Specializing In:
- Intra-lesions management of cutaneous malignancies
- Regional therapies for advanced skin cancers
Research Interests:
- Immuno-oncology
- Tumor immune microenvironment and responses to intra-lesional therapies
- The intersection of the gut microbiome and patterns of resistance in immunotherapy
Biography
I am a surgical oncologist specializing in cancers of the skin and soft tissue, particularly melanoma and non-melanoma cutaneous malignancies. This specific disease-site focus allows me to build expertise on the surgical, clinical and research aspects of this set of cancers. My passion lies in translating research innovations into unparalleled clinical care for my patients. At Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, I am privileged to work with a team of specialists who are equally passionate for clinical excellence prioritizing the patient experience and patient outcome.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology
- Assistant Program Director - Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship
- Department of Surgical Oncology
Background
Education and Training
- MD - 2013 - Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Residency
- General Surgery Residency with Research Track, Brown University, Providence RI
Fellowship
- Complex General Surgical Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
- Transition to Practice Fellowship, Miriam Hospital at Brown University, Providence, RI
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
Professional Memberships
- Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
- American College of Surgeons
- American Association for Cancer Research
- Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Honors & Awards
- 2025 - ACPMP Advanced Cancer Therapies (ACT) Travel Grant
- 2024 - 1st Place Poster Award, GI Cancer Retreat, MD Anderson Cancer Center
- 2024 - Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fellow Award for Excellence in Professionalism
- 2021 - Haffenreffer House Staff Award for Resident Excellence - Brown University Graduate Medical Education
- 2019 - Russell White M.D. Award for Ethics & Professionalism in Surgery
- 2018 - 1st Place, Posters of Distinction Competition, New England Surgical Society Annual Meeting
- 2018 -1st Place, Basic Science Presentation, New England Surgical Society Resident/Fellow Research Day May
- 2018 - New Member Award Finalist, Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
- 2016 - Hero of the Quarter for Rhode Island Hospital
- 2016 - Dorman Award for Excellence in Research, Brown University Surgical Residency program Graduation
- 2016 - Travel Award, 39th Annual Conference on Shock
- 2016 - 1St Place – Best oral presentation, Resident/Fellow Surgical Research Findings Contest, RI American College of Surgeons
- 2015 - 1st place in State Competition, 2nd place in Region 1 Competition, Basic Science Oral Presentation – American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma October
- 2014 - Outstanding Intern of the Year, Brown University Surgical Residency Program
- 2012 - Travel Award Scholarship, Stony Brook University, ACS Clinical Congress
- 2011 - Dean’s Award for Distinction in Community Health & Social Medicine
Publications
De Rose AM, Panettieri E, Lendoire M, Nakao Y, Fallon EA, Mele C, Allard MA, Newhook TE, Ardito F, Adam R, Vauthey JN, Giuliante F. Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After Hepatectomy in Patients Receiving Triplet Versus Doublet Preoperative Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Oct 1. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18413-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41032196.
Fallon E.A., White MG. “ASO Author Reflections: What the Eye Cannot See.” Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jan 16.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-16862-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39820784.
Fallon E.A., Awiwi MO, Bhutiani N, Helmink B, Scally CP, Mansfield P, Fournier K, Vikram R, Uppal A,
White MG. “Peritoneal Cancer Index Correlates with Radiographic Assessment of Colorectal Carcinomatosis.”
Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Dec 27. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-16737-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39730964.
White MG*, Zeineddine MA*, Fallon E.A., Zeineddine FA, Dansby J, Chowdhury S, Hornstein N, Yousef A,
Yousef M, Bhutiani N, Gu Y, Kee B, Dasari A, Overman MJ, Raghav K, Kopetz S, Uppal A, Taggart M,
Newhook T, Fournier K, Helmink B, Drusbosky LM, Shen JP. “The Landscape of Circulating Tumor DNA
(ctDNA) in Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma.” Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Dec 16. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-
2474. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39679931.
Fallon E.A. “Who takes the lead? Defining leadership among prospective surgical trainees.” Am J Surg. 2024
Nov 23:116109. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.116109. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39665960.
Fallon E.A., Fisher SB. A chance to cut is a chance to cure. American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Oct 4:115995. doi:
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.115995. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39424458.
Fallon, E.A., Scally, C.P. “Right hemicolectomy for appendiceal epithelial neoplasms.” Ferguson. B, White. M,
Singh. P (Eds), Difficult Decisions in Surgical Oncology (Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach).
Springer Nature. [accepted for publication; in press for 2025]
Zoppo C, Valero DA, Murugan VA, Pavidapha A, Flahive J, Newbury A, Fallon E, Harman A. “Splenic
Artery Embolization for Unstable Patients with Splenic Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study.” J Vasc Interv
Radiol. 2023 Jan;34(1):86-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.10.014. Epub 2022 Oct 14. PMID: 36244633.
Hensler E, Petros H, Gray CC, Chung CS, Ayala A*, Fallon E.A.* “The Neonatal Innate Immune Response to
Sepsis: Checkpoint Proteins as Novel Mediators of This Response and as Possible Therapeutic/Diagnostic
Levers.” Front Immunol. 2022 Jul 4;13:940930. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.940930. PMID: 35860251; PMCID:
PMC9289477. [*co-senior author publication with Mentor Al Ayala PhD]
Fallon, E.A., Harman, A.L., Harrington, D.H. “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, MD: Ophthalmologist, Author, and
Defender of Justice.” The Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons. March 2022; Volume 107 Number 3.
Fallon, E.A., Chung, C.S., Heffernan, D.S., Chen, Y., de Paepe, M., Ayala, A. “Survival and pulmonary injury after
neonatal sepsis: PD1:PDL1’s contributions to mouse and human immunopathology.” Frontiers of Immunology.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.634529
Fallon, E.A., Miner TJ. “Malignant Bowel Obstruction in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The American
Surgeon. 2020 Nov;86(11):1473-1477. doi: 10.1177/0003134820973028. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PMID: 33231475.