Jennifer A. Ligibel
Distinguished in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Distinguished in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
450 Brookline Avenue, Susan F. Smith Center For Women's Cancers, 
Boston, MA 

Overview

Dr. Jennifer Ligibel is a Professor at Harvard Medical School, the Director of the Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living, and the Director of the Center for Faculty Well-Being at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Ligibel’s research focuses on the impact of lifestyle interventions upon cancer-related outcomes in women with breast cancer. She has conducted a number of studies looking at the impact of exercise and weight loss interventions upon patients’ quality of life and symptoms after cancer diagnosis and is currently leading an NCI-funded Phase III clinical trial that will test the impact of a weight loss intervention upon the risk of disease recurrence in more than 3000 overweight and obese women with early-stage breast cancer. Dr. Ligibel was the Chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology Subcommittee on Energy Balance, which has developed patient and physician materials to help facilitate healthy lifestyle changes after cancer diagnosis.

Dr. Ligibel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Breast Cancer, Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Paget Disease of the Breast, Angiosarcoma, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 199 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 in the study of Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

Graduate Institution
Washington University, 1996
Residency
Massachusetts General Hospital, 1996 - 1999
Specialties
Oncology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MA
Board Certifications
Medical Oncology
Fellowships
Dana Farber Cancer Institute******, 1999 - 2001
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Breast Oncology Program
450 Brookline Avenue, Susan F. Smith Center For Women's Cancers, 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.


5 Clinical Trials

The Preoperative Health & Body Study
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198 Total Publications

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