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Office
55 Fruit St
Yaw 9
Boston, MA 02114Phone+1 617-724-4800Fax+1 617-724-1079
Summary
- Dr. Barbara Smith is a breast surgical oncologist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 34 years. She specializes in breast surgical oncology and is experienced in breast cancer lumpectomies with cosmetic closures, intraoperative image guidance to reduce positive margin rates, nipple sparing mastectomies and risk reducing surgery.
Education & Training
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1989
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 1988 - 2025- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- S9630, Medroxyprogesterone in Treating Women With Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 1997 Mar 01
- Radiation Therapy With or Without Optional Tamoxifen in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Start of enrollment: 1999 Dec 01
- Web-Based Decision Aid in Improving Informed Decisions in Patients With Stage 0-IIIA Breast Cancer Considering Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 24
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Breast Cancer Surgery: A Multicontinental Survey Study.Heidi Santa Cruz, Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Carole Mathelin, Han-Byoel Lee, Barbara L Smith
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2024-10-01 - Axillary Recurrence in Sentinel Lymph Node Negative Mastectomy Patients at 16 Years Median Follow Up: Natural History in the Absence of Radiation.Heidi S Santa Cruz, Francys C Verdial, Julia N Shanno, Alexandra J Webster, Rachel B Jimenez
Clinical Breast Cancer. 2024-08-03 - ASO Author Reflections: Positive Nipple Margins in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: Management of Nipples Containing Cancer or Atypia.Abigail E Daly, Kyle J Anderman, Barbara L Smith
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-08-01
Press Mentions
Advances in Breast Cancer Surgery Offer Patients Improved Surgical OutcomesNovember 8th, 2024
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