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

  • A single parathyroid hormone level obtained 4 hours after total thyroidectomy predicts the need for postoperative calcium supplementation. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Oct; 219(4):757-64.. View in PubMed
  • Villin expression is frequently lost in poorly differentiated colon cancer. Am J Pathol. 2012 Apr; 180(4):1509-21.. View in PubMed