Physician Profile
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Office phone: 617-983-7777
Appointment phone: 877-DFC-IBWH
Fax: 617-983-7779
Email: fnakhlis@partners.org
Preferred contact method: office phone
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Faina Nakhlis, MD
Center/Program
Breast OncologyOffice phone: 617-983-7777
Appointment phone: 877-DFC-IBWH
Fax: 617-983-7779
Email: fnakhlis@partners.org
Preferred contact method: office phone
Request an appointment
Discipline
Surgical Oncologist
Interests
Breast surgery, Breast cancer, High-risk breast lesions
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Biography
Dr. Nakhlis received her medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1996. She subsequently completed her residency in general surgery and her breast surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. She is an attending physician in the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Faulkner Hospital in Boston Her clinical research interests are focused on lobular neoplasia, the use of breast MRI in breast cancer screening and diagnostic evaluation.
Background
Board Certification
Surgery, 2003
Fellowship
Northwestern University, Breast Fellowship
Residency
Northwestern University, Surgery
Medical School
Rush University Medical College