Provider Profile:
Lydia Choi, M.D.

School

• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Residency

• General Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, General Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA (chief resident)

Fellowships

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Awards

• 2000 Award in Oncologic Research, University of Texas Medical Branch Cancer Center
• 2000 Gallo Award for Outstanding Cancer Research, Cancer Institute of New Jersey
• Detroit's Top Doctors, Hour Magazine

Professional Memberships

• Society of Surgical Oncology
• American Society of Breast Disease

• Prevention of postpneumonectomy syndrome in children with prophylactic tissue expander insertion. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Manuscript accepted 1/2012, publication pending. Role: design, implementation, data analysis, manuscript writing. Authors: Choi L, LaQuaglia M, Cordeiro P.
• Case report: a left upper quadrant complex cystic mass. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. Manuscript online 11/2011. Role: design, implementation, data analysis, manuscript writing. Authors: Choi L, Mirani N, Kim SH,
• Is the difference in reexcision rates of various margin assessment methods due solely to difference in volume excised? Journal of Clinical Oncology 28:7s, 2010 (suppl; abstr 593). Role: design, implementation, data analysis, manuscript writing. Authors: Culpepper C, Goldberg J, Choi L, Brogi E. Sclafani L, King T, Heerdt A, Reiner A, Patil S, Van Zee K.
• Expression of FGF-2 alters focal adhesion dynamics in migration-restricted MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2004; 88(1): 17-28. Role: implementation, data analysis, manuscript writing. Authors: Korah R, Choi L, Barrios J, Wieder R.
• The positive sentinel node in breast cancer: Is complete axillary node dissection always necessary? Journal of the Korean-American Medical Association 2001; 7: 6-11. Role: study conception, design, implementation, data analysis, manuscript writing. Authors: Choi L, and Kim SH.