Overview
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 Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical research interests are focused on lobular neoplasia and other premalignant and proliferative breast lesions, and inflammatory breast cancer.
Dr. Nakhlis is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer, Intraductal Papilloma, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 61 peer reviewed articles and participating in 5 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 1 article and participated in 1 clinical trial in the study of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer.
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Locations
75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115
450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Nakhlis has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
5 Clinical Trials
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Surgery
Elizabeth Mittendorf is a Surgical Oncologist in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Mittendorf is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, and Lymphadenectomy.
Affinity Physicians Llc.
Micaela Weaver is a Surgical Oncologist and a General Surgeon in Warwick, Rhode Island. Dr. Weaver is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Paget Disease of the Breast, Intraductal Papilloma, Breast Cancer, HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer, and Salpingo-Oophorectomy.
Affinity Physicians Llc.
David Edmonson is a General Surgeon in Warwick, Rhode Island. Dr. Edmonson is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Intraductal Papilloma, Mastectomy, and Lymphadenectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Breast CancerDr. Nakhlis isElite. Learn about Breast Cancer.
- Inflammatory Breast CancerDr. Nakhlis isElite. Learn about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
- Intraductal PapillomaDr. Nakhlis isElite. Learn about Intraductal Papilloma.
- Distinguished
- AngiosarcomaDr. Nakhlis isDistinguished. Learn about Angiosarcoma.
- MastectomyDr. Nakhlis isDistinguished. Learn about Mastectomy.
- Paget Disease of the BreastDr. Nakhlis isDistinguished. Learn about Paget Disease of the Breast.
- Advanced
- Breast Cancer in MenDr. Nakhlis isAdvanced. Learn about Breast Cancer in Men.
- HER-2 Positive Breast CancerDr. Nakhlis isAdvanced. Learn about HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer.
- HER2 Negative Breast CancerDr. Nakhlis isAdvanced. Learn about HER2 Negative Breast Cancer.
- LymphadenectomyDr. Nakhlis isAdvanced. Learn about Lymphadenectomy.
- Experienced
- BRCA Positive Breast CancerDr. Nakhlis isExperienced. Learn about BRCA Positive Breast Cancer.
- Breast Enlargement In MalesDr. Nakhlis isExperienced. Learn about Breast Enlargement In Males.
- Breast LumpDr. Nakhlis isExperienced. Learn about Breast Lump.
- FibroadenomaDr. Nakhlis isExperienced. Learn about Fibroadenoma.
- GalactocoeleDr. Nakhlis isExperienced. Learn about Galactocoele.
- Giant Mammary HamartomaDr. Nakhlis isExperienced. Learn about Giant Mammary Hamartoma.