Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Specialists

Meet the world-renowned experts who specialize in preventing, detecting, treating and researching breast cancer at the OSUCCC – James.

Breast Cancer Specialists

The OSUCCC – James breast cancer treatment team in Columbus, Ohio, includes world-renowned breast cancer subspecialists in the prevention, detection, treatment  and cure of individual breast cancers.

Being a subspecialist means that all day, every day, our physicians and advanced practice providers at the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center see only people who have breast cancer, are at risk for breast cancer or want to be screened for breast cancer. They truly are the experts in breast cancer, offering unparalleled care for your unique situation.

But they don’t want to just treat the disease. Our breast cancer team members work diligently in the research labs learning how to better prevent and detect breast cancer while developing novel therapies that could help cure your breast cancer. Their research is recognized nationally and across the globe, giving access to breast cancer treatments not available at many other places.

If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, would like a second opinion, or would like more information on clinical trials available at the OSUCCC – James, please call The James Line at 800-293-5066 or 800-240-4477. The James Line is a free, confidential telephone service to provide callers with cancer information and physician referrals. The James Line is available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Medical Oncology

Gilbert Bader, MD
I became a cancer specialist because it’s an honor to care for and support people as they navigate what is likely the most challenging time in their life.
Mathew Cherian, MBBS
I am a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer, one of the most common types of cancer in women in the United States.
Margaret E Gatti-Mays, MD, MPH
I am section chief of Breast Medical Oncology and an associate professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I specialize in breast cancer, immunotherapy, side effects from immunotherapy and rare subtypes of breast cancer like small-cell breast cancer.
Kai C Johnson, MD
I am a medical oncologist who specializes in caring for patients with breast cancer, including its aggressive and rare forms.
Ashley P Davenport, MD, MEd
I am a medical oncologist who specializes in treating patients with breast cancer.
Dionisia M Quiroga, PhD, DO
I am a breast medical oncologist and assistant professor in the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Nerea M Lopetegui, MD
I am a medical oncologist specializing in high-quality, personalized and compassionate care for patients with breast cancer.
Arya Mariam Roy, MD
I am a medical oncologist specializing in treating breast cancer.
Sagar D Sardesai, MD, MPH
I am a breast medical oncologist and researcher who joined the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University in 2016 after completing my fellowship training in hematology and oncology at Indiana University (IU).
Daniel G Stover, MD
I am a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer.
Robert Wesolowski, MD
I am a medical oncologist specializing in treating patients with breast cancer, including female and male breast cancers, ductal breast carcinomas, lobular carcinomas, medullary carcinomas and inflammatory breast cancers.
Nicole O Williams, MD
I am a medical oncologist who specializes in managing the treatment of patients with breast cancer.
Amber Friedman, PA-C
I am a certified physician assistant who specializes in treating breast cancer patients.
Laura B Adorni, APRN-CNP
I specialize in treating patients with breast cancer in my role as a board-certified nurse practitioner with the Division of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James.
Catherine A Carson, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Division of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I specialize in the medical care of patients diagnosed with breast cancer.
Heather L Cunningham, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner in the Department of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James.
Julia A Garrett, APRN-CNP
As an advanced practice provider and board-certified nurse practitioner, I have dedicated my career to treating people with breast cancer.
Kerry E Noce, APRN-CNP
I am a board-certified family nurse practitioner who specializes in treating breast cancer.
Ann M Oliva, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner in the Department of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James.
Jayme M Roberts, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner who specializes in treating breast cancer patients and caring for individuals who are at high risk for developing breast cancer.
Sarah L Ruha, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I specialize in caring for patients with breast cancer.
Nancy L Stasik, PA-C
I am a physician assistant in the Division of Medical Oncology and specialize in treating breast cancer patients.
Melissa L Sullivan, APRN-CNP
I’m a nurse practitioner in the Division of Medical Oncology at The James.

Surgical Oncology

Doreen M Agnese, MD
I am a surgical oncologist, clinical geneticist and researcher who treats patients with breast cancer.
Erin E Burke, MD
I am a surgical oncologist at the OSUCCC – James specializing in treating patients with breast cancer and various skin cancers including melanoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma.
William E Carson, MD
I am a board-certified surgeon and formally trained surgical oncologist who has been engaged in the study of the immune response to cancer for the past two decades.
Valerie P Grignol, MD
I’m a surgical oncologist focused on treating patients with sarcoma, desmoid tumors and breast cancer.
Sara P Myers, MD
I am a surgical oncologist specializing in treating patients with breast cancer.
Samilia Obeng-Gyasi, MD, MPH
I am a surgical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer.
Bridget A Oppong, MD
I am a surgical oncologist who treats patients suffering from breast cancer.
Stephen P Povoski, MD
I am a surgical oncologist who specializes in treating patients with breast cancer and other breast-related disease.
Alexandria Christian, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I assist in the treatment and management of breast cancer, benign breast conditions and acute breast problems.
Katherine J Cline, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I specialize in women’s health.
Dawn R Denton, APRN-CNP
As an advanced oncology certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, I specialize in addressing breast health concerns.
Jillian L Garrick, APRN-CNP
I am a board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at The Ohio State University.
Rachael M Gourley, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I treat patients who are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer based on known genetic mutations, family history or personal medical history, such as previous radiation exposure.
Lindsey Hays, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James.
Caitlyn E Hull, APRN-CNP
I’m a certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at The James who specializes in women’s health.
Elizabeth A Kress, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I specialize in caring for patients at high-risk for breast cancer and with diagnostic breast needs.
Ann D Mangino, APRN-CNP
I am a board-certified nurse practitioner specializing in surgical oncology care.
Katie M Navarre, APRN-CNP
I am a board-certified adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner with the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James.
Suzanne Robertson, APRN-CNP
As a nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, I specialize in caring for patients in our diagnostic and high-risk breast clinics. My role includes seeing patients who present with a new breast concern or have abnormal findings on their breast imaging.
Katherine G Ta-McIntyre, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner who specializes in treating patients with breast cancer.

Radiation Oncology

Therese Youssef Y Andraos, MD
I am a radiation oncologist who specializes in caring for patients with breast and gynecological cancers.
Sasha J Beyer, MD, PHD
I am a radiation oncologist who specializes in treating patients with breast cancer as well as brain, spine and skull base cancers.
Jacob M Eckstein, MD
I am a radiation oncologist who specializes in treating breast, prostate, bladder, kidney, testicular and penile cancers.
Sachin Jhawar, MD
As a member of the Translational Therapeutics Program at the OSUCCC – James, I am interested in clinical and translational research related to the study of breast cancer, head and neck cancer, and cutaneous malignancies.
Rebekah L Young, MD
I decided to become a radiation oncologist because I’m passionate about doing all I can to help cure cancer and to relieve patients’ suffering.
Kara L Sattler, PA-C
I am a physician assistant in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I specialize in treating breast cancer patients.
Alden J Gilliom, APRN-CNP
As a board-certified nurse practitioner in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center, I am passionate about delivering the best care possible to breast cancer patients.
Amber M Nguyen, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Department of Radiation Oncology, where I specialize in caring for breast cancer patients.
Christine N Janek, APRN-CNP
As a certified family nurse practitioner, I help to provide the most optimal care possible to breast cancer patients.
Katherine G Ta-McIntyre, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner who specializes in treating patients with breast cancer.

Mammography

Sharukh J Bhavnagri, MD
As a breast imaging radiologist, I specialize in the interpretation of mammograms, breast ultrasound and breast MRI.
Alyssa M Cubbison, DO
I am a radiologist that specializes in breast imaging and the detection of breast cancer.
Brandy M Griffith, DO
I'm a radiologist specializing in breast imaging and the detection of breast cancer.
Jeffrey R Hawley, MD
I have been practicing as a breast imaging radiologist since 2011.
Cathleen P Hendershot, MD
As a breast imaging radiologist, I'm excited and proud to be part of an ever-evolving field within radiology that impacts some of the most important people within our own lives.
Amy L Kerger, DO
I'm a radiologist that specializes in breast imaging.
Adele M Lipari, DO
I have been a dedicated breast imaging radiologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center since 2006.
Natasha Monga, MD
I am a fellowship-trained breast imaging radiologist at the OSUCCC – James.
Mitva J Patel, MD
I'm a radiologist who specializes in breast imaging.
Clayton R Taylor, MD
I'm a fellowship-trained breast imaging radiologist who interprets breast imaging studies and performs percutaneous breast biopsies at the OSUCCC – James.
Sarah G Morris, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner specializing in breast imaging.
Katherine G Ta-McIntyre, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner who specializes in treating patients with breast cancer.

Reconstructive Surgery

Albert H Chao, MD
I specialize in plastic and reconstructive surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Min-Jeong Cho, MD
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, specializing in breast cancer reconstruction, microsurgery and surgical treatment for lymphedema.
Rana V Farhadi, MB BCh
As a plastic surgeon at the OSUCCC–James, I treat patients with breast cancer.
Patrick W Harbour, MD
As a reconstructive plastic surgeon, my passion lies in helping to restore both form and function to patients suffering from cancer or trauma.
Rohini L Kadle, MD
I am a plastic surgeon who primarily performs procedures on cancer patients, specifically those with breast cancer, lymphedema, and sarcoma.
David W Nash, MD
As a plastic surgeon at the OSUCCC – James, I specialize in performing reconstructive procedures primarily for patients diagnosed with breast cancer, sarcoma and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.
Roman J Skoracki, MD
As the division chief for Oncologic Plastic Surgery at the OSUCCC – James, I focus on reconstruction for cancer patients, particularly microsurgery and surgical treatment for lymphedema.
Michael Sorkin, MD
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The Ohio State University and a member of the Translational Therapeutics Program at the OSUCCC – James.
Jenna L Whitt, PA-C
I am a physician assistant specializing in caring for patients undergoing plastic surgery.
Amanda M Carraher, PA-C
I am a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The James.
Erin M Jadallah, PA-C
I chose a career in medicine because I enjoy connecting with people and working with my hands, and my role as a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery allows me to do both.
Patrick N Kearns, PA-C
I’m a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The James, where I help assist in reconstructive surgery for all types of cancers, with a particular focus on breast, head and neck, skin and sarcoma.
Cynthia A Koutz, PA-C
I am a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The James.
Shyla Kreager, PA-C
I am a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the OSUCCC – James.
Natalie A McConaghy, PA-C
I am a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The James, where I specialize in reconstructive surgery following breast cancer, sarcoma and melanoma.
Abby E Williams, PA-C
I’m a physician assistant in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The James.

Clinical Cancer Genetics

Doreen M Agnese, MD
I am a surgical oncologist, clinical geneticist and researcher who treats patients with breast cancer.

High-Risk Breast Cancer Program

Doreen M Agnese, MD
I am a surgical oncologist, clinical geneticist and researcher who treats patients with breast cancer.
Sagar D Sardesai, MD, MPH
I am a breast medical oncologist and researcher who joined the Division of Medical Oncology at The Ohio State University in 2016 after completing my fellowship training in hematology and oncology at Indiana University (IU).
Dawn R Denton, APRN-CNP
As an advanced oncology certified nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, I specialize in addressing breast health concerns.
Rachael M Gourley, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, where I treat patients who are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer based on known genetic mutations, family history or personal medical history, such as previous radiation exposure.
Ann M Oliva, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner in the Department of Medical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James.
Jayme M Roberts, APRN-CNP
I am a certified nurse practitioner who specializes in treating breast cancer patients and caring for individuals who are at high risk for developing breast cancer.
Suzanne R Robertson, APRN-CNP
As a nurse practitioner in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the OSUCCC – James, I specialize in caring for patients in our diagnostic and high-risk breast clinics.

Survivorship

Rachee D Hatfield, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner in the Cancer Supportive Care Clinic at the OSUCCC – James, where I primarily work with breast cancer survivors.
Denise M Schimming, APRN-CNP
I am a nurse practitioner with over 18 years of experience in my field.