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Stephen P. Auda, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Dr. Auda, the director of the Clinic,
is a specialist and innovator in surgical oncology. He founded
the first surgical breast clinic
in the Atlanta Southern Crescent area. Dr. Auda has been actively
involved in cancer research and continues to be a participant and
strong advocate of clinical trials. He is a board-certified general
surgeon with advanced training as a surgical oncologist at the
National Cancer Institute, the leading American center for cancer
research. He integrated into his clinical practice the prevailing
scientific knowledge of the time, a changing approach to the treatment
of cancer, and emphasized that ultimately a cure for cancer, and
specifically breast cancer, would depend upon the understanding
and targeting of the altered molecular biology of the tumor, rather
than the pursuit of more aggressive surgery, which was prevailing
at that time. He was the first in this community to perform breast
conserving surgery, to adopt sentinel node staging, and to offer
accelerated partial breast irradiation. He was also the first to
provide advanced biopsy techniques such as ultrasound and stereotactic
guided breast biopsy in the office setting. Dr. Auda is a fellow
of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Society of
Surgical Oncology, the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the
American Society of Breast Diseases, the American Society of General
Surgery and charter member of the Atlanta Surgical Association.
He is certified in breast ultrasound and serves on the committees
for ultrasound education and certification of surgeons for the
American Society of Breast Surgery. His vision is to continue to
maximize the efficiency of breast surgery while increasingly minimize
its invasiveness. He is very excited about the recently developed
scientific methods that can determine specific cancer related genes
within the cells of biopsy or surgically excised tumors. This information
leads to targeted therapies directed to the tumor cells. |
