Program Members
Clinical Program Leader
Anees Chagpar
Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology)
Director, The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Program Director, Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship
Assistant Director, Diversity and Health Equity at Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; breast health; ductal carcinoma in situ; invasive breast cancer; inflammatory breast cancer; invasive ductal carcinoma; invasive lobular carcinoma; Paget's disease; lobular carcinoma in situ; atypical hyperplasia; high risk; BRCA; nipple discharge; breast mass; mastectomy; skin-sparing mastectomy; nipple sparing mastectomy; sentinel node biopsy; Mammosite; accelerated partial breast irradiation; minimally invasive breast biopsy; axillary node dissection; lumpectomy; breast conserving surgery; personalized medicine; targeted therapy; hormonal therapy; multidisciplinary care; benign breast disease; fibroadenoma; phylloides tumor
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Clinical Research Program Leader
Lajos Pusztai
Co-Director, Cancer Genetics Research Program
Professor of Medicine, Director of Breast Medical Oncology Section
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; cancer genetics.
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Diagnostic Radiology
Liva Andrejeva-Wright
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Director of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
Clinical Interests:Breast Imaging; Emergency Radiology
- Office:(203) 200-5590
- Appt:(203) 688-6800
Melissa Durand
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; diagnostic mammography; ultrasound; MRI; interventional procedures including pre-operative needle localization, stereotactic US, and MR core biopsy.
Jaime Geisel
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Interests:Breast Imaging; Emergency Radiology
Regina Hooley
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Interests:All aspects of breast imaging (including breast MR, digital mammography and breast ultrasound); general ultrasound; women's imaging
- Office:(203) 200-5590
- Appt:(203) 688-6800
Laura Horvath
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Interests:All aspects of Breast Imaging: Mammography, Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
- Office:(203) 200-5590
- Appt:(203) 688-6800
Liane Philpotts
Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Breast Imaging
Clinical Interests:All aspects of breast imaging, consultation, and intervention; expertise in breast biopsy: stereotactic, ultrasonographic, and MR-guided; ductography; cancer
- Office:(203) 200-5590
- Appt:(203) 688-6800
Madhavi Raghu
Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Interests:Breast imaging; Emergency Radiology; Ultrasound
Medical Oncology
Maysa Abu-Khalaf
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Clinical Interests:Breast Cancer: Early and advanced stages, hormone receptor positive breast cancers, triple negative breast cancers, HER-2 positive breast cancers, adjuvant (postoperative) treatment, neoadjuvant (preoperative) treatment, metastatic breast cancer treatment, clinical trials. Gynecologic Cancers: Advanced/recurrent ovarian and endometrial cancers, clinical trials.
- Office:(203) 737-8309
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Gina Chung
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Interests:Breast Cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2876
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Michael DiGiovanna
Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) and of Pharmacology
Clinical Interests:Breast Cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2360
- Lab:(203) 785-5365
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Erin Hofstatter
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Interests:high risk cancer genetics; breast cancer.
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Arthur Levy
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; hematologic malignancies; lymphoma; solid tumors
- Office:(203) 785-7564
Lajos Pusztai
Co-Director, Cancer Genetics Research Program
Professor of Medicine, Director of Breast Medical Oncology Section
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; cancer genetics.
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Tara Sanft
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology)
Medical Director of Adult Survivorship for the Yale Cancer Center Survivorship Clinic
Clinical Interests:palliative care; cancer survivorship; breast cancer.
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Pathology
Veerle Bossuyt
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Clinical Interests:Women's Health Program in pathology (gynecologic and breast pathology); cytopathology
- Office:(203) 785-2788
- Appt:(203) 785-3624
Natalia Buza
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Clinical Interests:breast pathology; gynecological pathology.
