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ACS Fellow Since 2001

Paula Termuhlen, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Central Surg Assn
  • Assoc of Prog Dir in Surg
  • Assn for Surg Ed
  • Assn of Women Surgeons
  • Soc of Univ Surg
  • Amer Surg Assn

Additional Information

Gender

Female

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

Contact Information

Email Me
Website

Biography

My specific areas of interest are breast cancer and melanoma. I also work with a high-risk breast clinic for patients with significant personal and family histories that place them at high risk for developing breast cancer.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • axillary dissection
  • benign breast disease
  • breast biopsy
  • breast cancer
  • breast radiotherapy
  • breast ultrasound
  • core needle biopsy
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy
  • mastectomy
  • sentinel node

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

  • skin biopsy
  • skin gland tumors

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • breast tumors in pregnancy
  • melanoma
  • skin cancer

Academic Appointments

University of Nebraska College of Medicine

Omaha, NE

Assistant Professor

07/1998—06/2001

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

Dayton, OH

Program Director

07/2001—05/2011

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Professor

06/2011—03/2015

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Program Director

06/2011—10/2014

University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth

Duluth, MN

Professor

03/2015—04/2021

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

Professor

04/2015—04/2021

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Kalamazoo, MI

Other

05/2021—Present