My day as a breast surgeon starts with a breast conference to discuss individual patient’s treatment and diagnostic planning with involved colleagues. Then I will see patients in the breast health center clinic to discuss these plans. Treatment and diagnostic workups have become more complicated today due to advanced technology, image directed needle biopsies and the numerous surgical/medical options available to patients. Depending on the day, in addition to my “clinic” days, I will perform 2-3 surgeries for benign and malignant disease.

My goal as the medical director of the Alegent Breast Health Center is to provide a more patient focused model of breast care incorporating a team of experts dedicated to the disease in order to provide a more efficient, state of the art and less fragmented quality of care. We hope that with this model, we can diminish the delay and anxiety associated with unnecessary wait times associated with benign or malignant results and definitive treatment plans.