- Office:(203) 737-5292
G. Haines, III
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, General Surgical Pathology Services
Associate Director, Pathology Residency Program
Co-Director, Medical Studies
Clinical Interests:General Surgical Pathology; Genitourinary Pathology; Breast Pathology; Gynecologic Pathology; Head & Neck Pathology
- Office:(203) 785-3937
- Appt:(203) 785-3624
Malini Harigopal
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Clinical Interests:Breast, thyroid and gynecologic cytology
- Office:(203) 785-3853
- Appt:(203) 785-3624
Ozlen Saglam
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Clinical Interests:Breast and gynecologic pathology; cytopathology
- Office:(203) 735-6010
- Appt:(203) 735-6010
Fattaneh Tavassoli
Professor of Pathology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Director, Pathology Women's Health Program
Clinical Interests:Breast and gynecologic pathology
- Office:(203) 785-5439
- Appt:(203) 785-2788
Plastic Surgery
Alexander Au
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic)
Director of the Breast Reconstruction Program
Clinical Interests:Breast reconstruction; breast surgery; transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap; TRAM flap; deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap; DIEP flap; transverse upper gracilis flap; TUG flap; free flap; gluteal flap; microsurgery; breast implant; tissue expander; nipple and areola reconstruction; body contouring; post-bariatric surgery.
- Appt:(203) 785-2571
Stephanie Kwei
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic)
Clinical Interests:Breast Reconstructive Surgery; Breast Surgery; Bariatric Body Contouring Surgery; Mohs' Reconstructive Surgery; Aesthetic Surgery
- Office:(203) 785-2286
- Appt:(203) 785-2286
Radiation Oncology
Suzanne Evans
Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Assistant Chief and Medical Director for Radiation Oncology at the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
- Office:(203) 785-7033
- Appt:(203) 200-1630
Susan Higgins
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
Associate Director, Department of Therapeutic Radiology Residency Training Program
Clinical Interests:General radiation therapy; breast cancer; early stage breast cancer; locally advanced breast cancer; breast conservation therapy; mammosite radiation therapy; partial breast radiation therapy; intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); radiation techniques; lymphedema; gynecological cancer; brachytherapy; cervix cancer; vaginal cancer; uterine cancer; vulvar cancer; ovarian cancer; intracavitary radiation therapy; interstitial brachytherapy; high dose rate brachytherapy; low dose rate brachytherapy
- Office:(203) 785-7033
- Appt:(203) 200-2100
Joanne Weidhaas
Associate Professor of Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Interests:Breast Cancer; Partial Breast Irradiation (PBI); Gynecological Cancer; Cervical Cancer
- Office:(203) 737-2165
- Appt:(203) 688-1861
Lynn Wilson
Professor of Therapeutic Radiology and of Dermatology
Vice Chairman, Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Director, Therapeutic Radiology
Residency Training Program Director, Therapeutic Radiology
Clinical Program Leader, Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:Cutaneous lymphoma, Lung cancer, Benign and malignant tumors of the skin, Breast cancer; Thoracic cancer
- Office:(203) 785-2959
- Appt:(203) 200-2000
Surgery
Anees Chagpar
Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology)
Director, The Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Program Director, Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship
Assistant Director, Diversity and Health Equity at Yale Cancer Center
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; breast health; ductal carcinoma in situ; invasive breast cancer; inflammatory breast cancer; invasive ductal carcinoma; invasive lobular carcinoma; Paget's disease; lobular carcinoma in situ; atypical hyperplasia; high risk; BRCA; nipple discharge; breast mass; mastectomy; skin-sparing mastectomy; nipple sparing mastectomy; sentinel node biopsy; Mammosite; accelerated partial breast irradiation; minimally invasive breast biopsy; axillary node dissection; lumpectomy; breast conserving surgery; personalized medicine; targeted therapy; hormonal therapy; multidisciplinary care; benign breast disease; fibroadenoma; phylloides tumor
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Nina Horowitz
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Oncology)
Clinical Interests:diseases of the breast, including abnormal imaging, breast masses and breast cancer Research interest in correlation of MRI imaging to pathologic findings
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Brigid Killelea
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Oncology)
Clinical Interests:breast cancer; breast oncology; breast conservation therapy; sentinel lymph node biopsy; benign breast disease; DCIS; management of high risk patients; breast MRI; mastectomy; axillary lymph node dissection; fibroadenoma; papilloma; phylloides
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Donald Lannin
Professor of Surgery (Oncology)
Clinical Interests:Surgery exclusively for benign and malignant diseases of the breast, including breast cancer, high-risk screening; breast biopsy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, ductal lavage, ductoscopy
- Office:(203) 200-2328
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
Theodore Tsangaris
Clinical Interests:breast cancer prevention, identification of tumor markers, and sentinel lymph node dissection, as well as other surgical procedures in the treatment of breast cancer.
- Appt:(203) 200-2328
