Contact
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Breast Surgery
75 Francis Street
Boston,
MA
02115
Phone:
(617) 632-6929
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
450 Brookline Avenue
Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers
Boston,
MA
02115
Phone:
(617) 632-6929
About Faina Nakhlis, MD
Gender
Female
Specialties
Breast Surgery
Clinical Interests
breast cancer
breast cancer surgery
breast conservation surgery
breast diseases (non-cancer)
clinical trials
community outreach and education
inflammatory breast cancer
mastectomy with immediate reconstruction
multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer
neoadjuvant therapy
nipple sparing mastectomy
radioactive seed-guided biopsy and lumpectomy
sentinel lymph node biopsy
skin-sparing mastectomy
surgical oncology
Bio
Dr. Nakhlis received her medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1996. She subsequently completed her residency in general surgery and her breast surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is an attending physician in the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical research interests are focused on lobular neoplasia and other premalignant and proliferative breast lesions, and inflammatory breast cancer.
Education
Medical School
Rush University Medical College, 1992 - 1996
Board Certifications
Surgery, 2003
Fellowship
Northwestern University, 2002 - 2003
Videos
More videos
Dr. Faina Nakhlis, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Breast Center
Dr. Faina Nakhlis, BWFH Breast Surgeon
Awards
Boston Magazine Top Doctor, 2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors, 2022
