Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Surgery
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2026 - Present
Surgical Oncology,
Surgery
Vice Chair, Opportunity and Engagement
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2025 - Present
Surgery,
Clinical Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2020 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Ranking family support resources by influence on rank list decisions
Journal article Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education · June 8, 2026 Full text CiteLocally Ablative Therapies in Oligometastatic Breast Cancer.
Journal article JAMA Surg · May 1, 2026 IMPORTANCE: Management of de novo metastatic breast cancer (dnMBC) often focuses on palliation. As such, the potential survival benefit of surgery or ablative therapy remains unclear, particularly for those with oligometastatic disease. OBJECTIVE: To evalu ... Full text Link to item CiteRadiation De-Escalation in Older Women with Early-Stage ER+/HER2- Invasive Breast Cancer.
Journal article Ann Surg Oncol · March 2026 BACKGROUND: National recommendations since 2004 have allowed for omission of post-lumpectomy radiotherapy for patients ≥70 years old with early-stage estrogen receptor positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) breast cancer. ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation
University of Missouri Kansas City, School of Medicine ·
1987
M.D.