Associate Professor
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Roland is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She is the Section Chief for Sarcoma Surgery and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgical Oncology and Associate Medical Director for the Sarcoma Center. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida, her
medical degree from the University of Miami School Of Medicine, and completed her surgical training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Dr. Roland completed a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, including a T32 Research Fellowship. She also completed advanced training in clinical research and obtained a Master’s degree in Clinical Research from the University of Texas Health Science Center McGovern School of Medicine.
Dr. Roland’s research focuses on improving multimodality care for patient with soft tissue sarcoma including novel clinical trial design. She serves as Principal Investigator of multiple clinical trials, including an investigator-initiated phase 2 trial evaluating neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade in sarcoma. Her research has been published in prominent journals such as Nature, Cancer, Annals of Surgical Oncology and Oncoimmunology.
Dr. Roland is an active member of several national societies (Association for Academic Surgery, Society of Surgical Oncology) and serves on, chairs, or co-chairs several national committees. She is an active member of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and is the Chair of the Cancer Care Standards Development Committee in the American College of Surgeons Cancer Research Program.
