BretTabackMD

Breast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Assistant Professor, Surgery, Columbia University College of Phys & Surg

Overview of Dr. Taback

Dr. Bret Taback is a general surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Allen Hospital. He received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and has been in practice 26 years. Dr. Taback accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 323 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 43 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital who specialize in General Surgery. He has more than 80 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
161 Fort Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
Book by Phone+1(606) 547-0660

Education & Training

Brown UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 1999
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1991 - 1994
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1999 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2005 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2006 - 2025
MA State Medical License 1994 - 2011
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Adjuvant Valproate for High Grade Sarcomas Start of enrollment: 2009 Oct 01
Terminated
Phase 1
PROCLAIM Registry to Evaluate the Treatment Patterns and Clinical Response in Malignancy Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Completed
A Multicenter "Ablate and Resect" Study of Novilase® Interstitial Laser Therapy for the Ablation of Small Breast Cancers Start of enrollment: 2012 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
HD IL-2 + Vemurafenib in Patients With BRAF Mutation Positive Metastatic Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2012 Aug 01
Terminated
Phase 4
HD IL-2 + Ipilimumab in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2013 May 01
Terminated
Phase 4
Optimizing the Use of Ketamine to Reduce Chronic Postsurgical Pain Start of enrollment: 2022 Jan 04
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Cryoablation Without Excision for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: ICE3 Trial 5-Year Follow-Up on Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence.
Richard E Fine, Richard C Gilmore, Kenneth R Tomkovich, Jill R Dietz, Michael P Berry
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024-10-01
A Comprehensive Assessment of Radial Scars on Core Needle Biopsy in Patients with or without Breast Cancer: Upgrade Rate and Implications on Management.
Arith Reyes, Luona Sun, Richard Ha, Elise Desperito, Marc Brown
Clinical Breast Cancer. 2024-06-01
15 citations
Lymphatic Microsurgical Preventive Healing Approach for the Primary Prevention of Lymphedema: A 4-Year Follow-Up.
Adam S Levy, Alexander I Murphy, Sherene Ishtihar, Anya Peysakhovich, Bret Taback
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2023-02-01

Journal Articles

Interstitial Laser Ablation as Alternative to Surgical Treatment of Benign Breast Tumors
Barbara S Schwartzberg, Bret Taback, Robert Maganini, Kambiz Dowlatshahi, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
Predicting Post Neoadjuvant Axillary Response Using a Novel Convolutional Neural Network Algorithm
Simukayi Mutasa, Eileen Connolly, Richard Ha, Christine Chin, Bret Taback, Annals of Surgical Oncology

Authored Content

Interstitial Laser Ablation as Alternative to Surgical Treatment of Benign Breast TumorsOctober 2018

Press Mentions

Impact of Sequencing Targeted Therapies with High-Dose Interleukin-2 Immunotherapy: An Analysis of Outcome and Survival of Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma from an on-Going Observational IL-2 Clinical Trial: PROCLAIM SMFebruary 1st, 2017
Annual Meeting AgendaApril 2nd, 2024

Professional Memberships

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - SLS
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Illinois PPO
BCBS Kansas City Preferred-Care Blue PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
First Health PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
HIP of New York - Select PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
QualCare HMO
QualCare PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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