Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
soft tissue and retroperitoneal sarcoma, surgical outcomes, cutaneous oncology (melanoma and sentinel lymph node biopsy), translational investigation of tumor microenvironment and clonal evolution in solid tumors
Biography
Dr. Julie Grossman joined the UAB Department of Surgery's Division of Surgical Oncology in November 2026 as an assistant professor. She is board-certified in both general surgery and complex general surgical oncology from the American Board of Surgery.
She attended medical school at Tel Aviv University and completed general surgery residency at the Drexel College of Medicine and Washington University Medical Center.
Her clinical interests include soft tissue and retroperitoneal sarcomas, with emphasis on liposarcoma biology, genomic and immune landscapes, and surgical outcomes ; cutaneous oncology, including melanoma and sentinel lymph node biopsy in rare cutaneous malignancies; and translational investigation of tumor microenvironment and clonal evolution in solid tumors.
She is a member of numerous professional societies, including: the Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG), the Association of Program Directors in Surgery (APDS), the Association of Academic Surgery (AAS), Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), and American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Selected Publications
Pearce H, Chang Y-C, Metalonis SW, Rose BE, Jonczak EE, Subhawong T, D’Amato G, Grossman J, Castillo P, Huang M, et al. Tumor genomics, metastatic patterns, and prognosis in leiomyosarcoma: a single-center retrospective cohort study. Cancers. 2025;17(21):3544.
Kesmodel SB, Lopez-Aguiar A, Grossman J, et al. Sentinel lymph node biopsy for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Oct (published online). doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001657.
Jonczak E, Grossman J, Alessandrino F, Taswell CS, Velez-Torres J, Trent J. Liposarcoma: a journey into a rare tumor’s epidemiology, diagnosis, pathophysiology, and limitations of current therapies. Cancers. 2024 Nov;16(22):3858.
Jubane M, Rennick AC, Villavicencio JJ, Ferreira de Souza F, Peters V, Grossman J, Jonczak E, Bialick S, Dhir A, Trent JC, et al. Imaging-based disease assessment and management recommendations: impact of multidisciplinary sarcoma tumor board. Cancers. 2024 Jul;16(15):2674.
Seaton M, Widdowson K, Grossman J, Gross DJ, Livingstone AS. Transhiatal esophagectomy after major thoracic surgery: don’t give up too soon! Surg Oncol Insight. 2024 Jun 1;1(2):100050.
Seldon C, Grossman J, Shrivastava G, Fernandez M, Jin W, Conway S, Rosenberg A, Livingstone A, Franceschi D, Jonczak E, Trent J, Subhawong T, Studenski M, Yechieli R. CivaSheet® use for soft tissue sarcoma: a single institution experience. Brachytherapy. 2023 Jun 2.
Dang H, Krasnick B, White B, Grossman J, Wilson R, Ley T, Maher C, Fields R. The clonal evolution of metastatic colorectal cancer. Sci Adv. 2020;6(24):eaay9691.
Grossman J, Pierce A, Mody J, Gagne J, Sykora C, Sayood S, Cook S, Shomer N, Liang S, Eckhouse S. Institution of a novel process for N95 respirator disinfection with vaporized hydrogen peroxide in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic at a large academic medical center. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Aug;231(2):275-280.Silva-Fisher J, Dang H, White N, Strand M, Krasnick B, Rozycki E, Jeffers G, Grossman J, Highkin M, Tang C, Cabanski C, Eteleeb A, Mudd J, Goedegebuure S, Luo J, Mardis E, Wilson R, Ley T, Lockhart A, Fields R. Long non-coding RNA RAMS11 promotes metastatic colorectal cancer progression. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):2156.
Silva-Fisher J, Dang H, White N, Strand M, Krasnick B, Rozycki E, Jeffers G, Grossman J, Highkin M, Tang C, Cabanski C, Eteleeb A, Mudd J, Goedegebuure S, Luo J, Mardis E, Wilson R, Ley T, Lockhart A, Fields R. Long non-coding RNA RAMS11 promotes metastatic colorectal cancer progression. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):2156.
Li Q, Chen Y, Zhang D, Grossman J, Li L, Khurana N, Jiang H, Grierson P, Herndon J, DeNardo D, Challen A, Liu J, Ruzinova M, Fields R, Lim K. IRAK4 mediates colitis-induced tumorigenesis and chemoresistance in colorectal cancer. JCI Insight. 2019;4(19).
Honors and Awards
Auerbach / Alfred S. Ketcham, M.D., Award - Recognition of superior performance as a surgical oncology fellow, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (2022)
“Resident of the Year” Award for Teaching, Washington University School of Medicine (2019)
Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology (GI) (2017)
Starr Resident Research Award, Association of Women Surgeons Annual Meeting (2015)
Translational / Basic Science Research Award, Drexel University College of Medicine - Department of Surgery (2015)
NIH T32 Research Training Grant, Washington University School of Medicine - Department of Surgery (2014-2015)
Education
Medical School
Tel Aviv University
Residency
Drexel College of Medicine (Junior Resident) & Washington University Medical Center (Senior Resident)
General Surgery
Fellowship
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care
Fellowship
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Surgical Oncology
Contact
Campus Address
BDB 5th Floor
Phone
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Email
jggrossman@uabmc.edu