Alexandra (Sasha) Acher, MD, MSCI is an assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Acher is a surgeon but also a researcher, with great interest in the overlap between radiology, surgery, and pathology. Her clinical practice will be based primarily at University Hospital and Eastpark Medical Center. Dr. Acher will also be responsible for teaching medical students, residents, and fellows within the context of her clinical practice at UW Health.
Dr. Acher is a Surgical Oncologist with a focus in liver, pancreas, and sarcoma. She will join the GI Surgical Oncology Clinic, Pancreatic Cancer Prevention Program, the Liver Tumor program, and the Sarcoma program at UW.
Dr. Acher recently completed fellowships in Complex General Surgical Oncology and Hepatobiliary Surgery at the University of Toronto. She received her medical degree and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Dr. Acher completed her general surgery residency at the University of Utah and was a T32 Surgical Oncology Research Fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.