Events
Upcoming Presentations
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Leveraging Large Language Models to Extract Sarcoma-Specific Data and Outcomes from Clinical Notes
November 15, 2025, Boca Raton, Florida: Dr. Heather Lyu will give an oral presentation at the Connective Tissue Oncology Society Meeting
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AI in Surgery and Surgical Education
April 19¨C23, 2026, Mexico City, Mexico: Dr. Heather Lyu is an invited speaker at the International Surgical Week
Notable Past Events and Presentations
Presentations
Drs. Sahil Kapur and Heather Lyu
Poster presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association, November 9-13, 2024, held in San Francisco, California.
Lyu HG, Gonzalez J, Holtsmith S et al. Enhancing Operative Documentation of Cancer Operations: The Transition to Synoptic Operative Reporting at a Cancer Center.
Drs. Heather Lyu, Paul Roy, Cong Pan and Laura Prakash
Poster presentation at the UT AI Symposium on May 15, 2025, held in Houston, Texas.
Lyu HG, Roy P, Pan C et al. Leveraging Large Language Models to Extract Cancer-Specific Data Elements and Recurrence Outcomes from Clinical Notes of Patients with Primary Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
Dr. Neha Malik, T32 Fellow
Oral presentation at the Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) Annual Meeting, November 16, 2024, held in San Diego, California.
Malik N, Rajkot N, Gonzalez J et al. The Development and Evaluation of a Synoptic Operative Report for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Soft Tissue Sarcoma.
Poster presentations at the Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting in Tampa, FL, March 2025.
Fields BC, Prakash LR, Pan C et al. The Role of Synoptic Operative Reporting in Accurate and Efficient Data Capture for Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy.
Gamboa AC, Pan C, Prakash LR et al. Evaluating Synthetic Data Quality: Gaussian and CT-GAN Models in Replicating Clinical Outcomes in Pancreas Cancer Research.
Gamboa AC, Li R, Liu HF et al. Mapping Multimorbidity Trajectories for Pancreas Cancer from Real World Data.
Malik N, Wang L, Li R et al. Identifying the Path to Soft Tissue Sarcoma: The Validation of Multimorbidity Disease Trajectories.
Events
- "AI in Surgical Oncology - Limitless Potential & Potential Limitations.¡± NASOG Department of Surgical Oncology Alumni Symposium. September 19, 2025. Houston, TX. Dr. Heather Lyu was the chair of the AI session at the inaugural MDACC Department of Surgical Oncology Alumni Symposium.
- ¡°Examples of AI in Clinical Research: Harnessing AI to Empower Surgical Practice.¡± Annual Association of Women Surgeons Conference. October 4, 2025. Chicago, IL. Dr. Heather Lyu was an invited panelist for a session for trainees and faculty at the Annual Association of Women Surgeons Conference.
- "State of the Art Lecture ¨C AI in Surgical Education." Presentation at the Society of Gynecologic Surgeon's 51st Annual Scientific Meeting on April 1, 2025, in Rancho Mirage, CA. Dr. Heather Lyu was an invited speaker.
- "Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Research and Education." Presentation at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Meeting on May 4, 2025, in San Diego, CA. Dr. Heather Lyu was an invited speaker.
- "Automating Real-World Data Collection: Innovations and Transformations in Clinical Research.¡± The Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Surgery AI in Surgery Symposium. September 28, 2024. Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Heather Lyu was a keynote speaker at the AI in Surgery Symposium.
- ¡°AI in Surgery.¡± Annual Association of Women Surgeons Conference. October 18, 2024. San Francisco, CA. Dr. Heather Lyu was an invited panelist for a session for trainees and faculty at the Annual Association of Women Surgeons Conference.
Dr. Heather Lyu, Program Director, pictured at the Annual Association of Women Surgeons Conference on October 4, 2025 in Chicago, IL. Dr. Lyu was an invited panelist for a session for trainees and faculty titled ¡°Examples of AI in Clinical Research: Harnessing AI to Empower Surgical Practice."