ScottKarlanMD

General Surgery • West Hollywood, CA

Breast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Clinical Professor of Surgery

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Office
8700 Beverly Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-423-9331

Fax+1 310-423-9399

Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1983 - 1987
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1982 - 1983
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1982

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
Top Doctors:LA Area Castle Connolly, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2009-2013
Top Doctors:Southern California Castle Connolly, 2012
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

MarginProbe, a Device for Intraoperative Assessment of Margin Status in Breast Conservation Surgery Start of enrollment: 2008 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Phase I Trial of Endoxifen Gel Versus Placebo in Women Undergoing Breast Surgery Start of enrollment: 2018 Oct 31
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1
Breast Cancer Study of Preoperative Pembrolizumab + Radiation Start of enrollment: 2017 Dec 22
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Prospectively Assessing Pain After Breast Surgery Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 01
Not yet recruiting
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

184 citations
Discovery and preclinical validation of salivary transcriptomic and proteomic biomarkers for the non-invasive detection of breast cancer.
Lei Zhang, Hua Xiao, Scott Karlan, Hui Zhou, Jenny Gross
Plos One. 2010-12-31
14 citations
Single-cell and spatial profiling identify three response trajectories to pembrolizumab and radiation therapy in triple negative breast cancer.
Stephen L Shiao, Kenneth H Gouin 3rd, Nathan Ing, Alice Ho, Reva Basho
Cancer Cell. 2024-01-08
117 citations
A randomized prospective study of lumpectomy margin assessment with use of MarginProbe in patients with nonpalpable breast malignancies.
Freya Schnabel, Susan K. Boolbol, Mark A. Gittleman, Tami Karni, Lorraine Tafra
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2014-03-05

Press Mentions

Regional Anesthesia for the Practicing, General SurgeonOctober 25th, 2021
AAFP Guides CMS on Administrative Simplification EffortsAugust 13th, 2019
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Receives Rare Honor of Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation from the American College of SurgeonsDecember 1st, 2017

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
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