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Welcome our New Provider, Dr. Elliot Asare

Elliot Asare, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor in the Section of Surgical Oncology within the Division of General
Surgery at the University of Utah. He practices both at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and Intermountain
Healthcare Center in Murray.

Dr. Asare is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia where he was a
double major in Chemistry and Biology. He subsequently received his medical education at Howard University
College of Medicine, Washington, DC and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society.
He had his General Surgery residency training at the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals in
Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Asare served as a clinical scholar-in-residence with the American Joint Committee on
Cancer (AJCC) during residency. He has a masters degree in health services and outcomes research from
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Following residency, he trained in Complex General Surgical Oncology at
the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.

Dr. Asare’s clinical interests in surgical oncology include:

  • Cutaneous malignancies
  • Sarcomas of the retroperitoneum and other soft tissues

Dr. Asare’s research interests include:

  • Improving cancer data quality
  • Cancer staging
  • Prognostication
  • Surveillance
  • Clinical trials
  • Outcomes research