Breast Oncology Program Treatment Team

The medical oncology team in the Breast Oncology Program provides exceptional care.
At Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center's Breast Oncology Program, our multi-disciplinary team works closely with patients, providing the resources and close cooperation of many specialists with deep expertise in diagnosing and treating breast cancer. Our physician-scientists are also researching and developing new and effective treatments for breast cancer, including clinical trials.

Having representatives from medical oncology, surgical oncology and radiation oncology working together to coordinate your care ensures that all feasible approaches to treatment will be considered, and that you will receive the combination of treatments that is best for you.

Administrative Leadership
Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Breast Oncology, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers
Nancy Lin, MD, Associate Division Chief, Breast Oncology Program and Director, Metastatic Breast Cancer Program

Judy Garber, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention

Caroline C. Block, MD, Clinical Director, Breast Oncology Program

Tari A. King, MD, FACS, Chief of Breast Surgery, Breast Oncology Program

Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, Director, Program for Young Adults with Breast Cancer

Jennifer Bellon, MD, Director, Breast Radiation Oncology

Erica Mayer, MD, MPH, Director, Clinical Research

Adrienne Waks, MD, Associate Director, Clinical Research

Joseph Scorzoni, MHA, Administrative Director, Breast Oncology Program

Paul Buckley, MBA, Administrative Director, Division of Breast Surgery

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Medical Oncology

Daniel Abravanel, MD, PhD

Physician

Caroline C. Block, MD

Clinical Director

Craig A. Bunnell, MD, MPH, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD

Institute Physician

Brittany L. Bychkovsky, MD, MSc

Senior Physician

Wendy Y. Chen, MD, MPH

Senior Physician

Rachel A. Freedman, MD, MPH

Medical Director, DFCI Collaborative and Strategic Alliances

Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH

Chief, Division for Cancer Genetics and Prevention

Antonio Giordano, MD, PhD

Senior Physician

Sara Giordano, MD

Director, Dana-Farber at St. Elizabeth's Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology

Michael Hassett, MD, MPH

Chief Quality Officer

Rinath M. Jeselsohn, MD

Physician

Sheheryar K. Kabraji, BM BCh

Physician

Jose Pablo Leone, MD

Director, Program for Breast Cancer in Men

Jennifer A. Ligibel, MD

Director, Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living

Nancy U. Lin, MD

Associate Chief, Division of Breast Oncology, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers

Filipa Lynce, MD

Director, Inflammatory Breast Center

Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH

Director, Clinical Research

Otto Metzger, MD

Associate Medical Director, International Strategic Initiatives

Heather A. Parsons, MD, MPH

Physician

Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH

Vice Chair of Medical Oncology

Philip D. Poorvu, MD

Physician

Sarah Sammons, MD

Associate Director Metastatic Breast Cancer Program

Rochelle G. Scheib, MD

Institute Physician

Susan T. Schumer, MD

Physician

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH

Chief, Division of Breast Oncology, Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers

Nikhil Wagle, MD

Physician

Adrienne G. Waks, MD

Associate Director, Clinical Research

Hematology/Oncology

Meredith Faggen, MD

Medical Director, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital

Natalie Sinclair, MD

Senior Network Physician

Surgical Oncology

Thanh U. Barbie, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Laura S. Dominici, MD, FACS

Section Chief, Breast Surgery, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Olga Kantor, MD, MS

Member of the Faculty of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Tari A. King, MD, FACS

Chief, Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Alison Dawn Laws, MD

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Christina A. Minami, MD, MS

Physician

Elizabeth Ann Mittendorf, MD, PhD

Rob and Karen Hale Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Faina Nakhlis, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Suniti N. Nimbkar, MD, FACS

Medical Director, Breast Care Center, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center in clinical affiliation with South Shore Hospital

Esther Rhei, MD, FACS

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Radiation Oncology

Jennifer R. Bellon, MD

Director, Breast Radiation Oncology

Rinaa S. Punglia, MD, MPH

Institute Physician

Laura E. Warren, MD

Associate Network Clinical Director, Radiation Oncology

Julia S. Wong, MD

Institute Physician

Pathology

Jane E. Brock, MD, PhD

Chief of Breast Pathology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Deborah A. Dillon, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Susan C. Lester, MD, PhD

Chief, Breast Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Stuart J. Schnitt, MD

Chief of Breast Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Daniel Abravanel, MD, PhD

Physician

Shailesh Agarwal, MD

Physician

Justin Michael Broyles, MD

Physician

Matthew J. Carty, MD

Director, Lower Extremity Transplant Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Yoon Sun Chun, MD

Jessica Erdmann-Sager, MD

Physician

Douglas L. Helm, MD

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Dennis Paul Orgill, MD, PhD

Medical Director of Wound Care Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Andrea L. Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC

Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Simon G. Talbot, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Nurse Practitioners

Christine Agius, NP
Andrea Desmond, NP
Olivia Donnelly, NP (surgery)
Caroline Dudman, NP (surgery)
Kelly Fischer, NP
Kathrine Fleming, NP
Allie Hershey, NP
Sarah McCaskey, NP
Jennifer McKenna, NP
Morgan Rutter, NP
Elahe Salehi, DNP
Lindsay Shaw, NP
Ryan Tamargo, NP
Brianne Whitley, NP

Physician Assistants

Carolyn Boudreau, PA-C
Danielle Bowers, PA-C
Lara Novak Butler, PA-C (surgery)
Bryan Danilchuk, PA-C (surgery)
Jordan Gittzus, PA-C (surgery)
Sarah Katz, PA-C (surgery)
Kelly Kraines, PA-C
Kelley Lapointe, PA-C (surgery)
Katie McLean, PA-C (surgery)
Gabrielle Sayaf, PA-C (surgery)

Oncology Nurse Navigators

Hayley Bowden, RN
Sandra Brown, RN
Candace Burke, BSN, RN
Mary Caruso, RN
Kristin Cashman, RN
Erika Coletti, RN
Ann Furey, RN
Christine Gorveatt, RN
Lisa Kinsman, BSN, RN
Laura Lindstrom, RN
Amada Metivier, RN
Mary O’Driscoll, RN
Judith Pelletier, RN
Catherine Rhinehart, RN
Myra St. Amand, RN
Kristina Lucia Worcester, RN
Rachael Young, RN

Research Nurses

Jordan Bowers, RN
Margaret Campbell, RN
Rachel Dishman, RN
Samantha Ficociello, RN
Maryangel Jeon, RN
Elizabeth Kasparian, RN
Wendy Loeser, RN
Meghan Orechia, RN
Nikita Patel, RN
Kathleen Roche, RN

Social Work

Rachel Allende, MSW, LICSW (for Portuguese-speaking patients)
Megan (Donovan) Del Sesto, MSW, LICSW (for English and Spanish-speaking patients)
Elizabeth Farrell, MSW, LICSW
Eileen Joyce, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C
Leora Lowenthal, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C
Jessica Mosey, MSW, LICSW
Julie Salinger, MSW, LICSW

Breast Oncology Program

Breast Oncology Program Treatment Team

Administrative Leadership

Medical Oncology

Hematology/Oncology

Surgical Oncology

Radiation Oncology

Pathology

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Nurse Practitioners

Physician Assistants

Oncology Nurse Navigators

Research Nurses

Social Work