David Detz, MD

Surgical training is difficult. Who you go through it with makes all the difference! Great to catch up with some of my @HMSurgery family!!

@Mathieu_Era Sorry to hear my friend! Prayers for you and your family!

My dad passes away peacefully today. He was comfortable and surrounded by love ones. I Will keep you updated but as of now I need a few days. Thanks for all the love and prayers. Long Live cornbread, my dad!

#FollowFriday Meet David Detz, MD (@DavidDetz), a breast surgical oncologist focused on compassionate, comprehensive care for patients with breast disorders. His expertise includes breast-conserving surgery, mastectomy and oncoplastic techniques. He also serves as associate program leader of the Moffitt Breast Surgery Fellowship. Follow him for insights in breast cancer surgery. #MoffittAmbassadors

While at #SSO2026: Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD (@BCzernieckiMD), and David Detz, MD (@DavidDetz), associate program leader of the breast surgery fellowship, reflect on the fellow meet and greet and the growth of Moffitt’s training program. They highlight how surgical volume and mentorship play a key role in training future breast surgical oncologists. #MoffittSSO2026

Wonderful to connect with all these brilliant people (and many more) in Phoenix! ⁦@DavidDetz⁩ ⁦

While at #SSO2026: Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD (@BCzernieckiMD), and Marie Catherine Lee, MD (@MCatherineLeeMD), highlight emerging research targeting metastasis-initiating cancer cells before chemotherapy, a strategy that may help prevent tumor spread and recurrence. The work raises new questions around cancer prevention and explores less invasive approaches, such as needle-based sampling, to support future clinical studies. #MoffittSSO2026 @SocSurgOnc

Had a great time at SSO. Hearing from leaders in our field, hanging out with our current and prior fellows, and promoting our Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship! #SSO2026 @MoffittNews @BCzernieckiMD

During #SSO2026: Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD (@BCzernieckiMD), and Christine Laronga, MD (@clarongamd), discuss breast cancer sessions highlighting how deeper genetic analysis and biobanking may improve understanding of hereditary risk and inform future prevention strategies. #MoffittSSO2026 @SocSurgOnc

While at #SSO2026, Brian Czerniecki, MD, PhD (@BCzernieckiMD), and Caitlyn Balsay-Patel, MD (@caitlynbalsay), discuss her research on intratumoral dendritic cell neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer. These encouraging preclinical results suggest targeting metastasis-initiating cancer cells before chemotherapy may help prevent tumor spread and could offer another tool to reduce recurrence. #MoffittSSO2026

So proud of @caitlynbalsay, our rockstar research resident! Another great presentation. @MoffittNews @clarongamd @BCzernieckiMD

when in Tampa… you find a @HMSurgery alum who is now breast surgery faculty at Moffit! and eat some good food, of course

Proud of future breast surgeon and investigator, current research fellow Dr. Caitlyn Balsay-Patel! @AcademicSurgery @MoffittNews

📣 Call for Abstracts! Submit your research for the Florida Chapter ACS 2026 Annual Meeting & Edward M. Copeland III, MD, FACS Research Symposium. 🗓 Deadline: Feb 2, 2026 📍 Orlando | April 11–12, 2026 🔗 floridaacs.org #ACS #FloridaSurgeons #Surgery #research

Things that are equivalent in radiation to a standard 4 view screening mammogram: - Roundtrip flight NYC to Dubai - Living in Denver instead of Jacksonville for 18 months - Living on earth for 2 months

“The study found no increase in the risk of deaths from cancer, heart disease, accidental injury, or any other major category: in every case, vaccinated individuals had equal or lower rates of death.” People with zero understanding of immunology, which I’ve researched for 35 years, gave me such hard time, lectured, insulted, and even threatened me for recommending mRNA vaccines during the pandemic, including people who don’t know what the hell an mRNA is! I became so upset about this that I promised myself never to advise the general public again, even in emergencies, but I know I saved quite a few lives, including my mother’s and many friends’, so I don’t regret it for a second. But I won’t comment on this again, because it’s not worth this sort of unfair backlash you get trying to help people.

You've never had polio, tetanus, diptheria or smallpox Because of vaccines

I have been seeing an epidemic of patients presenting to the hospital in critical condition with Stage IV now incurable cancer because they are listening to people like this and trying to treat their cancer with ivermectin and fenbendazole. They are dying because they missed their chance at cure by doing this. Please don't be this naive. If someone is telling you something that is contradictory to what the entire international oncology community tells you about your cancer it’s not because these charlatans know something miraculous that the rest us of who have dedicated our entire lives to cancer research don't. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it likely is. Also please remember there is no single treatment that would treat all cancers, there are hundreds of different types of cancer and they are all different. Why would the same treatment works for all cancer??? It doesn't. Cancer isn’t one disease and there is no treatment that just works for everything.

Very proud of our current chiefs and their fellowship matches!! #GenSurgMatch2026

Camille Baumrucker representing @MoffittNews breast department well. @DavidDetz @clarongamd @AmCollSurgeons @WomenSurgeons

Had a great time at #SSO2025. So proud of our rockstar fellows! Always a privilege to learn from the best in our field and catch up with colleagues! @MoffittNews