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Legendary Surgeon Maurice Galante Dies
Maurice Galante, M.D., a legendary master surgeon at UCSF and renaissance man, died on February 5, 2013. His career is memorialized by the Maurice Galante Lecture Program and Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship.
Cheryl A. Ewing, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Contact Information
(415) 353-7050 - Clinic Fax
(415) 353-7908 - Business
(415) 353-9571 - Business Fax
cheryl.ewing@ucsfmedctr.org
BiographyEducation
- 1978-83, Wayne State University School of Medicine, MD
Residencies
- 1983-88, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School
Fellowships
- 1988-91, Surgical Oncology Fellow, University of Chicago
Board Certification
- 1984, American Board of Surgery
- 1998, American Board of Surgery
Program Affiliations
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Interests
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Minority Health
- Mastectomy
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Biography
Dr. Cheryl Ewing is Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSF Mount Zion Hospital. Her focus is in breast cancer surgery and sentinel lymph node dissection. Her other interests include quality of care and evaluation of barriers to medical and breast care for minority women.
Dr. Ewing completed her undergraduate education at the University of Michigan, and received her medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine. She then went on to complete her residency at University of Michigan Medical School, and then her fellowship at the University of Chicago. She joined the faculty at UCSF in 2001.
Dr. Ewing has lectured extensively at many local, national, and international events. She has been very active in mentoring residents and fellows, serving four years as the Mount Zion Site Director for the Surgery 110 Rotations and teaching several CME courses and Grand Rounds.
Dr. Ewing is involved in several studies involving quality of care among breast cancer survivors. Specifically, these involve post-surgery symptom management, and customizing risk assessment and tailoring treatment to the individual patient's medical profile and preferences. Her primary focus in on how being a breast cancer survivor affects the quality of life in different race/ethnic groups, and how that relationship is modified by social support, depression, and spirituality.
Dr. Ewing is a member of most of the major surgical societies, and has been the recipient of several awards, including the Susan G. Komen Local Hero Award.
Selected Publications
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Lang JE, Esserman LJ, Ewing CA, Rugo HS, Lane KT, Leong SP, Hwang ES. Accuracy of selective sentinel lymphadenectomy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: effect of clinical node status at presentation. J Am Coll Surg. 199: 856-62, Dec/2004.
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Partridge SC, Gibbs JE, Lu Y, Esserman LJ, Tripathy D, Wolverton DS, Rugo HS, Hwang ES, Ewing CA, Hylton NM. MRI measurements of breast tumor volume predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and recurrence-free survival. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 184: 1774-81, Jun/2005.
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Fan YG, Tan YY, Wu CT, Treseler P, Lu Y, Chan CW, Hwang S, Ewing C, Esserman L, Morita E, Leong SP. The effect of sentinel node tumor burden on non-sentinel node status and recurrence rates in breast cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 12: 705-11, Sep/2005.
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Tan YY, Wu CT, Fan YG, Hwang S, Ewing C, Lane K, Esserman L, Lu Y, Treseler P, Morita E, Leong SP. Primary tumor characteristics predict sentinel lymph node macrometastasis in breast cancer. Breast J. 11: 338-43.
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Tan YY, Fan YG, Lu Y, Hwang S, Ewing C, Esserman L, Morita E, Treseler P, Leong SP. Ratio of positive to total number of sentinel nodes predicts nonsentinel node status in breast cancer patients. Breast J. 11: 248-53.
