Overview
Dr. Waks received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 2006 and her MD degree from Harvard Medical School in 2011. She completed residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where she subsequently served an additional year as a Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. She completed fellowship training in medical oncology at Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, then joined the staff of the Breast Oncology Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Waks is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Angiosarcoma. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Angiosarcoma.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 54 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
4 Clinical Trials
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Areas of Expertise
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Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Breast CancerDr. Waks isElite. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer
- Distinguished
- AngiosarcomaDr. Waks isDistinguished. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- Inflammatory Breast CancerDr. Waks isDistinguished. Learn about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
- Paget Disease of the BreastDr. Waks isDistinguished. Learn about Paget Disease of the Breast.
- Experienced
- Triple-Negative Breast CancerDr. Waks isExperienced. Learn about Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.