Azadeh Carr

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Part-Time)

Program Director of the Breast Fellowship

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Overview

Dr. Carr is a board-certified, fellowship-trained breast and endocrine surgeon.

After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, she attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Dr. Carr completed her residency training in General Surgery at Albert Einstein-Montefiore in Bronx, NY, then went on to an Endocrine Surgery fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, specializing in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. She stayed on as an Assistant Professor of surgery for 5 years, then came to the Keck School of Medicine of USC to complete a Breast Surgical Oncology fellowship.

Dr. Carr is focused on treating patients with benign and malignant breast, thyroid, and parathyroid disease. She is committed to patient-focused interdisciplinary care and has experience with advanced breast and endocrine surgical techniques.

Education and Training

  • Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA — Fellowship — Breast Surgical Oncology
  • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI — Fellowship — Endocrine Surgery
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York — Internship — General Surgery
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York — Residency — General Surgery
  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York — MD

Research Keywords

  • Breast Surgical Oncology
  • Endocrine Surgery
  • Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Publications

  • Factors Associated With Residual Positive Lymph Nodes With Targeted Axillary Lymph Node Dissection for Breast Cancer and Accuracy of Clipped Node Retrieval in Non-Mapping Patients. J Surg Oncol. 2025 Oct; 132(5):853-859.. View in PubMed
  • Factors associated with locoregional recurrence after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in a safety-net medical center. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2025 Jun; 211(2):517-526.. View in PubMed
  • Persistent/Recurrent Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Does the Number of Abnormal Glands Play a Role? J Surg Res. 2020 02; 246:335-341. Mazotas IG, Yen TWF, Doffek K, Shaker JL, Carr AA , Evans DB, Wang T . View in PubMed
  • Confirmation of Parathyroid Tissue: Are Surgeons Aware of New and Novel Techniques? J Surg Res. 2020 02; 246:139-144. Coan KE, Yen TWF, Carr AA , Evans DB, Wang TS . View in PubMed
  • Patients with Oncocytic Variant Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Have a Similar Prognosis to Matched Classical Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Controls. Thyroid. 2018 11; 28(11):1462-1467.. View in PubMed
  • A postoperative parathyroid hormone-based algorithm to reduce symptomatic hypocalcemia following completion/total thyroidectomy: A retrospective analysis of 591 patients. Surgery. 2018 10; 164(4):746-753.. View in PubMed
  • Disparities in access to care and outcomes in patients with adrenocortical carcinoma. J Surg Res. 2017 06 01; 213:138-146.. View in PubMed
  • Concurrent endocrine and other surgical procedures: an institutional experience. J Surg Res. 2017 05 01; 211:107-113.. View in PubMed
  • Parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism improves sleep quality: A prospective study. Surgery. 2017 01; 161(1):25-34.. View in PubMed
  • Using parathyroid hormone spikes during parathyroidectomy to guide intraoperative decision-making. J Surg Res. 2017 03; 209:162-167.. View in PubMed