Surgical Services at Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Dr. Tyler currently serves on the Issues & Government Affairs Committee and the Editorial Board of Annals of Surgical Oncology. He served a three-year term on the Membership Committee.

Dr. Tyler earned his medical degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, underwent residency training at Duke University Medical Center, and completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Dr. Martin J. Heslin: Councillor-at-Large

Dr. Heslin is Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. He is also Associate Chief of Staff at the University of Alabama Hospital.

An SSO member since 1997, Dr. Heslin serves as the Gastrointestinal Surgery Reviewer for Annals of Surgical Oncology.

Dr. Heslin completed a Bachelor's of Science degree in Microbiology at Cornell University, then earned his medical degree from State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, College of Medicine. He completed residency training at New York University Medical Center, and a surgical oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

The Society of Surgical Oncology was founded in 1940 to broaden the study of cancer. Its more than 2,000 members include physicians from several medical specialties, including colorectal surgery, general surgical oncology, gynecologic oncology, head and neck surgery, medical oncology, neurosurgical oncology, orthopedic oncology, pathology, pediatric surgical oncology, plastic andreconstructive surgery, radiation oncology, thoracic surgical oncology, and urologic oncology.