Tao, Alice

By Michael Hilleary | June 6, 2023

 

 

Alice Tao, MD

Dr. Alice Tao

Hometown:

Houston, TX; Memphis, TN

Undergraduate School:

Princeton University

Medical School:

Weill Cornell Medical College

Bio:

I grew up in the two ‘T’ states and moved to the east coast for undergraduate and medical schools. Before medical school, I pursued a year of research on the effects of general anesthesia on infant brain development, which introduced me to the operating room and sparked my interest in general surgery. During medical school, I conducted research on identifying genomic biomarkers in pancreatic cancer, led a surgical education program for first-year medical students, and served as a peer-to-peer mentor for surgery clerkship students. I am incredibly excited to begin my surgery training at UW and live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Personal Interests:

All things outdoors with friends, long-distance running, opera, independent bookstores.

Clinical Interests:

Surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery

Professional Activities:

Alpha Omega Alpha
Society of Surgical Oncology
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Phi Beta Kappa

Why UW?

I am drawn to the incredible breadth and depth of training at UW, and the research track provides an excellent setting to pursue my interest in academic surgery. Seattle is also a phenomenal city with rich culture and surrounded by nature, and I am thrilled to call it my new home.

Publications:

  1. Ecker, B. L., Tao, A. J., Janssen, Q. P., Walch, H. S., Court, C. M., Balachandran, V. P., … & Wei, A. C. (2023). Genomic Biomarkers Associated with Response to Induction Chemotherapy in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research, 29(7), 1368-1374.
  2. Pasquini, L., Peck, K. K., Tao, A., Del Ferraro, G., Correa, D. D., Jenabi, M., … & Holodny, A. I. (2023). Longitudinal evaluation of brain plasticity in low-grade gliomas: fMRI and graph-theory provide insights on language reorganization. Cancers, 15(3), 836.
  3. Cornelissen, L., Underwood, E., Gabard-Durnam, L. J., Soto, M., Tao, A., Lobo, K., … & Berde, C. B. (2022). Tactile sensitivity and motor coordination in infancy: Effect of age, prior surgery, anaesthesia & critical illness. Plos one, 17(12), e0279705.
  4. Ecker, B. L., Janssen, Q. P., Tao, A. J., D’Angelica, M. I., Drebin, J. A., Gonen, M., … & Wei, A. C. (2022). Alterations in somatic driver genes are associated with response to neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX in patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 235(2), 342-349.
  5. Ecker, B. L., Dickinson, S. M., Saadat, L. V., Tao, A. J., Puliverenti, A., Balachandran, V. P., … & Soares, K. C. (2022). Segmental vs. diffuse main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm: examination of main pancreatic duct morphology and implications for malignancy risk and extent of surgical resection. Annals of Surgery, 10-1097.
  6. Tao, A. J., Parikh, N. S., & Patsalides, A. (2022). The role of noninvasive imaging in the diagnostic workup for pulsatile tinnitus. The Neuroradiology Journal, 35(2), 220-225.
  7. Guadix, S. W., Tao, A. J., An, A., Demetres, M., Tosi, U., Chidambaram, S., … & Pannullo, S. C. (2021). Assessing the long-term safety and efficacy of gamma knife and linear accelerator radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuro-Oncology Practice, 8(6), 639-651.