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Senior Member
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, FL, United States
Christine Laronga MD FACS is a surgical oncologist, Senior Member in the Department of Breast Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center, and Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of South Florida (USF). She earned her medical degree from the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) – Newark, did her general surgery residency at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson, and completed her 3-year surgical oncology fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Her career began as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia. While there, she partnered with the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen organization. In 2005, she joined the faculty at Moffitt Cancer Center and USF in Florida, ascending the ranks to full Professor. She continues a busy clinical practice, treating the entire spectrum of breast disease, with a focus on hereditary breast cancer syndromes and quality of life. Her research parallels her clinical interests. She is extensively published, has written several book chapters, and speaks at numerous national & international scientific meetings.
At a state/national level, Dr. Laronga still partners with the American Cancer Society. She was the State Chair for the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and currently serves as a Commissioner. She was a Governor to the American College of Surgeons. She served as the President of the Florida chapter of the American College of Surgeons and remains actively involved in several committees of the chapter.
On a national/international level, Dr Laronga is serving as the Past President of the Association of Women Surgeons, treasurer for the Association of Women Surgeons Foundation, and was a panel member for many years on the NCCN breast high-risk guidelines. Recently, she became a panel member for the NCCN Hereditary Breast Cancer syndromes guideline.
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