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      Susie X. Sun, MD, MS, CMQ, FACS

      Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery

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      Susie Sun, M.D., performs a breast cancer surgery

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      Present Title & Affiliation

      Primary Appointment

      Associate Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

      Assistant Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

      Education & Training

      Degree-Granting Education

      2015Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, US, Public Health Sciences, M.S
      2011Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, US, MD
      2007Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, US, Biochemistry, BS

      Postgraduate Training

      2018-2019Clinical Residency, Breast Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
      2013-2015Research Fellowship, Department of Surgery-Division of Outcomes Research and Quality, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
      2011-2018Clinical Residency, General Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania

      Licenses & Certifications

      2019American Board of Medical Quality
      2018American Board of Surgery
      2018Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
      2018Texas Medical Board Full Medical License
      2011Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine
      nullGeorgia Composite Medical Board
      nullLouisiana State Board of Medical Examiners
      nullAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
      nullMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
      nullOklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure
      nullWashington State Department of Health
      nullTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
      nullArizona Board of Medical Examiners
      nullBasic Life Support

      Experience & Service

      Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities

      Associate Patient Safety and Quality Officer, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021

      Breast Champion, ACS THRIVE Initiative, American College of Surgeons, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present

      Electronic Health Records Officer, Breast Surgical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2021 - Present

      Breast Surgical Oncology Champion, Breast Surgical Oncology, Vizient Co-morbidity Capture Improvement Project - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present

      Other Professional Positions

      Consultant, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, 2026 - Present

      Consultant, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2024 - Present

      Outreach Lead, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, Houston, TX, 2020 - Present

      Assistant Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present

      Clinical Specialist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2018 - 2019

      Extramural Institutional Committee Activities

      Member, Society of Surgical Oncology : Breast Disease Site Work Group, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2025 - Present

      Voting Member, Ambulatory Informatics Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021 - Present

      Member, IRB Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - 2021

      Faculty Consultant, Breast Multidisciplinary Planning Conference MD Anderson Cancer Network, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2020 - Present

      Member, General Surgery Resident Education Curriculum Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2013 - 2015

      Honors & Awards

      2019Bristol-Myers Squibb Award in Population Science. 1st place Oral Competition, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Trainee Research Day
      2019George Peters Award: Best Presentation by a Fellow, American Society of Breast Surgeons 2019 Annual Meeting
      2019Scientific Impact Award, American Society of Breast Surgeons 2019 Annual Meeting
      2018Professionalism and Humanism in Surgery Award, Penn State Department Surgery
      2015Best Oral Presentation, Penn State College of Medicine
      2014Best Oral Presentation, Penn State College of Medicine
      2014International E-Learning Award- Academic Division, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
      2014Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Achievement Award, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

      Professional Memberships

      The American Society of Breast Surgeons: Lymphatic Surgery Committee

      2024 - Present

      The American Society of Breast Surgeons: Early Career Committee

      2021 - 2024

      American College of Surgeons

      2019 - Present

      Surgical Outcomes Club

      2019 - Present

      Breast Multidisciplinary Planning Conference

      2019 - Present

      The American Society of Breast Surgeons

      2018 - Present

      Society of Surgical Oncology

      2013 - Present

      Association of Academic Surgeons

      2013 - Present

      Association of Women Surgeons

      2013 - Present

      General Surgery Resident Education Curriculum Committee

      2013 - 2015

      American College of Surgeons Resident and Associate Society

      2011 - Present

      American College of Surgeons

      2011 - 2019

      Selected Presentations & Talks

      Local Presentations

      1. 2026. Rare diseases: De-escalating axillary surgery in inflammatory breast cancer. Invited. Breast Service Line & Program Research Vision Casting Retreat. Houston, Texas, US.
      2. 2025. Navigating Breast Cancer Treatment in the Era of Immunotherapy. Invited. Breast Cancer Clinical and Translational Research (BCCTR) Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
      3. 2025. OP- 35 Initiative. Invited. Master Deck Breast Service Line Mini-Retreat. Houston, Texas, US.
      4. 2021. Lymphovenous Bypass Surgery. Invited. Lymphovenous Bypass Surgery. Houston, TX, US.
      5. 2021. Surgery Town Hall: Best Practices in Multi-Team Cases and The Vizient Initiative Efforts. Invited. Surgery Town Hall: Best Practices in Multi-Team Cases and The Vizient Initiative Efforts. Houston, TX, US.

