Surgical Oncologist Joins Center for Breast Cancer

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333 Cedar Street PO Box 208058 New Haven, CT 06520-8058

Center for Breast Cancer at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center 35 Park Street, First Floor, Suite A New Haven, CT 06511 203-200-2328 smilowcancerhospital.org

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Surgical Oncologist Joins Center for Breast Cancer Ellie Proussaloglou, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Oncology, Breast) Appointments: 203.200.2328 Email: ellie.proussaloglou@yale.edu

Ellie Proussaloglou, MD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery (Oncology, Breast) and provides coordinated, state-of-theart care to patients as part of the Center for Breast Cancer at Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center in New Haven. She joins Yale after completing a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at Yale University. Dr. Proussaloglou earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She then completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown University/Women & Infants Hospital.

Dr. Proussaloglou’s joint training in breast and gynecologic surgery allows her to provide comprehensive counseling about breast cancer care, along with a thorough understanding

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Smilow Cancer Hospital Center for Breast Cancer 35 Park Street First Floor, Suite A New Haven, CT 06511

of the gynecologic and sexual side effects of care. Her research focuses on decisions facing patients undergoing surgery or high-risk screening, with an emphasis on the financial side effects of care. Dr. Proussaloglou has led interdisciplinary research focused on survivorship, quality of life, and sexual health after cancer diagnosis, including novel research on financial toxicity in BRCA carriers. Dr. Proussaloglou has local and national advocacy experience as the Legislative Chair for District 1 (New England) of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is particularly passionate about caring for high-risk genetic mutation carriers and young women with breast cancer.