Associate Professor of Surgery
The Ohio State University
Dr. Samilia Obeng-Gyasi is a fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist and associate professor of surgery at The Ohio State University within the Division of Surgical Oncology. Her practice is focused on surgery for breast cancer and benign breast diseases. She obtained her B.S. in Biology with highest distinction and departmental honors from Indiana University-Bloomington and her MD from The University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her general surgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic and a Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) accredited breast surgical oncology fellowship at Duke University. Due to her interest in health services research, after finishing her residency, she completed a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As a health disparities and health equity researcher, the overarching goal of her work is to understand how ancestry, social determinants of health, behavior and stress interact to influence cancer initiation, progression and mortality.