Catherine Minhthy-Huy Dang, MD FACS

Catherine M. Dang, MD is an attending physician with the Department of Surgery and the Saul & Joyce Brandman Breast Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She is expert in treating both benign and malignant diseases of the breast and in performing minimally invasive, diagnostic procedures. She also has expertise in surgical management of breast disease, breast conserving surgery, and skin-sparing mastectomy. Dr. Dang is board certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Surgery with additional certification in Surgical Critical Care. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Breast Surgeons, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Funded by the Plastic Surgery Education Foundation in 2002, Dr. Dang has conducted research on scarless wound healing and has presented her results at numerous surgical meetings. She has also co-authored studies in the American Journal of Pathology, Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, and Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Her current research focus involves improved diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer as well as breast cancer risk reduction. Dr. Dang graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and received her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her general surgery residency at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles. She then completed her surgical critical care and breast surgical oncology fellowships at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Breast Disease/Cancer

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

Critical Care

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Attending

01/2007—Present