Swati Kulkarni, MDAssociate Professor of SurgerySwati Kulkarni, MD, is a skilled breast surgeon and an expert in the management and treatment of breast cancer and benign breast disease. Dr. Kulkarni specializes in surgical breast procedures, including lumpectomy, sentinel node biopsy, axillary dissection and mastectomy. She also has expertise in newer techniques such as skin-sparing mastectomy, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and oncoplastic lumpectomy. In addition to being an experienced clinician, Dr. Kulkarni is an active translational and clinical researcher. Her research focuses on breast cancer prevention, risk assessment, obesity as a risk factor for breast cancer, and molecular markers that predict recurrence after breast cancer diagnosis. She has received National Cancer Institute funding to support her research. Practice LocationsThe University of Chicago Medicine
Center for Advanced Medicine
Year Started Practice2004 Board CertificationGeneral Surgery Medical SchoolMedical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia InternshipNew York Presbyterian Hospital (Weill Medical College of Cornell University), New York ResidencyNew York Presbyterian Hospital (Weill Medical College of Cornell University), New York FellowshipNorthwestern Memorial Hospital (Northwestern University) MembershipsAmerican Association for Cancer Research
Language SpokenEnglish skulkarni@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu Office Phone(773) 702-2028 Office Fax(773) 702-5706 Office Postal AddressSwati Kulkarni, MD
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Selected PublicationsView a partial list of Dr. Kulkarni's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database. |
