UCLA Health names chief of breast surgery

Los Angeles-based UCLA Health appointed Mediget Teshome, MD, chief of breast surgery and director of breast health.

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Dr. Teshome will oversee breast surgical oncology across the system, including at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, according to a Jan. 18 system news release.

Previously, she was an associate professor at the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, program director of its breast surgical oncology fellowship program and the professional ambassador for its surgery division. 

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