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Sara Hurvitz, MD, Oncology, Santa Monica, CA

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Oncology Santa Monica, CA

Professor of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen SOM

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Summary

  • Dr. Sara Hurvitz is an oncologist in Santa Monica, CA and is affiliated with UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica. She received her medical degree from University of Southern California School of Medicine, did her residency training in internal medicine at UCLA, served as Chief Resident of Internal Medicine and then completed her hematology/oncology fellowship at UCLA. She has been in practice as a breast cancer medical oncologist since 2006. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2003 - 2006
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
  • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2001 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
  • Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Talazoparib in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer and a Germline BRCA Mutation  
    Hope S Rugo, Sara A Hurvitz, Lida A Mina, The New England Journal of Medicine
  • Quality of Life with Talazoparib Versus Physician’s Choice of Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer and Germline BRCA1/2 Mutation: Patient-Reported Outc...  
    Sara Hurvitz, MD, Annals of Oncology

Lectures

  • Phase III MONALEESA-7 trial of premenopausal patients with HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer (ABC) treated with endocrine therapy ± ribociclib: Overall survival (OS)... 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
  • Neoadjuvant trastuzumab (H), pertuzumab (P), and chemotherapy versus trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) and P in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive br... 
    2019 ASCO Annual Meeting - 6/1/2019
  • Ribociclib (RIB) + tamoxifen (TAM) or a non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor (NSAI) in premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2-) adv... 
    2018 ASCO Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois - 06/2/2018
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Authored Content

  • Buparlisib plus Fulvestrant Versus Placebo plus Fulvestrant for Postmenopausal, Hormone Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative, Advanced Breast Cancer: Overall Survival Results from BELLE-2October 2018

Press Mentions

  • 1 NCCN Guidelines for Patients® Inflammatory Breast Cancer, 2023
    1 NCCN Guidelines for Patients® Inflammatory Breast Cancer, 2023March 23rd, 2023
  • Advances in SERDs from the 2022 SABCS
    Advances in SERDs from the 2022 SABCSJanuary 12th, 2023
  • Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment and Care
    Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treatment and CareJanuary 5th, 2023
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