Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Patricio Polanco, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). He is an expert in minimally invasive/robotic pancreas and liver surgery and serves as the Director of the Robotic Surgery Training Program at UTSouthwestern. Dr. Polanco research interests includes health services research, disparities, and surgical outcomes in HPB malignancies and pancreatic cancer. He is also the site principal investigator for several clinical trials. Dr. Polanco has served in several committees and leadership positions of academic associations including the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Society of Surgical Oncology, American College of Surgeons, among others. He also serves in the Pancreatic Cancer expert panel for the NCCN guidelines.