Alicia Maria Terando MD

Breast, Melanoma, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck Medicine of USC

Summary

Dr. Alicia Terando is a General Surgeon based in Pasadena, CA, with subspecialties in breast surgery, melanoma, and surgical oncology unrelated to breast cancer. She completed her medical education at MCP-Hahnemann College of Medicine, followed by a residency at the University of Michigan and a fellowship in Complex General Surgical Oncology at Saint John's Cancer Institute/Providence Saint John’s Health Center. Currently, she serves as an Associate Professor at Keck Medicine since 2018 and as an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University Hospital East since 2010. Dr. Terando has published several influential articles in the field of surgical oncology, with expertise in breast cancer, melanoma, full-thickness skin graft, breast surgery, and Merkel cell carcinoma. She has been recognized with the CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Additionally, she is involved in clinical trials focusing on minimally invasive groin dissection for melanoma.

Saint John’s Cancer Institute/Providence Saint John’s Health CenterFellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, 2006 - 2009
University of MichiganResidency, Surgery, 1998 - 2006
MCP-Hahnemann College of MedicineClass of 1998

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow American College of Surgeons

Minimally Invasive Groin Dissection for Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable

PubMed

Journal Articles

Practices and Perceptions Among Surgical Oncologists in the Perioperative Care of Obese Cancer Patients
Tasha M Hughes, Mary Dillhoff, Valerie Grignol, Jordan Cloyd, J Harrison Howard, Alicia Terando, Quinn Capers, Ingrid Woelfel, Sabrena Noria, Doreen Agnese, Lawrence A..., Annals of Surgical Oncology
Heterogeneity in Outcomes of Pathologic T1-2N1 Breast Cancer After Mastectomy: Looking Beyond Locoregional Failure Rates
Alicia M Terando, Lonika Majithia, Jose G Bazan, Doreen M Agnese, Julia R White, Jessica L Wobb, William Farrar, Allison M Quick, Annals of Surgical Oncology
Does the Number of Sentinel Lymph Nodes Removed Affect the False Negative Rate for Head and Neck Melanoma?
Srirama Josyula, Alicia M Terando, Walter T Lee, Paul J Mosca, Charles J Puza, John H Howard, Doreen M Agnese, Georgia M Beasley, Journal of Surgical Oncology

Cedars-Sinai Cancer Welcomes Nine Oncologists to Its Affiliate, Huntington Cancer CenterOctober 10th, 2022
Should You Be Getting Your Breasts Massaged?August 31st, 2017

Member, Society of Surgical Oncology Melanoma Disease Site Working Group 2018 - Present
Member, American Society of Breast Surgeons Education Committee 2017 - Present
Member, Society of Surgical Oncology Training Committee 2011 - 2018