Chee-Chee H. Stucky, M.D.

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SUMMARY

Chee-Chee H. Stucky, M.D., is a surgical oncologist. Dr. Stucky works in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. She builds comprehensive and individualized plans of care for people with tumors of the hepatobiliary-pancreatic tract, endocrine tumors and sarcomas. Her primary focus of research includes translational studies for pancreatic cancer, endocrinopathies in the abdominal transplant population and surgical ergonomics.

Focus areas

• Surgical ergonomics and associated surgical symptoms and injuries.
• Total neoadjuvant chemotherapy and chemoradiation approach in pancreatic cancer.
• Multidisciplinary treatment of tumors of the hepatobiliary system including metastatic colorectal cancer and well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors.
• Neoadjuvant radiation and intraoperative radiation plus radical resection in soft tissue sarcoma.

Significance to patient care

Dr. Stucky spends hours planning surgeries by looking at imaging, studying tumor biology, considering complex anatomy and anticipating challenges. This planning is particularly important to get the best results when tumors are in difficult locations.

Professional highlights

• Member, IT committee, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 2022-present.
• Member, Diversion and Inclusion Committee, Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 2021-present.
• Society of Asian Academic Surgeons:
  • Member, Program Committee, 2021-present.
  • Inaugural Mid-Career Award, 2022.
• Member, Membership Committee and Sarcoma Disease Site Work Group, Society of Surgical Oncology, 2018-present.
• Educator of the Year, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 2023.
• Site principal investigator, Mayo Clinic Specialized Program of Research Excellence, Pancreatic Cancer and Hepatobiliary Cancer, National Institutes of Health, 2017-2023.
• Co-chair, Mayo Clinic Enterprise Pancreas Disease Group, Mayo Clinic, 2018-2021.
• Marley Endowment Award, Mayo Clinic, 2019.
• Board certification in general surgery and complex general surgical oncology, American Board of Surgery, 2016.