Ann Leitch, MD

Professor
Endowed Title: S.T. Harris Family Distinguished Chair in Breast Surgery, in Honor of A. Marilyn Leitch, M.D.
Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

marilyn.leitch@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Leitch graduated from Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas in 1978. She did her residency at UCLA and completed her fellowship at M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston. Dr. Leitch joined UTSWMC faculty as assistant professor of surgery in 1986 and was promoted to professor in 1998. Her primary clinical interest relates to the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. She is considered to be a local, regional and national authority on this subject.

Education

FellowshipUniversity of TX M D Anderson Ctr (1985)
ResidencyUniversity of CA Los Angeles Med Ctr (1984)
InternshipUniversity of CA San Diego Med Ctr (1979)
Medical SchoolUT Southwestern Medical Center (1978)

Research Interests

Breast Cancer
Lymphatic Mapping
Melanoma

Publications

Featured
Breast cancer screening: success amid conflict.

Leitch, A.M. , Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America , October 1999; (Volume 8, No. 4):657-72

Featured
Screening for Breast Cancer

Leitch, A.M. , Cancer of the Breast, 5th Edition, Donegan & Spratt, Saunders , 2002; (Chapter 15):269-286

Featured
What's New in Surgical Oncology.

Leitch, A.M. , Journal of American College of Surgeons , 2001; (Volume 192):624-639

Featured
American Cancer Society Lymphedema Workshop - Workgroup I Treatment of the axilla with surgery - preoperative and postoperative risk assessment.

Leitch, A.M., Meek, A.G., Smith, R.A., Boris, M. Bourgeois, P., Higgins, S., Pressman, P.I., Stevens, J., and Stevens, R.E. , Cancer Supplement , 1998; (83/12):2877-2879

Featured
American Cancer Society guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer: Update 1997

Leitch, A.M., Dodd, G.D., Constanza, M., Linver, M., Pressman, P., McGinis, L., and Smith, R.A. , CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians , 1997; (Volume 47):150-53

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Histologic Findings of Granular Cell Tumor of the Breast: Review of 19 Cases with Clinical/Radiologic Correlation.

Gibbons, D., Leitch, A.M., Coscia, J., Lindberg, G., Molberg, K., Ashfaq, R., Saboorian, M.H. , Breast Journal 2000 , January 2000; (Jan. 6):27 - 30

Limitations of the Gail Model in the Specialized Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Clinic.

Euhus, D.M., Leitch, A.M., Huth, J.F., Peters, G.N. , The Breast Journal , 2002; (Volume 8):23-27

Loss of Heterozygosity in Benign Breast Epithelium in Relation to Breast Cancer Risk.

Euhus, D.M., Cler, L., Shivapurkar, N., Milchgrub, S., Peters, G.N., Leitch, A.M., Heda, S., Gazdar, A.F. , Journal of the National Cancer Institute , 2002; (Volume 94, No. 11):858-860

Sentinel lymph node biopsy, an alternative to elective axillary dissection for breast cancer.

Nwariaku, F.E., Euhus, D.M., Beitsch, P.D., Clifford E., Erdman, W., Mathews, D., Albores-Saavedra, J., Leitch, A.M. and Peters, G.N. , The American Journal of Surgery , 1998; (176):529-531

Commentary

Leitch, A.M. (Guest Editor) , Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly , ; (Volume 12, No. 2):213

Honors/Awards

St. George Medal

American Cancer Society National Divisional Award (2001)

S.T. Harris Family Distinguished Chair in Breast Surgery

(2000)

S.T. Harris Family Chair in Breast Surgery

(1999)

The George & Carol Poston Professorship in Breast Cancer Research

(1997)

State of Texas Governor’s Certificate of Volunteer Service

(1993)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Society of Breast Surgeons

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Association of Women Surgeons

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Society of Surgical Oncology