Kathie-Ann P. Joseph, MD, MPH, FACS - Department of Surgery

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Kathie-Ann P. Joseph, MD, MPH, FACS

Positions and Appointments
2005-present		Director of Research in General Surgery
2005-present		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
2009-present		Medical Director, Women at Risk
2009-present		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
2003-present		Assistant Professor of Surgery
2003-present		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
2003-present		Course Director 4th Year Surgical Oncology Elective
2003-present		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
2003-present		Attending Surgeon
2003-present		NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Research Interests

Blockade of the receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (RAGE) as a novel strategy for treatment of breast cancer.

Education and Training
July 2002-June 2003		Fellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology
July 2002-June 2003		Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
July 2000-June 2002		Resident/Chief Resident, General Surgery
July 2000-June 2002		New York University/Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY
July 1998-June 2000		Research Fellowship, Surgical Oncology
July 1998-June 2000		NYU Medical Center, New York, NY
June 1995-June 1998		Internship/Residency, General Surgery
June 1995-June 1998		New York University/Bellevue Medical Center, New York, NY
1991-1995		MD, MPH
1991-1995		Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons/Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
1987-1991		AB, Sociology
1987-1991		Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery, 2003

Professional Honors

Grants from Women at Risk and the Jean Sindab African American Breast Cancer Research Program to study biological markers in African-American women diagnosed with DCIS

Crain's New York Business' "40 Under 40" Rising Stars for 2005

"Power Women of 2005," New York Moves Magazine (May 2005)

NIH/NCI Research Supplement Award, 2004-2006

Department of Surgery Startup Grant, 2004-2005

Southwest Oncology Group Hope Foundation/Ortho Biotech Young Investigator, 2004.

American Association for Cancer Research Minority Scholar Award in Cancer Research, 2004

Externship in Human Rights and Medicine, Center for the Study for Society and Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 1994

Third Place, Student National Medical Association Research Competition, Dean's Fellowship for Summer Research, 1992

John Harvard Scholarship

Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Certificate of Merit

Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (senior thesis), 1991

Ford Foundation for Undergraduate Research Grant, 1990-1991

Professional Societies and Committees

MEMBERSHIPS, COMMITTEES:

Diversity Strategic Planning Working Group, National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP)

Breast Committee, Southwest Oncology Group

Special Populations Committee, Southwest Oncology Group

New York State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan, Early Detection Committee

President's Cancer Panel, NIH/NCI

Breast Specialty Training Committee, American Society of Breast Disease

Outreach and Special Populations Committee, American Society of Breast Disease

Core Advisory Committee, The Brooklyn Manhattan Caribbean Community Network

American Cancer Society, Harlem Cancer Control Coalition

Metropolitan New York Breast Cancer Family Registry

MEMBERSHIPS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

American Association for Cancer Research

American College of Surgeons

American College of Surgeons Oncology Group

American Society of Breast Diseases

American Society of Breast Surgeons

Association for Academic Surgery

Association of Women Surgeons

New York Metropolitan Breast Cancer Group

American Society of Clinical Oncology

Southwest Oncology Group

Association for Surgical Education

Current Projects

Blockade of RAGE: A new strategy for the treatment of breast cancer - 7/1/03-6/30/05 Women At Risk

Young Investigator Award - 7/1/03-6/30/05 National Breast Cancer Alliance

Pilot Award - 7/1/03-6/30/04 American Cancer Society

Research Supplement Award - 7/1/04-6/30/07 NIH/National Cancer Institute

Metropolitan New York Breast Cancer Family Registry (co-investigator) -

Selected Publications

Komenaka, I, Schnabel, F, Cohen, J, Saqi, AA, Mercado, C, Horowitz, E, Hamele-Bena, D, Joseph, KA. Recurrent eosinophilic mastitis. American Surgeon 69:620-623, 2003.

Joseph, KA, El-Tamer, M, Ditkoff, BA, Komenaka, I, Horowitz, L, Schnabel, F. A forty year delayed locoregional recurrence of breast carcinoma following mastectomy. Am Surg 69(11):1015-6, 2003.

Naik A, Joseph, KA, Harris M, Davis C, Shapiro R, Hiotis K. Indigent breast cancer patients among all racial and ethnic groups present with more advanced disease compared to nationally reported data. American Journal of Surgery 186:400-403, 2003.

Joseph, KA, Liu L, Qu W, Schnabel FR, Schmidt AM. Soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (sRAGE) effectively reduces tumor growth as a single agent and in combination with doxorubicin in a spontaneous mammary tumor model. J Surg Res. 2003 Oct;114(2):251.

Joseph, KA, El-Tamer, M, Ditkoff, BA, Komenaka, I, Shutter, J, Horowitz, L, Schnabel F. Synchronous presentation of breast cancer and pheochromocytoma in a 57 year old female. The Breast Journal 10:63-34,2004.

Komenaka I, Bauer V, Schnabel F, Joseph, KA, Horowitz E, Ditkoff BA, El-Tamer M. Interpectoral nodes as the initial presentation of recurrence in breast cancer. Archives of Surgery 139:175-178, 2004.

Komenaka I, El-Tamer M, Troxel A, Hamele-Bene D, Joseph, KA, Horowitz E, Ditkoff BA, Schnabel F. Pure mucinous carcinoma of the breast. American Journal of Surgery 187:528-532, 2004.

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

Komenaka I, Ditkoff BA, Joseph, KA, Russo D, Gorroochurn P, Ward M, Horowitz E, El-Tamer M, Schnabel F. The development of interval breast malignancies in patients with BRCA mutations. Cancer 100:2079-2083, 2004.

Joseph, KA, El-Tamer, M, Komenaka, I, Troxel, A, Ditkoff, BA, Schnabel, F. Predictors of non-sentinel node metastasis in breast cancer patients after sentinel node metastasis. Archives of Surgery 139:648-651, 2004.

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ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Joseph KA, el-Tamer M, Troxel A, Ditkoff BA , Schnabel F. Predictors of Non-Sentinel Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients After Sentinel Node Biopsy. The Society of Surgical Oncology, Los Angeles, March, 2003.

Joseph KA, Ditkoff BA, el-Tamer M, Schnabel F. Race is significantly associated with higher breast cancer stage in young women with breast cancer. American Society of Breast Diseases, Dallas, April, 2003.

Naik A, Joseph KA, Harris M, Davis C, Hiotis K. Indigent breast cancer patients among all racial and ethnic groups present with more advanced disease compared to nationally reported data. American Society of Breast Surgeons, Atlanta, May, 2003.

Naik A, Joseph KA, Harris M, Davis C, Hiotis K. Epidemiologic and pathologic characteristics of Chinese breast cancer patients. Fifth Milan Breast Cancer Conference, Milan Italy, June, 2003.

Komenaka, I, Ditkoff, BA, Joseph KA, Russo, D, Horowitz, E., El-Tamer, M, Schnabel F. The development of interval breast cancers in patients with BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations. Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, Chicago, September, 2003.

Joseph KA, Liu Li, Qu Wu, Schnabel F, Schmidt AM. Soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (sRAGE)effectively reduces tumor growth as a single agent and in combination with doxorubicin in a spontaneous mammary tumor model. Association for Academic Surgery, Sacramento, November, 2003.

Joseph KA, Komenaka, I, Ditkoff, BA, Estabrook, A, Schnabel, F. Therapeutic options for Paget's Disease: An update. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, December, 2003.

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