Dr. Morrow is the Chief of Breast Service, Department of Surgery and the Anne Burnett Windfohr Chair of Clinical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  She is Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.  Dr Morrow is a surgical oncologist with a practice dedicated to the treatment of breast cancer and her research focuses on how to apply advances from clinical trails to daily surgical practice.  She currently serves as the Secretary of the Society for Surgical Oncology, the professional organization for surgeons who specialize in cancer treatment.  In 2002 and 2007, she co-chaired the joint committee of the American College of Surgeons, American College of Radiology, and College of American Pathologists on Standards for Breast Conserving Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer and for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS).  Dr. Morrow is the surgical editor of the textbook Diseases of the Breast and a co-author of Breast Cancer for Dummies.

 

“I am enthusiastic about joining the Breast Cancer Alliance Advisory Board because private philanthropy that supports research on important problems is critical to success in the fight against breast cancer.”