Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Thomas Aloia is a Hepatobiliary Surgical Oncologist in the Gastrointestinal Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Aloia received his medical degree from the University of California – Los Angeles Geffen School of Medicine. His postgraduate training included a general and thoracic surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center and fellowships in Surgical Oncology at MD Anderson and Hepatobiliary/Liver Transplantation at the Paul Brousse Hospital in Paris, France. He has recently completed a Certificate in Healthcare Management at the Rice University (Jones) Business School. Dr. Aloia’s clinical expertise is in hepatobiliary surgery, gastrointestinal surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery and liver transplantation surgery. He is an ad hoc reviewer for multiple medical and surgical journals and serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Oncology Practice and the Annals of Surgical Oncology. He has published multiple manuscripts related to his areas of research interests including advanced liver imaging techniques, chemotherapy-induced liver injury, and the medical economics of cancer surgery. At MD Anderson, he has focused his administrative efforts in the areas of patient safety, quality, and functional outcomes including his role as the ACS NSQIP Surgeon Champion and as the co-chair of the Division of Surgery Surgical Safety Committee. Recently, Dr. Aloia was appointed as Program Director, Department of Surgical Oncology Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery Fellowship Program and Associate Medical Director of the Gastrointestinal Disease Center at MD Anderson.