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Elisa Port, MDMedical Contributor
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Expertise

Surgical Oncology, Breast Cancer, Breast Surgery, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, and Nipple Sparing Mastectomy

Education

Dartmouth College and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Highlights

  • Professor of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Chief of Breast Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System

  • Director of the Dubin Breast Center and the Center of Excellence for Breast Cancer at The Tisch Cancer Institute

Experience

Elisa Port, MD, is a Surgical Oncologist at the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai Hospital. She is a Professor of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Chief of Breast Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System, and Director of the Dubin Breast Center and the Center of Excellence for Breast Cancer at The Tisch Cancer Institute. Dr. Port has been a Breast Cancer Research Foundation investigator since 2014. She is the author of The New Generation Breast Cancer Book: How to Navigate Your Diagnosis and Treatment Options-and Remain Optimistic-in an Age of Information Overload. She on the Medical Advisory Board of the Breast Cancer Alliance, and is a member of the American Society of Breast Diseases, the Society of Surgical Oncology, theAmerican College of Surgeons Oncology Group, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Education

Dr. Port received her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, her medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and completed her surgical residencies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Long Island Jewish Medical Center.