M. Michele(Smith)BlackwoodMD

Breast

Northern Regional Director of Breast Cancer Services, for RWJ Barnabas Health Chief of Breast surgery,CINJ Associate professors of surgery, Rutgers

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I am a board certified fellowship trained Breast Cancer Surgeon. I have started or enhanced 5 different Breast Centers.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 1993 - 1994
Stamford Hospital/Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1993
The Stamford Hospital1988 - 1989
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 1988
Georgetown UniversityAB, History/Biology, Graduated with Distinction Award, 1979 - 1983

Inside Jersey Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2012-2017
Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2017
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2004-2017
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2013
EWNJ Award 2012
Inside Jersey - Top Doctors for Women's Health Castle Connolly, 2010-2012
US News and World Report Best Doctors 2011
Garden State Woman of the Year, Healthcare Award 2007
New Jersey Savvy Living - Women's Health Castle Connolly, 2005-2007
Ray of Hope Award Center for Hope, 2004
Listed in New York Magazine Best Doctors 1999
Listed in Castle Connolly “How to find the Best Doctors In the N.Y. Metro Area” 1997, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007,2008,2009, 2010,2011, 2012
Listed as one of the Top Docs for Women NJ Savvy Magazine 2005, 2007
Listed in NJ Monthly, Best Doctors 2010, 2011, 2012
First Prize for presentation Connecticut Society of the American College of Surgeons 2000, 2001
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Honoree Award of the Pink Tie Ball Susan Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 2005, 2006
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PubMed

64 citations
Axillary dissection: current practice and technique.
Jeanne A. Petrek, M. Michele Blackwood> ;Current Problems in Surgery. 1995 Apr 1

Journal Articles

The Use of Smell in Differential Diagnosis.
Blackwood MM, The Lancet
The Use of Urokinase for Clotted Peritoneovenous Shunts.
Blackwood MM, Contemporary Surgery
Axillary Dissection.
Blackwood MM, Current Problems in Surgery Volume XXXII #4
Munchausen Syndrome and Trauma.
Blackwood MM, The Journal Of Trauma
Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy: Informed Patients, Shared Decisions.
Blackwood MM, Women’s Health in Primary Care
Breast Cancer Treatment in 2001, Separating Fact from Fiction.
Blackwood MM, Cancerline
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Abstracts/Posters

HER 2 neu positive status of the primary tumor predicts axillary lymph node response in ER/PR positive, node positive patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Sparber LS, Murthy V, Carey E, Schaefer S, Santoro EJ, McDermott JH, Chamberlain RS, Blackwood MM, 65th Annual Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium, Orlando, FL
Multidisciplinary Breast Conference Improves Patient Management and Treatment.
Murthy V, Nobre SP, Sparber LS, Schaefer S, Santoro EJ, McDermott JH, Chamberlain RS, Blackwood MM, 65th Annual Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium, Orlando, FL
10 ways to save your life.
Balckwood MM, Hathaway A, Baltusrol Country Club, Springfield, NJ
Women in non-traditional roles.
Blackwood MM, CIT
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Lectures

Stereotactic Biopsy.
US Surgical Corporation Norwalk, Connecticut
What’s Hot in Radiology of the Breast.
Women’s Health Congress, Hilton Head, South Carolina
Diseases of the Breast.
Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, New York
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer.
Philadelphia, PA
The Facts about Breast Cancer.
Mini-Med School, Stamford, CT
Diagnosis and Treatment of Breast Cancer.
St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ
WHI – Where are we now.
San Diego, CA
In the Pink.
Community Screening, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ
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