Breast Surgery
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
Rupa K. Patel
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
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Plans Breast Surgery
Training
August 2017- Stanford University
July 2018 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94305
Breast Surgery Fellowship- Fellow/Clinical Instructor in Surgery July 2012- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center- Tulsa June 2017 4444 E 41st St, Tulsa, OK 74135
General Surgery Residency- Categorical
July 2011- Scott & White Memorial Hospital
June 2012 2401 South 31st Street, Temple, TX 76508 General Surgery Internship- Preliminary
Education
August 2007- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center May 2011 3601 4th Street Lubbock, TX 79415
Medical Doctor Degree
August 2003- Baylor University
May 2007 1 Bear Place Waco, TX 76706
Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience with minor in Chemistry Medical License
2017- Present California
2012-2017 Oklahoma
Memberships
American College of Surgeons
Society of Surgical Oncology
American Society of Breast Surgeons
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Certifications
Basic Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
American Board of Surgery- In process
Research
Present Stanford University
Irene Wapnir, MD
Research the role of tattooing biopsied axillary lymph nodes in patients prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy
2017- 2018 Stanford University
Irene Wapnir, MD
Research the biologic profile and outcomes of occult primary breast cancer presenting as axillary metastasis
2017- 2018 Stanford University
Debra Ikeda, MD
Research outcomes in patients with BI-RADS 3 breast MRI findings 2015- 2017 OUHSC Tulsa Department of General Surgery Gajal Kumar, MD and Charles A. Howard, MD
Research the effects of monosubstace vs polysubstance use on traumatic brain injury
2010 TTUHSC El Paso Department of General Surgery
Susan McLean, MD
Researched the distribution of injuries in ATV crash patients in correspondence with age and helmet use
Posters &
Presentations
2018 Radiological Society of North America 104th Annual Meeting Fate of a BI-RADS 3 Lesion: An Analysis of the Characteristics, Follow Up, Diagnostic Workup, and Cancer Rate of Probably Benign Lesions Seen at Breast MRI- Poster
2018 American Society of Breast Surgeon 19th Annual Meeting Pathological Confirmation of Pre-chemotherapy Biopsied and Tattooed Axillary Lymph Nodes- Poster
2018 Society of Surgical Oncology 71st Annual Cancer Symposium The Role of Tattooing Biopsied Axillary Lymph Nodes in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Therapy- Poster
2017 OU Tulsa Clinical Vignette Research Symposium The Challenge of Distinguishing Cylindroma of the Breast from Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of this Rare Tumor- Poster 2016 OU Tulsa Clinical Vignette Research Symposium Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Associated with Saline Breast Implant- Poster Publications
Patel RK, MacKerricher W, Tsai J, Choy N, Lipson J, Ikeda D, Pal S, De Martini W, Allison KH, Wapnir IL. “Pre-Treatment Tattoo Marking of Suspicious Axillary Lymph Nodes: Reliability and Correlation with Sentinel Lymph Node.” Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07419- 3.
Patel RK, Barnard KJ, Taylor JR, Howard CA, Jennings WC. “The Challenge of Distinguishing Cylindroma of the Breast from Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of this Rare Tumor.” Archives of Breast Cancer. 2017. Vol 4. No. 1: 28-31.
Ng G., Patel RK, Smith L, Sclabas G. “Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with saline breast implant.” Archives of Breast Cancer. 2016. Vol 3. No. 4: 135-138.
Adams, C, Baima, J, Brown, M, Castanos, R, Dentino, A, Hashwami, A, Jones, B, Le, H, Moaghaddam, S, Nikrooyan, I, Patel, R and Walther, S. Texas Tech Medcast Reynolds Geriatrics Step1 Prep Series: No. 45--Doc, the Kids are Tiring Me Out!. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2009. Available from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20473
Leadership
2013-2017 Medical Use and Nutrition Care Committee (MUNC)- Surgery representative 2015-2017 CAUTI FMEA Committee- Surgery representative 2016-2017 OU Tulsa Executive Council Committee- Surgery representative 2018-Present BESAP contributing author
Awards
2014 Highest ABSITE in PGY 2 class
2017 Highest ABSITE in PGY 5 class
Languages
Conversant in Gujarati.
Some medical Spanish.
References
Available upon request
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