Susan Tsai, MD, MHS, FACS

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Location

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
8800 West Doyne Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

Surgical Oncology

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(414) 805-6803

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

Gastrointestinal Cancer
Melanoma
Pancreatic Cancer
Sarcoma
Benign Pancreatic Disease

Treatments and Services

Laparoscopic Surgery
Melanoma Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Pancreas Surgery
Surgical Oncology
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Patients Ages Seen

Adult
Senior

Languages

English
Taiwanese

Hospital Affiliations

Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
Zablocki VA Medical Center – Milwaukee

Board Certifications

Surgery

Clinic Locations

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

8800 West Doyne Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(866) 680-0505
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Zablocki VA Medical Center

5000 West National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000
(414) 384-2000
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Biography

Dr. Tsai is a professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery and the Director of the LaBahn Pancreatic Cancer Program. Her clinical practice focused on pancreatic cancer. She completed her medical school and residency training at the University of Michigan. During residency, she completed a clinical research fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in the laboratory of Suzanne Topalian. After residency, she completed a Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. While in fellowship, she also received a Master’s in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Chief of Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. Her clinical expertise is in GI oncology with a focus on pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Tsai is active in the pancreatic cancer research program and serves as the Director of the MCW Surgical Oncology Biorepository and Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Database. Her research is dual focused and includes research on blood-based biomarkers in pancreatic cancer and clinical trials in pancreatic cancer.

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - University of Michigan Medical Center - Ann Arbor, MI (2001)
Residency, General Surgery - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI (2001-2008)
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology Research - National Cancer Institute - Bethesda, MD (2004-2006)
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology - Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Baltimore, MD (2008-2010)

Transcriptomic Profiling Identifies an Exosomal microRNA Signature for Predicting Recurrence Following Surgery in Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

(Nishiwada S, Cui Y, Sho M, Jun E, Akahori T, Nakamura K, Sonohara F, Yamada S, Fujii T, Han IW, Tsai S, Kodera Y, Park JO, Von Hoff D, Kim SC, Li W, Goel A.) Ann Surg. 2022 Dec 01;276(6):e876-e885 PMID: 34132691 PMCID: PMC8674379 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85141893964 06/17/2021
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas associated with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) versus pseudo-IPMNs: relative frequency, clinicopathologic characteristics and differential diagnosis.

(Muraki T, Jang KT, Reid MD, Pehlivanoglu B, Memis B, Basturk O, Mittal P, Kooby D, Maithel SK, Sarmiento JM, Christians K, Tsai S, Evans D, Adsay V.) Mod Pathol. 2022 Jan;35(1):96-105 PMID: 34518632 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115155908 09/15/2021
Updates and new directions in the use of radiation therapy for the treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: dose, sensitization, and novel technology.

(Hall WA, Kamgar M, Erickson BA, Ponce SB, Tsai S, Nevalainen MT, Christians KK, George B, Dua KS, Khan AH, Evans DB, Azmi AS.) Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2021 Sep;40(3):879-889 PMID: 34611794 PMCID: PMC8767496 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85116412346 10/07/2021
Ten-year experience in optimizing neoadjuvant therapy for localized pancreatic cancer-Medical college of Wisconsin perspective.

(Ward EP, Evans DB, Tsai S.) J Surg Oncol. 2021 May;123(6):1405-1413 PMID: 33831252 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103999698 04/09/2021
Circulating stromal cells in resectable pancreatic cancer correlates to pathological stage and predicts for poor clinical outcomes.

(Gardner KP, Aldakkak M, Tang CM, Tsai S, Adams DL.) NPJ Precis Oncol. 2021 Mar 19;5(1):25 PMID: 33742084 PMCID: PMC7979885 03/21/2021
Two-Stage Hepatectomy for Bilateral Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Multi-institutional Analysis.

(Chavez MI, Gholami S, Kim BJ, Margonis GA, Ethun CG, Tsai S, Christians KK, Clarke C, Mogal H, Maithel SK, Pawlik TM, D'Angelica MI, Aloia TA, Eastwood D, Gamblin TC.) Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar;28(3):1457-1465 PMID: 33393036 PMCID: PMC8385606 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098739759 01/05/2021
Current Controversies in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

(Ward EP, Zeh HJ, Tsai S.) Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. October 2021;30(4):657-671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85114706245 10/01/2021
Updates on the Management of Pancreatic Cancer

(Tsai S, Evans DB.) Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. October 2021;30(4):xvii-xviii SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115808762 10/01/2021
Second-generation jak2 inhibitors for advanced prostate cancer: Are we ready for clinical development?

(Beinhoff P, Sabharwal L, Udhane V, Maranto C, Laviolette PS, Jacobsohn KM, Tsai S, Iczkowski KA, Wang L, Hall WA, Dehm SM, Kilari D, Nevalainen MT.) Cancers. October-2 2021;13(20) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85117018634 10/01/2021
Interpreting Sequence Variation in PDAC-Predisposing Genes Using a Multi-Tier Annotation Approach Performed at the Gene, Patient, and Cohort Level.

(Zimmermann MT, Mathison AJ, Stodola T, Evans DB, Abrudan JL, Demos W, Tschannen M, Aldakkak M, Geurts J, Lomberk G, Tsai S, Urrutia R.) Front Oncol. 2021;11:606820 PMID: 33747920 PMCID: PMC7973372 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102941394 03/23/2021
Two-Stage Hepatectomy for Bilateral Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Multi-institutional Analysis

(Chavez MI, Gholami S, Kim BJ, Margonis GA, Ethun CG, Tsai S, Christians KK, Clarke C, Mogal H, Maithel SK, Pawlik TM, D’Angelica MI, Aloia TA, Eastwood D, Gamblin TC.) Annals of Surgical Oncology. March 2021;28(3):1457-1465 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098739759 03/01/2021
Black Raspberries Suppress Colorectal Cancer by Enhancing Smad4 Expression in Colonic Epithelium and Natural Killer Cells.

(Huang YW, Lin CW, Pan P, Shan T, Echeveste CE, Mo YY, Wang HT, Aldakkak M, Tsai S, Oshima K, Yearsley M, Xiao J, Cao H, Sun C, Du M, Bai W, Yu J, Wang LS.) Front Immunol. 2020;11:570683 PMID: 33424832 PMCID: PMC7793748 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098236353 01/12/2021