Nazanin Khakpour, MD FACS

As a breast cancer specialist, Dr. Khakpour has been involved in breast cancer clinical and basic science research to provide patients with cutting edge therapies and to help improve our current understanding of breast cancer treatments. Some of Dr. Khakpour's research interests include: Neoadjuvant breast hormonal therapies Neoadjuvant breast dendritic cell therapies Inflammatory Breast Cancer Circulating Tumor Cells Bone marrow micrometastasis High energy cryo/radiofrequency ablation of breast tumors Cancer stem cell targeted therapies Utility of ultrasound in surgical management of high grade DCIS Use of intraoperative sentinel lymph node evaluation (Gene Search, Veridex) Contributing to tumor biorepository bank for collection of tissue from primary and metastatic tumor sites The role of primary tumor expatriation in overall breast cancer survival in patients with metastatic cancer Clinical Interests: Dr. Khakpour is dedicated and committed to providing the best breast cancer surgical therapies to her patients based on most recent updated clinical evidence and they include a wide range of surgical expertise such as: Minimally invasive breast image-guided core needle biopsy for diagnosis Breast conservation therapy Neoadjuvant breast cancer therapies Intraoperative lymphatic mapping Sentinel lymph node biopsy Nipple sparing/skin sparing mastectomy for immediate reconstruction Oncoplastic surgery Partial breast radiation with mammosite brachytherapy catheter

Breast Disease/Cancer

• axillary dissection
• benign breast disease
• breast biopsy
• breast cancer
• breast cancer reconstruction
• breast cryoablation
• Breast Disease/Cancer
• breast radiotherapy
• breast ultrasound
• core needle biopsy
• duct excision/microdochotomy
• ductoscopy
• lumpectomy
• lymph node biopsy
• mastectomy
• radical mastectomy
• sentinel node
• stereotactic breast biopsy

Endocrine (Gland)

Skin & Soft Tissue Disorders/Procedures

• cellulitis
• skin biopsy
• skin grafting
• wound infections

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• bone marrow aspiration/biopsy
• cryotherapy
• doppler ultrasound
• fine needle aspiration/biopsy
• robotic surgery

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Center Active Staff Univ Md Med Sys

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

Assistant Professor