      National Presentations

      1. 2023. Bettertogether: Plastic and Breast Surgeons Becoming an Effective Dream Team. Invited. Bettertogether: Plastic and Breast Surgeons Becoming an Effective Dream Team, US.
      2. 2023. Updates on Surgical Management of the IBC, Updates on Advanced Breast Cancer: Local Management and Other New Perspectives. Invited. Updates on Surgical Management of the IBC, Updates on Advanced Breast Cancer: Local Management and Other New Perspectives. Houston, TX, US.
      3. 2022. Controversies in DCIS: Margins and Adjuvant Radiation. Conference. Controversies in DCIS: Margins and Adjuvant Radiation. Las Vegas, NV, US.
      4. 2022. Emergency Room Visits After Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery. Invited. Emergency Room Visits After Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery, US.
      5. 2021. IBC Webinar Connect Webinar: De Novo Metastatic IBC- Local Therapy. Invited. IBC Webinar Connect Webinar: De Novo Metastatic IBC- Local Therapy. Houston, TX, US.
      6. 2019. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: Is non-operative management a viable option?. Conference. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: Is non-operative management a viable option?. Washington, DC, US.
      7. 2019. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: Is non-operative management a viable option?. Conference. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: Is non-operative management a viable option?. Houston, TX, US.
      8. 2019. Patient selection for non-operative management of HER2+ invasive breast cancer after neoadjuvant systemic therapy. Conference. Patient selection for non-operative management of HER2+ invasive breast cancer after neoadjuvant systemic therapy. Dalla, TX, US.
      9. 2019. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: I non-operative management a viable option?. Conference. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: I non-operative management a viable option?. San Diego, CA, US.
      10. 2017. Screening Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging: What Are the Costs?. Conference. Screening Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging: What Are the Costs?. Hershey, PA, US.
      11. 2017. Screening Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging: What Are the Costs?. Conference. Screening Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging: What Are the Costs?. Las Vegas, NV, US.
      12. 2015. Cost-effectiveness of investigating common bile duct stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Conference. Cost-effectiveness of investigating common bile duct stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Chicago, IL, US.
      13. 2015. Efficacy and longer-term outcomes following cryo-assisted lumpectomy for breast cancer. Conference. Efficacy and longer-term outcomes following cryo-assisted lumpectomy for breast cancer. Chicago, IL, US.
      14. 2015. Attributable cost of obesity on breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Conference. Attributable cost of obesity on breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Hershey, PA, US.
      15. 2015. Attributable cost of obesity on breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Conference. Attributable cost of obesity on breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Hershey, PA, US.
      16. 2015. A C.O.R.E. curriculum for professionalism and interpersonal communication. Conference. A C.O.R.E. curriculum for professionalism and interpersonal communication. Seattle, WA, US.
      17. 2015. Attributable cost of obesity on breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Conference. Attributable cost of obesity on breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Houston, TX, US.
      18. 2015. Readmissions following gastric bypass surgery. Conference. Readmissions following gastric bypass surgery. Las Vegas, CO, US.
      19. 2014. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Conference. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Hershey, PA, US.
      20. 2014. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Conference. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Hershey, PA, US.
      21. 2014. Relational Coordination – a Paradigm for Systems Based Practice and Professionalism in Surgical Education. Conference. Relational Coordination – a Paradigm for Systems Based Practice and Professionalism in Surgical Education. Chicago, IL, US.
      22. 2014. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Conference. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Phoenix, AZ, US.
      23. 2014. Length of Stay and Pre-operative Comorbidities Predict Readmissions in Mastectomy Patients. Conference. Length of Stay and Pre-operative Comorbidities Predict Readmissions in Mastectomy Patients. San Diego, CA, US.

      International Presentations

      1. 2024. Inflammatory Breast Cancer – Improving Diagnosis and Treatment. Invited. IAEA TC (Technical Corporation) Regional Caribbean Training Course on Breast Imaging. Houston, US.
      2. 2022. IBC Debate. Invited. IBC Debate. Houston, US.

      Formal Peers

      1. 2019. Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance compared to partial mastectomy plus radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ: Is non-operative management a viable option?. Visiting. Houston, TX, US.
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      Grant & Contract Support

      Date: 2019 - 2020
      Title:Michael Zinner Services Research Fellowship
      Funding Source:Surgical Outcomes Club
      Role:Recipient

      Selected Publications

      Peer-Reviewed Articles

      1. Nasrazadani, A, Tidwell, R, Kai, M, Lim, B, Valero, V, Tripathy, D, Saleem, S, Debeb, BG, Lucci, A, Woodward, W, Layman, RM, Lopez, HB, Villareal, L, Yajima, C, Alexander, A, Marx, AN, Lu, Y, Le-Petross, H, Patel, MM, Whitman, GJ, Sun, SX, Stauder, MC, Layman, R. Retrospective review of metastatic hormone receptor-positive inflammatory breast cancer patients reveals poor responses to cyclin dependent kinase 4/6 inhibition. Breast Cancer Research 28(1), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41372771.
      2. Wanis, K, Krasniqi, R, Sun, SX, Resetkova, E, Hwang, RF, Hunt, KK, Candelaria, RP, Huo, L, Singh, P. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 33(8):7260-7261, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42189440.
      3. Wanis, K, Krasniqi, R, Sun, SX, Resetkova, E, Hwang, RF, Hunt, KK, Candelaria, RP, Huo, L, Singh, P. Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity and Utility of Frozen Section Diagnosis following Neoadjuvant Therapy in Patients with Clinically Node-Negative, Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology 33(8):7237-7243, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42135547.
      4. Chen, J, Wanis, K, Rahman, M, Gianchandani, A, Bedrosian, I, Tamirisa, N, Yi, M, Singareeka Raghavendra, A, Singh, P, Teshome, M, Sun, SX, Kuerer, HM, Hunt, KK, Meric-Bernstam, F, Adesoye, T. Implications for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Omission in Patients with Early-Stage Node-Negative HR+/HER2− Breast Cancer Undergoing Mastectomy. Annals of surgical oncology 33(7):6414-6421, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41949735.
      5. Chen, J, Wanis, K, Rahman, M, Gianchandani, A, Bedrosian, I, Tamirisa, N, Yi, M, Singareeka Raghavendra, A, Singh, P, Teshome, M, Sun, SX, Kuerer, HM, Hunt, KK, Meric-Bernstam, F, Adesoye, T. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 33(7):6483-6484, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42018250.
      6. Lucocq J, Karakatsanis A, Kirwan C, Boughey J, Tseng J, Sun SX, Gentilini OD, Barber M, Chagla L, Buccimazza I, Dick L, Massannat Y, Dixon J, Kühn T, Benson J, Elder K. International Consensus on Axillary Staging After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-positive Breast Cancer, 2026.
      7. Sun SX. Clinical Impact and Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, 2026.
      8. Montagna, G, Alvarado, M, Myers, S, Mrdutt, MM, Sun, SX, Sevilimedu, V, Barrio, AV, Van Den Bruele, AB, Boughey, JC, Boyle, MK, Crown, A, Kesmodel, SB, King, TA, Kuerer, HM, Leisha, EC, Moo, TA, Weiss, A, Williams, AD, Parmar, P, Diskin, B, Hlavin, C, Diego, EJ, Polidorio, N, Abdelwahab, K, Banys-Paluchowski, M, Kurzeder, C, Heidinger, M, Goldschmidt, M, Schulz, A, Heil, J, Cakmak, G, Pislar, N, Riis, ML, Prakash, I, Ovalle, V, Ugurlu, MU, Franceschini, G, Sergeevich, EA, Morales, J, Lee, HB, Galimberti, V, Ahn, SG, Ryu, JM, Muslumanoglu, M, Cabioglu, N, Yoo, TK, Vrancken-Peeters, MT, Ferrucci, M, Morrow, M, Weber, W, Adreozzi, M, Barbalho, DM, Balbaloglu, H, Benson, JR, Berclaz, G, De Bree, E, de Faria Bessa, J, Bonci, E, de Boniface, J, Bucher, S, Byeon, J, Cavalcante, FP, Cocco, D, Corsi, F, Chávez, M, Di Leone, A, Ditsch, N, Exner, R, Flanagan, MR, Gasparri, ML, Gemignani, ML, González, EG, Güth, U, Gulcelik, MA, Han, W, Helfgott, R, Rivas Ibarra, MF, Jelinska, J, Knauer, M, Krawczyk, N, Krivorotko, P, Leo, C, Marchet, A, Maksimenko, J, Menes, T, Milardi, F, Moon, HG, Feitosa Costa Neto, O, Ostapenko, V, Passeri, D, Pastoriza, J, Paulinelli, RR, Perhavec, A, Car Peterko, A, Pfob, A, Pilewskie, ML, Pinto, D, Pinto, T, Poulakaki, F, Reinisch, M, Rocco, N, Rubio, IT, Saleem, O, Sanchez-Mendez, JI, Satler, R, Sanchez, AM, Scardina, L, Schnabel, FR, Schwartz, CJ, Seah, JL, Soares, LR, Turčan, I, Urban, CA, Vernet-Tomas, M, Vorburger, D, Warrier, S, Wimmer, K, Ziegler-Rodriguez, G. Oncological outcomes with and without axillary lymph node dissection in patients with residual micrometastases after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (OPBC-07/microNAC). The lancet oncology 27(1):57-67, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41449148.
      9. Zaveri, S, Sun, SX, Bevers, TB, Albarracin, C, Bedrosian, I. Implications of the COMET Trial for the Management of Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia. Annals of surgical oncology 33(1):43-49, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 40908450.
      10. Lim, B, Marx, AN, Kai, M, Alexander, A, Bassett Jr, R, Ma, W, Willey, J, Sun, H, Nasrazadani, A, Mohammad, MM, Zhang, J, Lucci, A, Sun, SX, Stauder, MC, Whitman, GJ, Le-Petross, H, Valero, V, Woodward, W, Layman, RM. A phase Ib/II trial of neoadjuvant neratinib added to standard therapy in patients with HER2-positive or HR-positive/HER2-negative inflammatory breast cancer (including stage III and IV disease). Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology 17, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41116969.
      11. Wanis KN, Mitchell MP, Giordano SH, Litton JK, Shaitelman SF, Tamirisa N, Bedrosian I, Dong W, Shen Y, Hunt KK, Singh P, Sun SX, Caudle AS, Kuerer HM, Meric-Bernstam F, Hwang RF, Adesoye T. Implications of omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy on adjuvant decision making for patients with small breast cancers. Cancer 131(11):e35910, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40433858.
      12. Shaker, S, Patel, D, Bisen, AK, Sun, SX, Ramirez, DL. Right care, right place. Journal of Clinical Oncology 43:e23229-e23229, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
      13. Kouzy, R, Kai, M, Le-Petross, HT, Saleem, S, Layman, RM, Lim, B, Nasrazadani, A, Saleem, S, Valero, V, Stauder, MC, Lucci, A, Sun, SX, Whitman, GJ, Patel, MM, Le-Petross, H, Lu, Y, Marx, AN, Alexander, A, Yajima, C, Kai, M, Villareal, L, Lopez, H, Woodward, W. Use of natural language processing to identify patients with inflammatory breast cancer across a health-care system. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 9(3), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40493814.
      14. Jacomina, LE, Swanson, DM, Mitchell, MP, Woodward, W, Smith, B, Hoffman, K, Goodman, C, Garber, HR, Sun, SX, Yap, TA, Meric-Bernstam, F, Arzu, I, Bloom, ES, Schlembach, PJ, Strom, EA, Stauder, MC, Shaitelman, SF. Outcomes After Palliative Radiation Therapy in Patients With Symptomatic Locoregionally Advanced Breast Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics 122(2):278-291, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39549757.
      15. Wanis KN, Dong W, Shen Y, Meric-Bernstam F, Adesoye T, Kuerer HM, Caudle AS, Tamirisa N, DeSnyder SM, Sun SX, Bedrosian I, Singh P, Cox SE, Hunt KK, Hwang RF. Predicting pathologic >/=N2 disease in women with breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer 11(1):46, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40404657.
      16. Kuerer, HM, Valero, V, Smith, BD, Krishnamurthy, S, Diego, EJ, Johnson, HM, Lin, Y, Shen, Y, Lucci, A, Shaitelman, SF, Mitchell, MP, Boughey, JC, White, RL, Hunt, KK, Yang, WT, Rauch, GM, Moseley, T, Leung, J, Huang, ML, Candelaria, RP, Adrada, BE, Arribas, E, van la Parra, RF, Ramirez, DL, Teshome, M, Hwang, RF, Miggins, MV, Piotrowski, MJ, Correa Refinetti, AP, Ehlers II, RA, Mouabbi, JA, Colen, JS, Loveland-Jones, C, Lesnikowski, BA, Samiian, L, Chong, C, Black, DM, Desyder, SM, Sun, SX, Nguyen, TM. Selective Elimination of Breast Surgery for Invasive Breast Cancer A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncology 11(5):529-534, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40152443.
      17. Lynce F, Niman SM, Kai M, Ma SR, Troll E, Li L, Miller KD, Jagsi R, Mason G, Overmoyer BA, Le-Petross HTC, Nakhlis F, Krishnamurthy S, Harrison BT, Sun SX, Yeh ED, Bellon JR, Warren LE, Stauder MC, Regan MM, Woodward WA. Development of a Multi-Institutional Dataset to Validate a Novel Inflammatory Breast Cancer Diagnostic Score. J Natl Cancer Inst 117(8):1583-1592, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40163681.
      18. Muppidi N, Adesoye T, Yi M, Sun SX, Chavez-MacGregor M, Singh P, Karuturi M, Tamirisa N, Hunt KK, Teshome M. ASO Visual Abstract: Clinical Outcomes for Early-Stage Node-Negative HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Upfront Surgery or Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 32(2):983-984, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39562422.
      19. Moore, AM, Caudle, A, Sun, SX, Yi, M, Smith, BD, Valero, V, Yang, W, Kuerer, HM, Hunt, KK, Teshome, M. Impact of Clipped Node as a Sentinel Lymph Node on Axillary Staging Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology 32(1):84-91, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39419889.
      20. Wanis, KN, Goetz, L, So, A, Glencer, AC, Sun, SX, Teshome, M, Resetkova, E, Hwang, RF, Hunt, KK, Candelaria, RP, Huo, L, Singh, P. The Prevalence of Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity and Implications for the Utility of Frozen Section Diagnosis Following Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Patients with Clinically Node-Negative HER2-Positive or Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Annals of surgical oncology 31(11):7339-7346, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39048903.
      21. Glencer, AC, Wanis, KN, Brown, S, Lucci, A, Sun, SX, Adesoye, T, DeSnyder, SM, Layman, RM, Woodward, W, Hunt, KK, Teshome, M. Self-Reported Management of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Among the American Society of Breast Surgeons Membership. Annals of surgical oncology 31(11):7326-7334, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39034365.
      22. Moore, AM, Caudle, AS, Sun, SX, Yi, M, Smith, B, Valero, V, Yang, W, Kuerer, HM, Hunt, KK, Teshome, M. Residual Nodal Burden After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in cN1 Breast Cancer Patients with Positive Nodes at Targeted Axillary Dissection. Annals of surgical oncology 31(11):7264-7270, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39044106.
      23. Moore AM, Caudle AS, Sun SX, Yi M, Smith BD, Valero V, Yang W, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Teshome AM. Residual Nodal Burden After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in cN1 Breast Cancer Patients with Positive Nodes at Targeted Axillary Dissection. Ann Surg Oncol, 2024.
      24. Wanis KN, Kuerer HM, Sun SX, Hunt KK, Glencer AC, Teshome M, Lucci A, Weiser R, Johnson H, Smith BD, Gutierrez AM, Shaitelman SF, Arun BK. Clinical Outcomes for BRCA Pathogenic Variant Carriers With Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast Conservation. JAMA Netw Open 7(6), 2024. PMID: 38916888.
      25. Montagna G, Mrdutt MM, Sun SX, Hlavin C, Diego EJ, Wong SM, Barrio AV, van den Bruele AB, Cabioglu N, Sevilimedu V, Rosenberger LH, Hwang ES, Ingham A, Papassotiropoulos B, Nguyen-Sträuli BD, Kurzeder C, Aybar DD, Vorburger D, Matlac DM, Ostapenko E, Riedel F, Fitzal F, Meani F, Fick F, Sagasser J, Heil J, Karanlik H, Dedes KJ, Romics L, Banys-Paluchowski M, Muslumanoglu M, MDRC P, Díaz MC, Heidinger M, Fehr MK, Reinisch M, Tukenmez M, Maggi N, Rocco N, Ditsch N, Gentilini OD, Paulinelli RR, Zarhi SS, Kuemmel S, Bruzas S, di Lascio S, Parissenti TK, Hoskin TL, Güth U, Ovalle V, Tausch C, Kuerer HM, Caudle AS, Boileau JF, Boughey JC, Kühn T, Morrow M, Weber WP. Omission of Axillary Dissection Following Nodal Downstaging With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. JAMA Oncol 10(6):793-798, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38662396.
      26. Everidge SA, Sun J, Teshome M, Tamirisa N, Sun S, Adesoye T, Nia E, Bevers T, Bedrosian I, Patel M, Singh P. Lobular Neoplasia Diagnosed by MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy: Identifying Upgrade Rate to Malignancy and Outcomes of Clinical and Surgical Management. Ann Surg Oncol 31(4):2224-2230, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 38117388.
      27. Woodfin AA, Woodfin AA, Yam C, Yam C, Teshome M, Teshome M, Kuerer HM, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Meric-Bernstam F, Schaverien M, Schaverien M, Barcenas CH, Barcenas CH, Sun SX, Sun SX. Axillary Nodal Metastases Conversion and Perioperative Complications with Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 31(2):974-980, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 37973647.
      28. Sun SX, Piotrowski MJ, Adesoye T, Mitchell MP, Garber HR, Teshome M, Kuerer HM, Tamirisa N, Singh P. Long-Term Outcomes and Predictors of Response in Breast Cancer Patients with Advanced Nodal Involvement. J Am Coll Surg 238(1):1-9, 2024. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37870227.
      29. Farley C, Bassett R, Meric-Bernstam F, Bedrosian I, Caudle A, DeSnyder S, Hunt K, Kuerer H, Singh P, Sun S, Tamirisa N, Teshome M, Hwang RF. To Dissect or Not to Dissect: Can We Predict the Presence of Four or More Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Postmenopausal Women with Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer?. Ann Surg Oncol 30(13):8327-8334, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37670121.
      30. Zaveri S, Everidge S, FitzSullivan E, Hwang R, Smith BD, Lin H, Shen Y, Lucci A, Teshome M, Sun SX, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM. Extremely Low Incidence of Local-Regional Recurrences Observed Among T1-2 N1 (1 or 2 Positive SLNs) Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Upfront Mastectomy Without Completion Axillary Node Dissection. Ann Surg Oncol 30(12):7015-7025, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37458948.
      31. Adesoye T, Everidge S, Chen J, Sun SX, Teshome M, Valero V, Woodward WA, Lucci A. Low Rates of Local-Regional Recurrence Among Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients After Contemporary Trimodal Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 30(10):6232-6240, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37479842.
      32. Johnson HM, Lin H, Shen Y, Diego EJ, Krishnamurthy S, Yang WT, Smith BD, Valero V, Lucci A, Sun SX, Shaitelman SF, Mitchell MP, Boughey JC, White RL, Rauch GM, Kuerer HM, Study Group ER. Patient-Reported Outcomes of Omission of Breast Surgery Following Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 6(9):e2333933, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37707811.
      33. Sun SX, Duan Z, Kuerer HM, DeSnyder SM, Cunningham C, Zhao H, Giordano SH. Predictors of Emergency Room Visits After Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery in the Medicare Population. Ann Surg Oncol 30(3):1689-1698, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36402898.
      34. Kuerer HM, Smith BD, Krishnamurthy S, Yang WT, Valero V, Shen Y, Lin H, Lucci A, Boughey JC, White RL, Diego EJ, Rauch GM, Trials Group ERC. Eliminating breast surgery for invasive breast cancer in exceptional responders to neoadjuvant systemic therapy: a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 23(12):1517-1524, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36306810.
      35. Cobb AN, Diao K, Teshome M, Lucci A, Ueno NT, Stauder M, Layman RM, Kuerer HM, Woodward WA, Sun SX. Long-term Oncologic Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Supraclavicular Nodal Involvement. Ann Surg Oncol 29(10):6381-6392, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35834145.
