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Care Philosophy: After developing an interest in fighting cancer in medical school, I was fortunate to work with and learn from leadersin the field of genitourinary oncology during internship, residency, and fellowship training. I feel fortunate to have joined the faculty at Weill Cornell to work with renowned mentors and colleagues in both medical oncology and urology. Together I am confident we will make progress towards increasing the cure rate and decreasing suffering from these diseases.

Biography: Dr. S. Sunghyun Yoon is the Chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology and Vice-Chair of Surgical Oncology Research and Education in the Department of Surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). Dr. Yoon is a national and international expert in the treatment of patients with sarcomas and other soft tissue tumors, gastric (stomach) and gastroesophageal cancers, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), and melanoma. He also has over 18 years of experience in the treatment of other gastrointestinal and abdominal tumors, hepatobiliary tumors, neuroendocrine/adrenal tumors, lymphomas, and spleen tumors. He has been the principal investigator of several clinical trials examining novel treatment strategies and given numerous invited national and international lectures in relation to these cancers. Several of these trials have investigated the treatment of sarcomas, especially abdominal/retroperitoneal sarcomas, with advanced radiation techniques such as proton beam radiation and aggressive surgical resection to minimize local recurrence. Read More About These Treatments: https://columbiasurgery.org/conditions-and-treatments/retroperitoneal-sarcomas-and-pelvic-sarcomas Dr. Yoon was an early advocate for minimally invasive robotic surgery and has performed over 300 robotic procedures including robotic gastrectomies (stomach removal). He has one of the world's largest experiences in performing prophylactic total gastrectomies for patients with hereditary diffuse gastric cancer (HDGC syndrome) secondary to germline CDH1 mutation. He pioneered a technique for connection of the small bowel to the esophagus after total gastrectomy that is used by former surgical trainees and colleagues throughout the country due to its extremely low leakage rate. Dr. Yoon graduated from Harvard University and received his M.D. from the University of California at San Diego. He completed his residency in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and his fellowship in surgical oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was an Associate Professor of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School before joining the staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2012. Dr. Yoon was an Attending Surgeon in the Division of Gastric and Mixed Tumors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and a Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College before joining CUIMC in 2021. Dr. Yoon's main research interests are in cancer stem cells and targeted biological agents in combination with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. His laboratory has been funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for 18 years and strives to translate new research discoveries into the clinic. Dr. Yoon is also part of multi-institution research groups funded by Stand Up To Cancer and the DeGregorio Family Foundation to discover early diagnostics and new therapies for gastric cancer. His clinical and research efforts have led to over 150 original research articles, book chapters, and reviews. For a complete list of publications, please visit NCBI.

Biography: Anna Pavlick, BSN, MSc, DO, MBA is a medical oncologist with over 20 years of experience treating patients with skin cancer, including melanoma, basal cell cancer,squamous cell cancer and Merkel cell carcinoma. She is also an expert in treating ocular melanoma, eyelid tumors and other rare solid tumor malignancies, including a research interest in neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1) malignancies. She is currently accepting new patients for both in-office visits and telehealth appointments.Dr. Pavlick was recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine as Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology & Medical Oncology. She is the founding Director of the Cutaneous Oncology Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. Dr. Pavlick's major research interests include investigating targeted therapies, combination therapies and immunotherapies. She also conducts outcomes research evaluating quality of life.Dr. Pavlick earned her medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; her Master of Science in Human Anatomy from Fairleigh Dickinson University; and her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Nursing degree from Fairfield University. She completed an internal medicine residency at UMDNJ and hematology and oncology fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In addition to her undergraduate and medical training, Dr. Pavlick graduated from the Drexel School of Medicine Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine in 2012 and earned her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Columbia University Business School in 2017.Dr. Pavlick has authored and co-authored over 100 publications and presented her research at international meetings. She serves on the several editorial boards, including The Journal of Drugs in Dermatology and The Journal of ImmunoTherapeutics of Cancer (Associate Editor). She is a member of leading oncology societies including American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Academy of Clinical Research (AACR), the Society for Melanoma Research, Society for Immunotherapy and Translational Research in Cancer and the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO).