Hoag Announces Fellowship to Train Surgeons in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Hoag has announced that it is launching a new “Muzzy Family Endowed Fellowship in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.”

Fellows who come to Hoag will “undergo two years of additional specialized training” in oncoplastic surgery. Oncoplastic breast surgery is an “approach to breast cancer care that combines oncologic and plastic surgery techniques in one procedure. This allows surgeons to safely remove cancerous tumors while simultaneously reshaping and preserving the breast, minimizing the need for additional surgeries, and enhancing cosmetic outcomes.”

Hoag has trained 47 breast surgical oncology fellows in a joint program with an academic institution thus far. This fellowship is the “only breast surgery fellowship in the country focused exclusively on oncoplastic breast surgery.”

One of the first fellows in this new program, Deena Hossino, will “receive extensive hands-on experience, participating in approximately 40 cases per month.”