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Michele A. Gadd, MD

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617-724-4800

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617-724-3895

Office Address
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Division of Surgical Oncology
55 Fruit Street, YAW 7
Boston, MA 02114

Clinical Interests
Breast Cancer; Benign Breast Problems; Patients with High Risk of Developing Breast Cancer due to Family History

Education
MD Degree: Pennsylvania State University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1983

Postdoctoral Training
Residency: General Surgery, University Hospital-University of CA, San Diego, CA
Fellowship: General Surgery, University Hospital-University of CA, San Diego, CA
Surgical Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Research Fellow: Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Board Certification
General Surgery, 1991

Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Awards and Honors
1979 - Honor's Thesis Award, Bucknell University
1988 - American Burn Association Resident Paper Award.
1990 - Chairman's Outstanding Resident Award, Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine
1990 - Resident Teaching Award, Department of Surgery. University of California School of Medicine
1994 - American Association for Cancer Research Molecular Biology Workshop Scholarship
1995-1998 - ACS Career Development Award PI Regulation of cyclin D1 in breast cancer
1996-2001 - NCI/K08 PI Cyclin D1 regulation in breast cancer

My Publications
Link to PubMed Database

Selected Publications
Gadd MA, Coit DG. Recurrence patterns and outcome in 1019 patients undergoing axillary or inguinal lymphadenectomy for melanoma. Arch Surg 1992;127:1412-1416.

Archer SG, Kemp BL, Gadd M, Shallenberger R, Ames FC, Singletary SE: Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: Comedo versus noncomedo subtype nonpredictive of recurrence or contralateral new breast primary. Breast Dis. 1994;7:353-360.

Smith BL, Gadd MA, Lawlor BA, MacDonald DJ, Grudberg SA, Chi FS, Carleson K, Comegno A, Souba, WW. Perception of breast cancer risk among women in breast center and primary care settings: correlation with age and family history of breast cancer. Surgery, 1996;120:297-303.

Tseng JF, Tanabe KK, Gadd MA, Cosimi AB, Malt RA, Haluska FG, Mihm, Jr. MC, Sober AJ, Souba WW. Surgical management of primary cutaneous melanomas of the hands and feet. Annals of Surgery 1997; 225(5): 544-553.

Alex JC, Krag DN, Harlow SP, Meijer S, Logie BW, Kuhn J, Gadd M, Weaver DL. Localization of regional lymph nodes in melanomas of the head and neck. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998;124:135-104.

Krag D, Weaver D, Ashikaga T, Moffat F, Klimberg VS, Shriver C, Feldman S, Kuminsky R, Gadd M, Kuhn J, Harlow S, Beitsch P. The sentinel node in breast cancer. A multicenter validation study. NEJM 1998;339:941-946.

Gadd MA. Papillary lesions. In: Harris, Lippman, Morrow, Hellman, eds. Breast diseases. 1996. Raven Press, Philadelphia, PA.

Gadd MA. Invited Commentary: Smith DN, Christian R, Meyer JE. Large-core needle biopsy of nonpalpable breast cancers: the impact on subsequent surgical excisions. Arch. Surg. 1997;132:260.

Gadd, MA, Cosimi, AB, Duncan, LM, Yu, L, Flotte, TJ, Wong, LS, Souba, WW, Ott, MJ, Sober, AJ, Mihm, MC, Haluska, FG, Tanabe, KK. Outcome of melanoma patients with histologically negative sentinel lymph nodes. Arch. Surg. 134:381-387, 1999.

Wrone, DA, Tanabe, KK, Cosimi, AB, Gadd, MA, Souba, WW, Sober, A.J. Lymphedema after sentinel lumph node biopsy for cutaneous melanoma. Arch. Surg. 134:388-393, 1999.

Jonasch, E, Kumar, UN, Linette, GP. Hodi, SF, Soiffer, RJ, Ryan, BF, Sober, AJ. Mihm, MA, Tsao, H, Langley, RG, Cosomi, BA, Gadd, MA, Tanabe, KK, Souba, WW, Hayes, HA, Barnhill, R, Osteen, R, Haluska, FG. A Single Program Experience with Adjuvent High-Dose Interferon Alfa-2b for High Risk Melanoma. Cancer J. Sci. Am. 6:139-145, 1999.

Mangi, A.A., Smith. B.L., Gadd, M.A., Tanabe, K.K., Ott, M.J., Souba, W.W. Surgical management of phyllodes tumors. Arch. Surg. 134:487-493, 1999.

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