      36. Farley CR, Irwin S, Adesoye T, Sun SX, DeSnyder SM, Lucci A, Shaitelman SF, Chang EI, Ueno NT, Woodward WA, Teshome M. Lymphedema in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients Following Trimodal Treatment. Ann Surg Oncol 29(10):6370-6378, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35854031.
      37. Adesoye T, Sun SX, Schaverien MV, Woodward WA, Lucci A. Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Are We There Yet?. Ann Surg Oncol 29(7):4019-4021, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35471749.
      38. Andring LM, Diao K, Sun S, Patel M, Whitman GJ, Schlembach P, Arzu I, Joyner MM, Shaitelman SF, Hoffman K, Stauder MC, Smith BD, Woodward WA. Locoregional Management and Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer With Ipsilateral Internal Mammary and Axillary Lymph Node Involvement. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 113(3):552-560, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35248602.
      39. Corkum J, Zhu V, Agbafe V, Sun SX, Chu C, Colen JS, Greenup R, Offodile AC. Area Deprivation Index and Rurality in Relation to Financial Toxicity among Breast Cancer Surgical Patients: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study of Geospatial Differences in Risk Profiles. J Am Coll Surg 234(5):816-826, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35426394.
      40. Perkins, GC, Sun, SX, Middleton, LP. Synchronous bilateral low grade adenosquamous carcinoma with imaging and pathology correlation. Human Pathology Reports 27, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
      41. Sun SX, Suk R, Kuerer HM, Cantor SB, Raber BM, Deshmukh AA. No Treatment Versus Partial Mastectomy Plus Radiation for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. Ann Surg Oncol 29(1):39-41, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34467509.
      42. Perkins GC, Sun SX, Middleton LP. Synchronous Bilateral Low Grade Adenosquamous Carcinoma with Imaging and Pathology Correlation. Human Pathology Reports, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
      43. Adesoye T, Babayemi O, Postlewait LM, DeSnyder SM, Sun SX, Woodward WA, Ueno NT, Hunt KK, Lucci A, Teshome M. Inflammatory Breast Cancer at the Extremes of Age. Ann Surg Oncol 28(10):5626-5634, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34292426.
      44. Postlewait LM, Teshome M, Adesoye T, DeSnyder SM, Lim B, Kuerer HM, Bedrosian I, Sun SX, Woodward WA, Le-Petross HT, Valero V, Ueno NT, Lucci A. Contralateral Axillary Metastasis in Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34125346.
      45. Nia ES, Huang ML, Sun SX, Mitchell MP, Myatt JP, Candelaria RP. The mammographic appearance of the BioMonitor implantable loop recorder. Clin Imaging 73:28-30, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33296770.
      46. Sun SX, van la Parra RFD, Rauch GM, Checka C, Tadros AB, Lucci A, Teshome M, Black D, Hwang RF, Smith BD, Krishnamurthy S, Valero V, Yang WT, Kuerer HM. Patient Selection for Clinical Trials Eliminating Surgery for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 26(10):3071-3079, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31342361.
      47. Greenleaf EK, Sun SX, Hollenbeak CS, Wong J. Minimally invasive surgery for gastric cancer: the American experience. Gastric Cancer 20(2):368-378, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 26961133.
      48. Kulaylat AN, Qin D, Sun SX, Hollenbeak CS, Schubart JR, Aboud AJ, Flemming DJ, Bollard ER, Dillon PW, Han DC. Aligning perceptions of mistreatment among incoming medical trainees. J Surg Res 208:151-157, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 27993202.
      49. Kulaylat AN, Qin D, Sun SX, Hollenbeak CS, Schubart JR, Aboud AJ, Flemming DJ, Dillon PW, Bollard ER, Han DC. Perceptions of mistreatment among trainees vary at different stages of clinical training. BMC Med Educ 17(1):14, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28088241.
      50. Sun SX, Kulaylat AN, Hollenbeak CS, Soybel DI. Cost-effective Decisions in Detecting Silent Common Bile Duct Gallstones During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Ann Surg 263(6):1164-72, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26575281.
      51. Sun SX, Hollenbeak CS, Rogers AM. Readmissions Following Gastric Bypass Surgery. Obes Surg 26(2):269-75, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26264895.
      52. Sun SX, Greenleaf EK, Hollenbeak CS, Leung AM. Attributable cost of obesity in breast surgery: a matched cohort analysis. Am J Surg 210(4):668-77.e1, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26212389.
      53. Sun SX, Leung AN, Dillon PW, Hollenbeak CS. Length of Stay and Readmissions in Mastectomy Patients. Breast J 21(5):526-32, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26104795.
      54. Sun SX, Hollenbeak CS, Leung AM. Deviation from the Standard of Care for Early Breast Cancer in the Elderly: What are the Consequences?. Ann Surg Oncol 22(8):2492-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25515198.
      55. Maag R, Sun SX, Hannon M, Davies R, Alagona P, Foy A. Positive predictive value of an elevated cardiac troponin for type I myocardial infarction in ED patients based on the chief complaint. Am J Emerg Med 33(4):516-20, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25680564.

