Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • General Surgery Residency, Surgery, University of California San Francisco at Fresno, School of Medicine 1999 - 2004
  • General Surgery Internship, Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School 1998 - 1999
  • M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School 1998
  • B.S., University of California - Irvine 1994
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgery 2018 - 2020
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Prakash, Ipshita, N Ben Neely, Samantha M. Thomas, Sarah Sammons, Rachel C. Blitzblau, Gayle A. DiLalla, Terry Hyslop, et al. “Utilization of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in high-risk, node-negative early breast cancer.” Cancer Med 11, no. 4 (February 2022): 1099–1108. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.4517.
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    • Dillon, Jacquelyn, Foluso O. Ademuyiwa, Megan Barrett, Haley A. Moss, Elizabeth Wignall, Carolyn Menendez, Kevin S. Hughes, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “Disparities in Genetic Testing for Heritable Solid-Tumor Malignancies.” Surg Oncol Clin N Am 31, no. 1 (January 2022): 109–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soc.2021.08.004.
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    • Dillon, Jacquelyn, Samantha M. Thomas, Laura H. Rosenberger, Gayle DiLalla, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Carolyn S. Menendez, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “ASO Visual Abstract: Mortality in Older Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast Surgery-How Low is "Low Risk"?” Ann Surg Oncol 28, no. Suppl 3 (December 2021): 645. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10612-y.
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    • COVIDSurg Collaborative, M. “Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study.” Lancet Oncol 22, no. 11 (November 2021): 1507–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00493-9.
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    • Daly, Mary B., Tuya Pal, Michael P. Berry, Saundra S. Buys, Patricia Dickson, Susan M. Domchek, Ahmed Elkhanany, et al. “Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 2.2021, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.” J Natl Compr Canc Netw 19, no. 1 (January 6, 2021): 77–102. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2021.0001.
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    • Green, Michelle F., Jonathan L. Bell, Christopher B. Hubbard, Shannon J. McCall, Matthew S. McKinney, Jinny E. Riedel, Carolyn S. Menendez, James L. Abbruzzese, John H. Strickler, and Michael B. Datto. “Implementation of a Molecular Tumor Registry to Support the Adoption of Precision Oncology Within an Academic Medical Center: The Duke University Experience.” Jco Precision Oncology 5 (January 2021): PO.21.00030. https://doi.org/10.1200/po.21.00030.
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    • Sergesketter, Amanda R., Samantha M. Thomas, Edgardo R. Parrilla Castellar, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Carolyn Menendez, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “Do Histopathology and Clinical Outcomes of Breast Atypia Vary by Race/Ethnicity?” J Surg Res 255 (November 2020): 205–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2020.05.066.
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    • Daly, Mary B., Robert Pilarski, Matthew B. Yurgelun, Michael P. Berry, Saundra S. Buys, Patricia Dickson, Susan M. Domchek, et al. “NCCN Guidelines Insights: Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic, Version 1.2020.” J Natl Compr Canc Netw 18, no. 4 (April 2020): 380–91. https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2020.0017.
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    • Sergesketter, Amanda R., Samantha M. Thomas, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Carolyn S. Menendez, Laura H. Rosenberger, Rachel A. Greenup, Terry Hyslop, Edgardo R. Parrilla Castellar, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “The Influence of Age on the Histopathology and Prognosis of Atypical Breast Lesions.” J Surg Res 241 (September 2019): 188–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.047.
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    • Plichta, Jennifer K., Molly L. Sebastian, Linda A. Smith, Carolyn S. Menendez, Anita T. Johnson, Sussan M. Bays, David M. Euhus, et al. “Germline Genetic Testing: What the Breast Surgeon Needs to Know.” Ann Surg Oncol 26, no. 7 (July 2019): 2184–90. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07341-8.
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    • Menendez, Carolyn, D. T. MacMillan, and L. D. Britt. “Transient Horner's syndrome in a trauma patient with thoracic epidural analgesia: a case report.” The American Surgeon 66, no. 8 (n.d.): 756–58.

  • Book Sections

    • Menendez, Carolyn, P Kelly Marcom, and Linda M. Sutton. “Hereditary Cancer Counseling and Germline Genetic Testing.” In Common Issues in Breast Cancer Survivors A Practical Guide to Evaluation and Management, edited by G. G. Kimmick, R. A. Shelby, and L. M. Sutton, 305–18. Springer, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75377-1_20.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Miller, Krislyn N., Samantha M. Thomas, Amanda R. Sergesketter, Laura H. Rosenberger, Gayle DiLalla, Astrid Botty van den Bruele, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “The Influence of Body Mass Index on the Histopathology and Outcomes of Patients Diagnosed with Atypical Breast Lesions.” In Ann Surg Oncol, 29:6484–94, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-12313-6.
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    • Yu, Alice Yunzi L., Samantha M. Thomas, Gayle D. DiLalla, Rachel A. Greenup, E Shelley Hwang, Terry Hyslop, Carolyn S. Menendez, Jennifer K. Plichta, Lisa A. Tolnitch, and Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju. “Disease characteristics and mortality among Asian women with breast cancer.” In Cancer, 128:1024–37, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.34015.
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    • Rooney, Marguerite, Yi Ren, Michael Taylor-Cho, Carolyn Menendez, Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer Plichta. “The breast life in BRCA: Imaging and biopsy burden for BRCA1/2 patients.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 29:141–42, 2022.
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    • Dillon, Jacquelyn, Samantha M. Thomas, Laura H. Rosenberger, Gayle DiLalla, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Carolyn S. Menendez, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “Mortality in Older Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast Surgery: How Low is "Low Risk"?” In Ann Surg Oncol, 28:5758–67, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10502-3.
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    • Tait, Sarah D., Yi Ren, Cushanta C. Horton, Sachiko M. Oshima, Samantha M. Thomas, Sherry Wright, Awanya Caesar, et al. “Characterizing participants in the North Carolina Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program: A retrospective review of 90,000 women.” In Cancer, 127:2515–24, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.33473.
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    • Caddell, Keenan B., Yi Ren, Anuyuga Sampathkumar, Chandra A. Almond, Oluwatomi L. Ladipo, Colin E. Champ, Laura Horst Rosenberger, et al. “The effect of body mass index (BMI) on survival in patients with breast cancer and obesity-associated conditions.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 38, 2020.
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    • Gonzalez, Rafael, Emma Ryan, Catherine Watson, Gloria Broadwater, Noah D. Kauff, Laura J. Havrilesky, Andrew Berchuck, et al. “Genetic counseling referrals after next generation sequencing testing.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 38, 2020.
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    • Prakash, Ipshita, N. Ben Neely, Samantha Thomas, Sarah Sammons, Gayle Dilalla, Oluwadamilola Fayanju, E Shelley Hwang, et al. “Increased Use of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Women With Early-stage Breast Cancer.” In Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27:S430–32, 2020.
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    • Watson, Catherine, Sarah Tait, Lindsay Soo, Jennifer Kay Plichta, Tian Zhang, Edgardo Castellar, Andrew J. Armstrong, et al. “The prevalence of germline mutations among patients with solid tumors with genomic alterations identified on tumor testing: Results from a tertiary care academic center molecular tumor board.” In Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 38, 2020.
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    • Champion, Cosette D., Yi Ren, Samantha M. Thomas, Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, Laura H. Rosenberger, Rachel A. Greenup, Carolyn S. Menendez, E Shelley Hwang, and Jennifer K. Plichta. “DCIS with Microinvasion: Is It In Situ or Invasive Disease?” In Ann Surg Oncol, 26:3124–32, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07556-9.
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