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    Alastair Thompson, BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD, FRCSEd FACS (he/him/his)

    Olga Keith Wiess Professor of Surgery, Chief of Section and Co-lead of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center
    Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, Texas, United States

    Professor Alastair Thompson ALCM, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MD, FRCSEd(Gen), FACS is Olga Keith Wiess Professor of Surgery, Co-Director of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center and Co-Associate Director for Clinical Research at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, He graduated with distinction in surgery from the University of Edinburgh, trained and practiced as a clinician-scientist rising to Professor of Surgical Oncology at the University of Dundee, UK. Since moving to Texas in 2014, as Professor of Surgery, initially to MD Anderson and now at Baylor College of Medicine, he has focused on improving breast cancer surgical techniques, clinical trials and translational research. With multiple local and national leadership roles, particularly in clinical trials, he is an active member of several prestigious cancer and surgical societies, including the SSO. With substantial peer-reviewed funding, from multiple governmental and international agencies, he has successfully supervised 24 postgraduate students and authored over 400 peer reviewed publications including in the highest impact factor journals.

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