      Invited Articles

      1. Adesoye T, Irwin S, Sun SX, Lucci A, Teshome M. Contemporary surgical management of inflammatory breast cancer: a narrative review. Chin Clin Oncol 10(6):57, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 35016511.
      2. Sun SX, Kuerer HM. ASO Author Reflections: Selecting Patients for Elimination of Surgery Trials-Predicting Residual Invasive and In Situ Disease in Patients with HER2-Positive Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 26(Suppl 3):804-805, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31654165.
      3. Sun SX, Moseley TW, Kuerer HM, Yang WT. Imaging-Based Approach to Axillary Lymph Node Staging and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients With Breast Cancer. AJR Am J Roentgenol:1-10. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31714846.
      4. Sun SX, Kulaylat AN, Hollenbeak CS, Soybel DI. Reply to Letter: "Cost-Effective Decisions in Managing Silent Common Bile Duct Stones Should Include all the Management Options to Help Decision Makers". Ann Surg 266(6):e90-e91, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28257325.
      5. Grant SB, Hon H, Iver P, Smith C, Sun SX. The RAS-ACS: Recruiting medical students and training future leaders. Bull Am Coll Surg 100(8):23-8, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26419051.
      6. Polavarapu HV, Kulaylat AN, Sun SX, Hamed OH. 100 years of surgical education: the past, present, and future. Bull Am Coll Surg 98(7):22-7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 24010218.

      Review Articles

      1. Breit, C, Sun, SX. Updates in the Management of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 17(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.
      2. Goodman, C, Sun, SX, Lucci, A, Stauder, MC, Woodward, W. Contemporary Locoregional Therapy for Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Current Breast Cancer Reports 17(1), 2025. e-Pub 2025.

      Professional Educational Materials

      1. Sun SX, Kass R. Invasive Carcinoma (Ductal, Lobular, All Variants). The SCORE Portal, 2016.
      2. . Nurse BEDI (Breast Education Decision Aid Instrument), 2014.
      3. Piotrowski M, Singh P, Sun SX. Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. The SCORE Portal.
      4. Sun SX, Kass R. Breast Cancer – Invasive Carcinoma (Ductal, Lobular, All Variants). The SCORE Portal.

      Other Articles

      1. Le-Petross, H, Salem, S, Kapoor, MM, Sun, SX, Woodward, W Comprehensive Review of Clinical Presentation, Multimodality Imaging, and Therapeutic Strategies for Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Applied Radiology 54(4), 2025.
      2. Sun SX International Consensus on Axillary Staging After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Node-positive Breast Cancer European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2026.

      Editorials

      1. Sun SX, Messaris E. Soluble CD73 can predict future organ failure in pancreatitis: simple, low cost, but not perfect*. Crit Care Med 42(12):2641-2, 2014. PMID: 25402289.
      2. Messaris E, Sun SX. Genetic correlations between murine and human trauma: time to focus only on highly selected genetic pathways. Crit Care Med 42(6):1552-3, 2014. PMID: 24836793.

