Tari A. King, MD, FACS

Tari A. King, MD, FACS

Surgical Oncology

Contact Information

Office Phone Number

617-632-6929

Fax

617-632-2495

Appointments

617-632-2175 (new patients)
617-632-6929 (established patients)

Biography

Tari A. King, MD, FACS

Dr. Tari A. King is the Anne E. Dyson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, the chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and the vice chair of multidisciplinary oncology in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the chief of breast surgery at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center. She is also the director of the Breast Cancer Personalized Risk Assessment, Education and Prevention (B-PREP) Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Dr. King received her medical degree from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and completed a general surgery residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation Hospital (now Ochsner Medical Center) in New Orleans. Dr. King completed both a surgical research fellowship and a breast surgery clinical fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her clinical and research efforts focus on improving clinical management strategies for women at high risk of developing breast cancer with a special emphasis on lobular carcinoma in situ and atypical hyperplasia.

Dr. King currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium and is the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Society of Surgical Oncology.  

Researcher

Physician

Chief, Breast Surgery, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vice Chair for Multidisciplinary Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Senior Physician
Anne E. Dyson Professor of Surgery in the Field of Women's Cancers, Harvard Medical School

Centers/Programs

Clinical Interests

Inflammatory breast cancer, Lobular carcinoma in situ, Optimizing local therapy for early-stage breast cancer, Surgery for the primary tumor in stage IV breast cancer

Diseases Treated

Board Certification

  • Surgery, 2002

Fellowship

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Breast Surgery
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Research Fellowship

Residency

  • Ochsner Medical Institutions, General Surgery

Medical School

  • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Locations

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

450 Brookline Avenue Boston, MA 02215
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42.3374, -71.1082

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