Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Breast Surgery
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA  02115
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
450 Brookline Avenue
Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancers
Boston, MA  02115
About Tari A. King, MD
Gender
Female
Leadership Title
Chief, Breast Surgery, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Vice Chair for Multidisciplinary Oncology, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Specialties
Breast Surgery
Clinical Interests
breast cancer
breast cancer risk counseling and prevention
breast cancer surgery
breast diseases (non-cancer)
clinical trials
community outreach and education
inflammatory breast cancer
lobular carcinoma in situ and lobular neoplasia
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. Tari A. King is the Anne E. Dyson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, the chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and the vice chair of multidisciplinary oncology in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the chief of breast surgery at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center. She is also the director of the Breast Cancer Personalized Risk Assessment, Education and Prevention (B-PREP) Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Dr. King received her medical degree from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and completed a general surgery residency at Ochsner Clinic Foundation Hospital (now Ochsner Medical Center) in New Orleans. Dr. King completed both a surgical research fellowship and a breast surgery clinical fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Her clinical and research efforts focus on improving clinical management strategies for women at high risk of developing breast cancer with a special emphasis on lobular carcinoma in situ and atypical hyperplasia.

Dr. King currently serves on the Steering Committee for the Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium and she is the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Society of Surgical Oncology.

Education

Internship
Ochsner Clinic Foundation Hospital, 1996 - 1997
Medical School
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1992 - 1996
Board Certifications
Surgery, 2002
Fellowship
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2001 - 2003

Videos

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Understanding Breast Density Video
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B-PREP Breast Cancer Prevention Program Video
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Awards

Boston Magazine Top Doctor, 2022
Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors, 2022
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