      Abstracts

      1. Zaveri S, Sun SX, Zaghloul T, Bevers TB, Albarracin CT, Patel M, Bedrosian I. Trends in Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Diagnosis and Upgrade: A 20-Year Experience and Impact of MRI Use on Upgrade Rates. Ann Surg Oncol 32(5):3244-3251, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39875718.
      2. Zaveri S, Sun SX, Zaghloul T, Bevers TB, Albarracin CT, Patel M, Bedrosian I. ASO Visual Abstract: Trends in Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Diagnosis and Upgrade-A Twenty-Year Experience and Impact of MRI Use on Upgrade Rates. Ann Surg Oncol 32(5):3339-3340, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40080363.
      3. Montagna, G, Laws, AD, Ferrucci, M, Mrdutt, MM, Sun, SX, Bademler, S, Balbaloglu, H, Balint-Lahat, N, Banys, M, Barrio, AV, Benson, JR, Beşe, N, Boughey, JC, Boyle, MK, Diego, EJ, Eden, C, Eller, R, Goldschmidt, M, Hlavin, C, Heidinger, M, Jelinska, J, Cakmak, G, Kesmodel, SB, King, TA, Kuerer, HM, Loesch, J, Milardi, F, Murawa, D, Moo, TA, Menes, T, Passeri, D, Pastoriza, J, Perhavec, A, Pislar, N, Polidorio, N, Rami, A, Ryu, JM, Schulz, A, Sevilimedu, V, Ugurlu, MU, Uras, C, van Hemert, A, Wong, SM, Robyn Yoo, TK, Zhang, JQ, Karanlik, H, Cabioglu, N, Vrancken-Peeters, MT, Morrow, M, Weber, W. Nodal Burden and Oncologic Outcomes in Patients With Residual Isolated Tumor Cells After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (ypN0i+). Journal of Clinical Oncology 43(7):810-820, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39509672.
      4. Moore, AM, Caudle, AS, Sun, SX, Yi, M, Smith, B, Valero, V, Yang, W, Kuerer, HM, Hunt, KK, Teshome, M. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 32(1):123-124, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 39443343.
      5. Muppidi, N, Adesoye, T, Yi, M, Sun, SX, Chavez-MacGregor, M, Singh, P, Karuturi, MS, Tamirisa, N, Hunt, KK, Teshome, M. Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Early Stage Node-Negative HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Receiving Upfront Surgery or Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy. Annals of surgical oncology 31(13):8795-8801, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39192013.
      6. Everidge, S, Sun, J, Teshome, M, Tamirisa, N, Sun, SX, Adesoye, T, Nia, ES, Bevers, TB, Bedrosian, I, Patel, MM, Singh, P. ASO Visual Abstract. Annals of surgical oncology 31(4):2276-2277, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38263369.
      7. Woodfin AA, Yam C, Teshome M, Kuerer HM, Hunt KK, Meric-Bernstam F, Schaverien M, Barcenas CH, Sun SX. ASO Visual Abstract: Axillary Nodal Metastases Conversion and Perioperative Complications with Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Therapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38206502.
      8. Adesoye T, Everidge S, Chen J, Sun SX, Teshome M, Valero V, Woodward WA, Lucci A. ASO Visual Abstract: Low Rates of Local-Regional Recurrence in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients After Contemporary Trimodal Therapy. Ann Surg Oncol 30(10):6241-6242, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37578608.
      9. Sun SX, Duan Z, Kuerer HM, DeSnyder SM, Cunningham C, Zhao H, Giordano SH. ASO Visual Abstract: Predictors of Emergency Room Visits After Ambulatory Breast Cancer Surgery in the Medicare Population. Ann Surg Oncol 30(3):1699, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36622528.
      10. Cobb AN, Diao K, Teshome M, Lucci A, Ueno NT, Stauder M, Layman RM, Kuerer HM, Woodward WA, Sun SX. ASO Visual Abstract: Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Supraclavicular Nodal Involvement. Ann Surg Oncol 29:620-621, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36104531.
      11. Cobb AN, Sun SX. ASO Author Reflections: Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Supraclavicular Nodal Involvement-Favorable Long-Term Outcomes can be Achieved. Ann Surg Oncol 29(10):6393-6394, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35842535.
      12. Farley CR, Irwin S, Adesoye T, Sun SX, DeSnyder SM, Lucci A, Shaitelman SF, Chang EI, Ueno NT, Woodward WA, Teshome M. ASO Visual Abstract: Lymphedema in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients Following Trimodal Treatment. Ann Surg Oncol 29(10):6379-6380, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36030283.
      13. Adesoye T, Babayemi O, Postlewait LM, DeSnyder SM, Sun SX, Woodward WA, Ueno NT, Hunt K, Lucci A, Teshome M. ASO Visual Abstract: Inflammatory Breast Cancer at the Extremes of Age. Ann Surg Oncol 29(1):389, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34743277.

      Book Chapters

      1. Sun SX, Mitchell KB, Kuerer HM. Early-Stage Breast Cancer. In: Clinical Scenarios in Surgery. 3rd, 2024.
      2. Khan, MI, Sun, SX, Mancino, A, Rosenbloom, AL, Klimberg, VS, Bland, KI, Kass, R, Aydi, ZB. Breast Physiology, 78,96.e1-96,96.e6, 2023.
      3. Cox, SE, Kuerer, HM, Sun, SX. Management of Lobular Neoplasia and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ, 355,367.e1-367,367.e5, 2023.
      4. Cox S, Kuerer H, Sun SX. Management of Lobular Neoplasia and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. In: The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Disease. 6th, 2023.
      5. Bostanci Z, Sun SX, Kass R, Mancino A, Rosenbloom A, Klimberg VS, Bland K. Breast Physiology: Normal and Abnormal Development and Function. In: The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Disease. 6th, 2023.
      6. Sun SX, DeSnyder S. The Surgical Management of Locally Advanced and Stage IV Breast Cancer. In: Spear's Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. 4. Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020.
      7. Sun, SX, Bostanci Z, Kass R, Mancino A, Rosenbloom A, Klimberg VS, Bland K. Breast Physiology: Normal and Abnormal Development and Function. In: The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Disease. 5th edition. Elsevier, 539-56, 2018.
      8. Greenleaf E, Kulaylat A, Sun SX, Hollenbeak C. “Large Databases for Health Services Research in Endocrine Surgery.”. In: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Parathyroid Disease. Springer International, 539-56, 2017.
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