Suntrea Hammer

Suntrea Hammer, M.D. is the Director of Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the current President of the Texas Society of Pathologists. She is actively engaged in clinical and translational research, medical education, quality improvement, and advocacy initiatives. Dr. Hammer received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She completed additional training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well as focused fellowship training in general surgical pathology and gastrointestinal and liver pathology at the University of Michigan. Her practice focuses on neoplastic and inflammatory pathology of the liver and pancreatobiliary and gastrointestinal tracts. Dr. Hammer’s clinical and research interests are heavily focused on gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, quality improvement, and the effects of neoadjuvant therapy in gastrointestinal and pancreatobiliary carcinomas across a range of p