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Brian O'HeaAssociate Professor of Clinical Surgery; Chief of Breast and Oncologic Surgery Division;
Director of Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care CenterSurgeryRenaissance School of Medicine
Biography
Brian O’Hea’s research has focused on sentinel node biopsy in patients with breast cancer; local excision alone for selected patients with DCIS; STAR trial (NSABP chemoprevention trial); a pilot study of Docetaxal and Doxil with G-CSF as neoadjuvant treatment for patients with Stage II and III breast cancer. He is also a moderator of a weekly multidisciplinary breast conference.
Education
- Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Residency, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of NY
- MD, Georgetown University
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