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Office
Duke Cancer Institute
20 Duke Medicine Cir
Durham, NC 27710
Summary
- I am board certified, fellowship trained breast surgeon. I specialize in breast cancer surgery at Duke Cancer Institute as well as caring for individuals with increased risk of breast cancer. My clinical interest includes genetic mutation, patients with high risk of breast cancer, young patients with breast cancer, surgical management after neoadjuvant therapies.
Education & Training
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 2015 - 2016
Maimonides Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2014
National Cancer InstituteFellowship, Oncology research fellow, 2011 - 2012
St. George's University School of MedicineClass of 2009
The George Washington UniversityBS, Presidential Academic Scholarship, 1999 - 2003
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2016 - 2025
TN State Medical License 2016 - 2017
MN State Medical License 2015 - 2016- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- Society of Surgical OncologyBreast surgery fellowship
Clinical Trials
- Comparison of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection With Axillary Radiation for Patients With Node-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Chemotherapy Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 07
- Fulvestrant and/or Anastrozole in Treating Postmenopausal Patients With Stage II-III Breast Cancer Undergoing Surgery Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 13
- Comparing an Operation to Monitoring, With or Without Endocrine Therapy (COMET) Trial For Low Risk DCIS Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 22
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The association of genetic testing timing and mutation type on breast cancer management in patients with breast cancer-related mutations.Ebunoluwa J Olunuga, Samantha M Thomas, Koumani W Ntowe, Juliet C Dalton, Ton Wang
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-01-01 - Subsequent percutaneous breast biopsies after initial atypia diagnosis: The patient burden of long-term follow up.Juliet C Dalton, Samantha M Thomas, Akiko Chiba, Ton Wang, E Shelley Hwang
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-01-01 - Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Older Patients: Does SLNB Guide Therapy?Sydney M Record, Samantha M Thomas, Juliet Dalton, Astrid Botty van den Bruele, Akiko Chiba
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-12-01
Journal Articles
- Optoacoustic Imaging Identifies Ovarian Cancer Using a Microenvironment Targeted Theranostic Wormhole Mesoporous Silica NanoparticlePeter J Frederick, William E Grizzle, Phillip Chuong, Akiko Chiba, ScienceDirect
- Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: To Spare Or Not To Spare?Akiko Chiba, James Jakub, Tina Hieken, Current Surgery Reports
Books/Book Chapters
Professional Memberships
- Comittee Member
- Fellow
- Comittee Member
- Member
- Association of Women SurgeonsMember
- Association of Academic SurgeryMember
- Association of VA SurgeonsMember
Other Languages
- Japanese
External Links
- Duke Faculty Pagehttps://www.dukehealth.org/find-doctors-physicians/akiko-chiba-md-facs
- High Risk Breast Cancer Clinichttps://www.dukehealth.org/locations/duke-breast-risk-assessment-clinic
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