Top hepatopancreatobiliary surgeon specializing in liver cancer, liver metastasis, gallbladder cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer and adrenal tumor.
Dr. Kevin C. Soares, MD, MS, is a surgical oncologist with specialty training in hepatopancreatobiliary surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He focuses on the treatment of cancerous and noncancerous diseases of the liver, gallbladder, bile ducts, and pancreas, as well as cancers that have spread to the liver. Born in Massachusetts to Portuguese immigrant parents, Dr. Soares completed both his undergraduate and medical education in Massachusetts before training in general surgery residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he spent eight years honing his surgical expertise prior to joining MSK in New York City.
Why they are a top doctor
Research papers · PubMed
113
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Cited by other doctors
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Known for
Minimally invasive surgery and robotic surgery
The distinction that sets them apart from other hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons.
Specializes in
Laparoscopic surgery and immunotherapy
A narrow focus means they see far more of these cases than a general surgeon.
Background
Education
Medical school: MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: General Surgery - The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Fellowship: Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Complex General Surgical Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Board certifications: General Surgery · Complex General Surgical Oncology
Awards
The Michael E. Burt MD PhD Memorial Award for Clinical Excellence, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2019)
Society of Surgical Oncology Travel Award to ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop (2019)
The John L. Cameron Award for Technical Excellence in Surgery, Halsted General Surgery Residency, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017)
Halsted Resident Core Values of Practice Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2017)
Frank L. Coulson Jr. Award for Clinical Excellence, The Johns Hopkins Hospital (2017)