Beth Ann Ditkoff, MD - Department of Surgery

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Beth Ann Ditkoff, MD

Positions and Appointments
2004-present		Co-Director, Breast Center
2004-present		Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
2004-present		Associate Clinical Professor
2004-present		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY

Clinical Specialties

Surgical treatment of benign and malignant breast disease

Research Interests

Sentinel lymphadenectomy

Ductal carcinoma in situ

Ductoscopy/breast endoscopy

High risk

Education and Training
1995-1996		Chief Resident, General Surgery
1995-1996		NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1992-1993		Research Fellow in Endocrine Surgery
1992-1993		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
1990-1992, 1993-1995		Resident, General Surgery
1990-1992, 1993-1995		NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1989-1990		Intern, General Surgery
1989-1990		NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
1989		MD
1989		The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1985		BA, Cum Laude
1985		Yale College, New Haven, CT

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, 1996 (Recertification, 2004)

Professional Experience

1996-2004		Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
1996-2004		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
1996-2004		Assistant Attending Surgeon
1996-2004		NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Professional Honors

Resident Research Award for best basic science presentation, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 1996

Blakemore Award - for outstanding research, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1993

Professional Societies and Committees

American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
American College of Surgeons, Committee on Applicants
American Medical Association
American Society of Breast Disease, Consensus Committee
American Society of Breast Disease, Public Policy Committee
Association of Women Surgeons
Archives of Surgery, Peer reviewer
New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group

Completed Projects

“Ductal Lavage and Lobular Neoplasia” - 2002-2003, Women at Risk.

Selected Publications

Komenaka I, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F, Marboe C and Mercado C. Free Breast Silicone Injection Causing Polyarthtopathy and Near Septic Shock. The Breast Journal, Volume 10 (2) 2004, 160-161.

Joseph KA, Ditkoff BA, Komenaka I, Mercado C, Millman S, Lantis J, El-Tamer M, Horowitz E and Schnabel F. Acquired arterio-venous fistula of the breast: a case report. The Breast Journal, Vol 10 (2), 2004, 156-158.

Komenaka IK, El-Tamer M, Troxel A, Hamele-Bena D, Joseph KA, Horowitz E, Ditkoff BA, and Schnabel F. Pure Mucinous Carcinoma of the Breast. Am Journal of Surgery, Vol 187 (4): 528-532, 2004.

Komenaka IK, Bauer VP, Schnabel FR, Joseph KA, Horowitz E, Ditkoff BA, and El-Tamer M. Interpectoral Nodes as the Initial Site of Recurrence in Breast Cancer. Arch Surg, Vol 139: 175-178, 2004.

El-Tamer M, Russo D, Troxel A, Bernardino L, Mazziotta R, Estabrook A, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F and Mansukhani M. Survival and Recurrence After Breast Cancer in BRCA ½ Mutation Carriers. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 11(2):157-164, 2004.

Komenaka I, Ditkoff BA, Joseph KA, Russo D, Gorroochurn P, Ward M, Horowitz E, El-Tamer M and Schnabel F. The Development of Interval Breast Cancers in Patients with BRCA1 and BRCA 2 Mutations. CANCER, February 2004.

El-Tamer M, Komenaka I, Curry S, Troxel A, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F. Pulse Oximeter Changes with Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer. Archives of Surgery, Vol 138, November 2003, 1257-1260.

Jospeh KA, El-Tamer M, Ditkoff BA, Komenaka I, Horowitz E and Schnabel F. Synchronous Presentation of Breast Cancer and Pheochromocytoma in a 57 Year Old Female. Letter to the Editor. The Breast Journal, Volume 10, Number 1, 2004 63-64.

Joseph KA, El-Tamer M, Ditkoff BA, Komenaka I, Shutter J, Horowitz E and Schnabel F. A Forty Year Delayed Locoregional Recurrence of Breast Carcinoma Following Mastectomy. The American Surgeon, 2003.

Phillips M, Cataneo R, Ditkoff BA, Fisher P, Greenberg J, Gunawardena R, Kwon S, Rahbari-Oskoui F and Wong C. Volatile Markers of Breast Cancer in the Breath. The Breast Journal, 2003.

