RobertRShenkMD

General Surgery • Cleveland, OH

Breast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor of Surgery, Case West Res University

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Office
UH Seidman Cancer Center
11100 Euclid Ave Department of Surgery-Surgical Oncology
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone+1 216-844-3026

Fax+1 216-844-1350

Education & Training

University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1987
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1982 - 1985
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 1980 - 1982
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1978 - 1980
Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1978

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 1979 - 2026
MD State Medical License 1980 - 1987
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2007-2013
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Radiation Therapy With or Without Trastuzumab in Treating Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Who Have Undergone Lumpectomy Start of enrollment: 2008 Nov 10
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab After Surgery in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 06
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Standard or Comprehensive Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Previously Treated With Chemotherapy and Surgery Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

16 citations
Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy as an Alternative to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Among Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Patients: Pathologic and Surgical Outcomes.
Lifen Cao, Kavin Sugumar, Eleanor Keller, Pamela Li, Lisa Rock
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2021-08-03
72 citations
Positron emission tomography and breast masses: comparison with clinical, mammographic, and pathological findings.
Joseph P. Crowe, Lee P. Adler, Robert Shenk, Jeffrey L. Sunshine
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 1994-03-01
119 citations
Axillary lymph node metastases: screening with [F-18]2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) PET.
Lee P. Adler, Peter Faulhaber, Kathryn C. Schnur, Nadia L. Al-Kasi, Robert Shenk
Radiology. 1997-05-01

Press Mentions

High Risk for Breast Cancer May Be Normalized with Healthy Living, Study FindsMay 26th, 2016
More Men with Breast Cancer Opting for Double MastectomiesSeptember 2nd, 2015

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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