Presented by: Maria Widmar, MD, MPH, Assistant Attending Surgeon, Colorectal Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Talk Title: “Cost-effectiveness analysis in Rectal Cancer: Ongoing work and opportunities for Impact”

Bio: Maria Widmar, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Attending Surgeon on the Colorectal Surgery Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where she also serves as Medical Director for Surgery in the Regional Network and Affiliates program.

Dr. Widmar completed her general surgery residency and obtained a Master of Public Health degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She subsequently completed clinical fellowships in colorectal surgery and colorectal surgical oncology at Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering.

One of her primary research interests is comparison of rectal cancer treatments from the perspective of health economics. In addition to cost-effectiveness studies, she has led studies evaluating the economic implications of robotic surgery and modelling the economic burden of surgical complications.

A long-time resident of New York City, she is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.