Paula D Ryan, MD, PhD

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Dr. Paula Ryan

Clinical Genetics

Attending Physician 
Director, 
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment
Co-Leader, Breast Service Line

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Clinical Expertise:

Breast Cancer; locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer; inherited predisposition to breast cancer

Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Medical Education

MD, University of Rochester Medical Center , Rochester, NY, 1994;
PhD, Biochemistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, 1990

Residencies

Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 7/1997-6/1998;
Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 7/1994-6/1997

Fellowships

Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 7/1998-6/2000

Honors and Awards

Leadership Development for Physicians and Scientists, Harvard Medical School, 2006; Edna L. Alizio Cancer Research Achiever’s Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2003; John and Carol Barry Cancer Research Award, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2001

Professional Societies

American Society of Clinical Oncology
Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB)

Research Interests

Novel targeted therapies, endocrine-resistant breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer

Publications