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Emily Siegel

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

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Overview

Emily L. Siegel, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. After attending Williams College for her undergraduate studies, she went on to receive her MD from the Keck School of Medicine and then trained in General Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. After pursuing research interests in breast cancer, she finished her specialty training in Breast Oncology Surgery at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.Dr. Siegel’s professional interests include the surgical management of breast cancer and in transgender clinical care and research, and she has been published widely, including in both peer-reviewed journals and medical textbooks.Dr. Siegel is a Los Angeles native and is committed to bringing the best possible care to her community. Dr. Siegel is board-certified in general surgery and fellowship-trained in breast surgical oncology.

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
  • Identification of Patients at Elevated Cancer Risk through a Community-Based Genetic Testing Program. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Aug 06.. View in PubMed
  • Current Insurance Policy Coverage for Screening Mammography in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 11; 30(12):6978-6980.. View in PubMed
  • Axillary lymph node recurrence following wire-directed sentinel lymph node dissection for breast cancer patients with biopsy-proven axillary metastases prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy at a safety net medical center. J Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul; 128(1):9-15.. View in PubMed
  • Changes in utilization of axillary dissection in women with invasive breast cancer and sentinel node metastasis after the ACOSOG Z0011 trial. Breast J. 2021 03; 27(3):216-221.. View in PubMed
  • Multifocality in Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 02; 22(2):303-309.. View in PubMed
  • Breast cancer lung metastasis: Molecular biology and therapeutic implications. Cancer Biol Ther. 2018; 19(10):858-868.. View in PubMed

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