Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph
Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph is an assistant professor of surgery at New York University Langone Medical Center. She is also the Director of the Breast Service, HHC, Southern Manhattan. She is a graduate of Harvard College and received her medical degree and masters in public health from Columbia in 1995. Afterward, she spent seven years at NYU Medical Center where she completed her general surgery residency training and a two year research fellowship in surgical oncology. She then returned to Columbia to do a one year breast surgical oncology fellowship.
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Throughout her career, Dr. Joseph has appeared in print, online and on television as a guest, medical expert and honoree. She has been featured on some of the most prominent news networks and websites in the world and in the most reputable newspapers and magazines.
New York Post: A harsh truth: Breast cancer more deadly for African-Americans
The Today Show on NBC: Giuliana Rancic’s Fight Against Breast Cancer
Career Girls: I want to be a physician
Huffington Post: Wanda Sykes’ DCIS Breast Cancer Diagnosis: What Is It?
BronxNet: Breast Cancer Awareness with Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph
My9 News: Doctors on the Cutting Edge of Medicine
Harlem Word: Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph talks about why she became a breast surgeon
Read moreBreast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the United States. Although incredible advances have been made in the detection and treatment of the disease in recent years, more women die from breast cancer each year than any other cancer, except for lung.
According to the National Cancer Institute’s SEER Cancer Statistics Review, it is estimated that 207,090 women will be diagnosed with, and 39,840 women will die of, cancer of the breast in 2010. Based on rates from 2005-2007, 12.15% of, or 1 in 8, women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time during their lifetime.
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the United States. Although incredible advances have been made in the detection and treatment of the disease in recent years, more women die from breast cancer each year than any other cancer, except for lung.
According to the National Cancer Institute’s SEER Cancer Statistics Review, it is estimated that 207,090 women will be diagnosed with, and 39,840 women will die of, cancer of the breast in 2010. Based on rates from 2005-2007, 12.15% of, or 1 in 8, women born today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time during their lifetime.


