Selected Certifications & Honors:
Active Medical License, State of California (#A68940)
Active Fluoroscopy X-ray Supervisor and Operator Certification (#RHC00202556)
Board Certified by the American College of Surgeons, General Surgery, 2003
2016 Los Angeles Magazine “Top Doctors”
Innovations:
Among the first surgeons in the U.S. to perform Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy (TARGIT), in 2005
Pioneering Researcher in cancer cryoablation (tumor freezing)
First Surgeon in the World to perform Minimally Invasive Lumpectomy with Intraoperative Radiotherapy, November 9, 2010
First Surgeon in the World to use the Intrabeam Balloon Applicator for delivery of intraoperative radiotherapy. November 9, 2010
First Surgeon in the United States to report performing Minimally Invasive Mastectomy for Breast Cancer October 30, 2009
Dr. Holmes selected as Program Chair of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, a 3,000-member international society of breast cancer surgeons
National Leadership Posts:
Oncoplastic Approaches to Intraoperative Radiotherapy.
American Society of Breast Surgeons, Dallas, TX.
April 15, 2016
Personalized Approach to Breast Cancer Surgery.
William Beaumont Hospital, Detroit, MI.
March 19, 2016.
Partial Breast Irradiation: Why Not?
American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting. Orlando, FL.
April 29, 2015.
Treatment and Prognosis of Rare Breast Cancers.
American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting. Orlando, FL,
May 1, 2015.
Management of the Axilla while Minimizing Morbidity—The Roles of Surgery, Radiation, Systemic Therapy & Observation.
25th Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference. Las Vegas, NV.,
March 14, 2015
Atypias: What Are They and What To Do With Them. 25th Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference.
Las Vegas, NV.,
March 14, 2015
Design and Results of TARGIT A.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
December 11, 2014.
Complications and Management of IORT.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
December 11, 2014.
Patient Selection for IORT.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
December 11, 2014.
IORT Clinical Trial Updates.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH,
December 11, 2014.
New Technology for Intraoperative Margin Assessment.
American Society of Breast Surgeons Meeting.
Las Vegas, NV.
April 30, 2014.
Update on Intraoperative Radiotherapy.
Breast Coordinated Care Conference (BC3).
Washington, DC.
February 23, 2014.
Cryoablation: Alternative to Conventional Surgery and Radiotherapy in the Management of Early Stage Breast Cancer.
19th Annual Multidisciplinary Symposium on Breast Cancer,
Amelia Island, FL.
February 16, 2014.
Alternatives to Lumpectomy: Ablative Technologies for Management of Breast Cancer.
24th Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference.
Las Vegas, NV.,
March 17, 2014
Recent Invited Lectures: Distinguished-International
Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy for the Management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast.
10th Zeiss Intrabeam System User Meeting.
Mannheim, Germany
July 1, 2016 (accepted)
Optimizing Local-Regional Therapeutic Strategies.
Villa-Marie Medical Center 20th Annual Breast Care Conference.
Montreal, Canada.
October 23-24, 2014
Appropriate Surgical Management of the Breast and Axilla.
Villa-Marie Medical Center 20th Annual Breast Care Conference.
Montreal, Canada.
October 23-24, 2014
Radiotherapy and IORT from a Surgical Viewpoint.
Villa-Marie Medical Center 20th Annual Breast Care Conference.
Montreal, Canada.
October 23-24, 2014
Surgical Management of DCIS.
National Congress of Mastology.
Maracaibo, Venezuela.
October 9-12, 2013
Sentinel Node Biopsy in Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.
National Congress of Mastology.
Maracaibo, Venezuela.
October 9-12, 2013.
Intraoperative Radiotherapy.
National Congress of Mastology.
Maracaibo, Venezuela.
October 9-12, 2013.
