Leadership Team
The UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care is a component of the NCI designated Simmons Cancer Center at UT Southwestern and is staffed by some of the nation’s leaders in breast disease diagnosis and treatment. The center is known for excellence in patient care, research, and education. Fellows benefit from the effective cooperation and integration of faculty team members, affiliated medical institutions (including UT Southwestern University Hospitals and Parkland Memorial Hospital).
James K.V. Willson, MD
Director, Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Holder of The Lisa K. Simmons Distinguished Chair in
Comprehensive Oncology
Surgical Oncology
A. Marilyn Leitch, MD
Medical Director, UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care
Professor, Department of Surgery
Holder of The S.T. Harris Family Distinguished Chair in
Breast Surgery
Special interests: Surgical oncology; diseases of the breast.
Roderich E. Schwarz, MD, Ph.D.
Chair, Division of Surgical Oncology
Professor, Department of Surgery
Special interests: Surgical oncology, GI cancer, Angiogenesis
research, Surgical Education.
David M. Euhus, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Director, The Mary L. Brown Breast Cancer Genetics
and Risk Assessment Program
Holder of The Marilyn R. Corrigan Distinguished Chair in
Breast Cancer Surgery
Medical Director, Clinical Cancer Genetics
Special interests: Surgical oncology, diseases of the breast,
genetics of breast cancer
James F. Huth, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Holder of The Occidental Chemical Chair in Cancer Research
Special interests: Surgical oncology, breast cancer
Roshni Rao, MD
Director, Parkland Breast Evaluation Clinic
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Special interests: Locally advanced breast cancer; ethnic
disparities in breast care, novel approaches to localization of
breast lesions.
J. Valerie R. Andrews, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Special interests: surgical oncology, diseases of the breast.
Amy Moldrem, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Special interests: surgical oncology, diseases of the breast.
Medical Oncology
Barbara Haley, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Medical Oncology Clinic, UT Southwestern Center for
Breast Care
Holder of the Sherry Wigley Crow Cancer Research Chair,
in honor of Robert Lewis Kirby, MD
Special interests: Breast cancer, clinical research protocols
Dawn Klemow-Reed, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Special interests: Breast cancer, clinical trials
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Special interests: Breast cancer, clinical trials
Amy K. Harker-Murray, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Pathology
Venetia Sarode, MD
Assistant Professor, Department on Pathology
Special interests: Breast pathology and cytopathology
Yan Peng, MD, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Rodney J. Rohrich, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Plastic Surgery
Holder of The Crystal Charity Ball Distinguished Chair in
Plastic Surgery
Holder of the Betty and Warren Woodward Chair in
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Special interests: Breast reconstruction, aesthetic surgery
Michel Saint-Cyr, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Special interests: Breast reconstruction, microsurgery
Jeffrey Janis, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Special interests: Cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
of the breasts and chest wall reconstruction
Sumeet Sorel Teotia, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Shai Rozen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Special interests: peripheral nerve surgery and cosmetic surgery
Johnathan J. Cheng, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery
Psycho-Social
Elizabeth Paulk, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine,
Geriatrics Section
Special interests: Minority health, psychosocial factors that
impact upon quality of care at the end of life and how they
vary by ethnicity
Radiation Oncology
Hak Choy, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology
Holder of the Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Distinguished
Chair in Therapeutic Oncology Research
Special interest: Treatment of lung cancer
Dan Garwood, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Holder of the Effie Marie Cain Distinguished Chair in
Cancer Therapy Research
Special interest: Breast neoplasms
Ann Spangler, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology
Special interest: Breast neoplasms
Radiology (Diagnostic)
W. Phil Evans, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Director, UT Southwestern Center for Breast Care
Holder of The George and Carol Poston Professorship
in Breast Cancer Research
Special interests: Percutaneous biopsies of breast
lesions, digital imaging, computer-assisted detection of
mammographic lesions and breast MRI
Ralph Wynn, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Paul Weatherall, MD
Professor, Department of Radiology
Special interests: MRI evaluation of neoplasms, breast MRI,
magnetic resonance diffusion and spectroscopic imaging
Michael Ulissey, MD
Associate Professor Department of Radiology
Parkland Health and Hospital System
Special interests: Breast imaging, breast cancer, MRI, and
computer applications in radiology
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Chandini Portteus, Director, Grants