Denise Barajas, MD FACS

Dr. Denise Barajas is the medical director of the Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness. She has over twenty years of experience and has focused her career to improving care for breast cancer patients. She serves as the director of the Center for Cancer Care and Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness at Griffin Hospital, modeling these center on the standards of the Commission on Cancer and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Her interest lies in continuing to focus on providing excellent care for patients with breast disease, with attention to formulating an individualized treatment plan for each patient while maintaining adherence to quality standards.

Breast Disease/Cancer

• axillary dissection
• benign breast disease
• breast biopsy
• breast cancer
• breast radiotherapy
• breast ultrasound
• core needle biopsy
• duct excision/microdochotomy
• lumpectomy
• lymph node biopsy
• mastectomy
• radical mastectomy
• sentinel node

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

• breast cancer
• breast masses
• breast tumors in pregnancy

Hospital of Saint Raphael

New Haven, CT

Attending

07/2002—09/2012

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven,

Attending

09/2012—Present

Griffin Hospital

Attending

01/2013—Present

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University

Assistant Professor

01/2015—Present