TaraMBalijaMDFACS
General Surgery • New York, NYBreast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Breast Surgeon at Mount Sinai West/ Assistant Professor of Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Office
787 11th Ave
Fl 7
New York, NY 10019Phone+1 212-604-6000Fax+1 212-523-8227
Education & Training
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 2014 - 2015
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 2008 - 2014
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2022 - 2025
NJ State Medical License 2012 - 2023- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Graduation with Distinction in Research Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 2008
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
- Comparing an Operation to Monitoring, With or Without Endocrine Therapy (COMET) Trial For Low Risk DCIS Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 22
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 7 citationsEarly reflector localization improves the accuracy of localization and excision of a previously positive axillary lymph node following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pati...Tara M Balija, Devin Braz, Sara Hyman, Leslie Montgomery
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2021-06-23 - 55 citationsLipopolysaccharide and sepsis-associated myocardial dysfunction.Tara M. Balija, Stephen F Lowry
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 2011-06-01 - 78 citationsRetained Surgical Items: A Problem Yet to Be SolvedStanislaw P Stawicki, Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Hesham M. Ahmed, Harry L. Anderson, Tara M. Balija
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2013-01-01
Authored Content
- Good Reasons to Quit Smoking: A Breast Patient's PerspectiveOctober 2016
- Smoking and Surgery: Why You Shouldn't Light UpSeptember 2016
- Integrative Medicine: OverviewJanuary 2016
- Clinical Trials: Why, Who, and HowNovember 2015
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Press Mentions
So, You Just Received a Breast Cancer Diagnosis—Here Are the Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Your TreatmentMay 2nd, 2022
Professional Memberships
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- New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer GroupMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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