Ditkoff BA, Smith S, Brenin D, El-Tamer M and Schnabel F. The Management of Lobular Neoplasia Identified at Percutaneous Breast Biopsy. The Breast Journal, 2003:9 (1);4-9.

Fogel J, Albert S, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA and Neugut AI. Use of the Internet by Women With Breast Cancer. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 4(2): e9. 2002.

Fogel J, Albert S, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA and Neugut AI. Internet Use and Social Support in Women with Breast Cancer. Health Psychology. 21(4):398-404, 2002 Jul.

Fogel J, Albert S, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA and Neugut AI. Quality of Health Information on the Internet. (Comment. Letter) JAMA. 286 (17):2093-4; author reply 2094-5, 2001 Nov 7.

Brenin DR, Manasseh DM, El-Tamer M, Troxel A, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA and Brenin D. Factors Correlating With Lymph Node Metastases in Patients With T1 Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2001:8 (5);432-437.

Ditkoff BA and Lo Gerfo P. The Thyroid Guide. HarperCollins Publishers, 2000.

Campbell A, Moazami N. Ditkoff BA, Kurtz E, Estabrook A and Schnabel F. Short-Term Outcome of Chronic Immunosupression on the Development of Breast Lesions in Premenopausal Heart and Lung Transplant Patients. Journal of Surgical Research 1998:78; 27-30.

Seplowitz AH, Ditkoff BA, Papadopoulos AD, and LoGerfo P. Sequential Occurrence of Toxic Nodular Goiter Followed by Graves’ Disease. Endocrine Practice 1998: 4 (3); 150-152.

Ditkoff BA, Marvin M, Brichkov I, Yemul S, Chabot J, Feind C, LoGerfo P. The Detection of Circulating Thyroid Cells in the Peripheral Bloodstream: Preoperative and Postoperative Analysis. Thyroidology: Clinical and Experimental 1996: 8; 87-94.

Ditkoff BA, Chabot J, Feind C, Lo Gerfo P. Parathyroid Surgery Using Monitored Anesthesia Care: An Alternative to General Anesthesia. American Journal of Surgery 1996: 172(6);698-703.

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ABSTRACTS

Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration (PCD): An Unusual Presentation of Breast Cancer. Jospeh KA, Ward M, Penn A, Hershman D, Ditkoff BA and Schnabel F. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the American Society of Breast Disease, Boston, Massachusetts, April 24, 2004.

Therapeutic Options for Paget’s Disease: an Update. Presented at the 26th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 3-6, 2003.

Predictors of Non-Sentinel Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients After Sentinel Node Biopsy. Joseph KA, El-Tamer M, Ditkoff BA, Troxel A and Schnabel F. Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 2003.

Breast Cancer Size and Stage in Breast Clinic Patients Versus Private Office Patients. Joseph KA, Ditkoff BA, El-Tamer M and Schnabel F. Fourth Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium. Chicago, Illinois, October 31-November 3, 2002.

Histologic Abnormalities in BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 Mutation Carriers Undergoing Prophylactic Mastectomies. Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F, Brenin D, El-Tamer M, Russo D and Kinne D. 23rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. San Antonio, Texas, December 6-9, 2000.

Men with Breast Cancer Have a Better Disease-Specific Survival When Compared to Women. El-Tamer M, Brenin D, Troxel A, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA and Kinne D. 23rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. San Antonio, Texas, December 6-9, 2000.

Immediate Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients 65 Years and Older. Ditkoff BA, Brenin D, El-Tamer M, Schnabel F and Kinne D. 22nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 8-11, 1999.

Are the results from Sentinel Node Biopsy Likely to be Clinically Significant?. Brenin D, El-Tamer MB, Troxel A, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F, Kinne D. 22nd San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. San Antonio, Texas, December 8-11, 1999.

Does Axillary Staging of DCIS Patients Impact Survival? El-Tamer MB, Brenin D, Troxel A, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F, Kinne D. 22nd San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. San Antonio, Texas, December 8-11, 1999.

Older Patients with Breast Cancer: An Institutional Review of 1519 Patients Age 70 or Older. Brenin D, El-Tamer MB, Troxel A, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F, Kinne D. American College of Surgeons 85th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, October 1999.

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