SophiaLan-YingFuMDFACS, MS

Breast

Director of Breast Surgery

Overview of Dr. Fu

Dr. Sophia Fu is an SSO-Fellowship trained Breast Surgical Oncologist on Long Island and is affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center. She was a partner in a private practice for several years before joining Good Samaritan Hospital as the Director of Breast Surgery. Having received her medical degree and completed her training in NYC, she has been in practice 15 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Chinese (Mandarin). She specializes in breast cancer care, high risk breast cancer, and benign breast disease. Surgeries in which she is experienced include: nipple-sparing and skin-sparing mastectomy, prophylactic mastectomy for high risk for breast cancer, breast conservation surgery, oncoplastic breast surgery, sentinel node localization, axillary dissection, reverse axillary lymphatic mapping, axillary sparing and preventive surgery, excisional biopsy, and wire-free US-guided lumpectomy.

Office
111 Beach Dr
2nd floor
West Islip, NY 11795
Book by Phone+1(631) 557-5803

Fax+1 631-539-0019
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Education & Training

University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, Breast Surgical Oncology, 2017 - 2018
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityChief Residency, Surgery, 2011 - 2012
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2005 - 2011
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Surgery, 2004 - 2009
NYU-PolytechnicMS, Biomedical Engineering, 2007 - 2008
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityInternship, Surgery, 2004 - 2005
New York Medical CollegeClass of 2004
Barnard College, Columbia UniversityBA, Biochemistry w/pre-medicine concentration, Cum Laude, 1996 - 2000

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 2007 - 2025
CA State Medical License 2012 - 2020
IA State Medical License 2017 - 2020
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Vere Wenger Travel Award UIHC Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2018
UIHC Annual Research Day finalist UIHC Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2018
TARGIT Collaborative Group Travel Award TARGIT Collaborative Group, 2018
Miami Breast Cancer Conference Scholarship Receipient MBCC committee, 2018
Robert F Furchgott Award finalist SUNY Downstate Medical Center Graduate Medical Education, 2008
SUNY Downstate Medical Center Annual Research Day Award finalist SUNY Downstate Medical Center Graduate Medical Education, 2008
Tuition Scholarship Award NYU Polytechnic University, 2007-2008
American Pancreatic Association Travel Award American Pancreatic Association, 2007
Lutheran Medical Center Resident Research Award: Best Project in Surgery Lutheran Medical Center Graduate Medical Education, 2007
ACS Surgical Resident Scholarship Program Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 2006
Trustee Scholarship and Loan Award NYMC Medical Education, 2001-2004
Cum Laude graduate Barnard College of Columbia University, 2000
Graduated with distinction in Biochemistry Barnard College Dept of Biochemistry, 2000
Dean's List 1998-2000
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Risk management recommendations and patient acceptance vary with high-risk breast lesions.
Anna C. Beck, Sophia L. Fu, Junlin Liao, Amani Bashir, Sonia L. Sugg, Lillian M. Erdahl, Ronald J. Weigel, Ingrid Lizarraga> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Jul 21
3 citations
Atypical ductal hyperplasia on core needle biopsy: Surgical outcomes of 200 consecutive cases from a high-volume breast program.
Pawel Karwowski, Dean Lumley, Deidre Stokes, Matthew Pavlica, Bonnie Edsall, Sophia L. Fu, John Francfort, Bradley Cohen, Anthony Capizzi, Zhi-Wei Ma, Anne Green, John...> ;The Breast Journal. 2021 Jan 27
12 citations
Acute pancreatitis in aging animals: loss of pancreatitis-associated protein protection?
Sophia L. Fu, Albert Stanek, Cathy M. Mueller, Nefertiti A. Brown, Chongmin Huan, Martin H. Bluth, Michael E. Zenilman> ;World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2012 Jul 14
11 citations
Pancreatic regenerating protein I in chronic pancreatitis and aging: implications for new therapeutic approaches to diabetes.
Martin H. Bluth, Cathy M. Mueller, Joelle Pierre, Gordon Callender, Emad Kandil, Domenico Viterbo, Sophia L. Fu, Akira Sugawara, Hiroshi Okamoto, Michael E. Zenilman> ;Pancreas. 2008 Nov 1
68 citations
Immunoglobulin E antibodies from pancreatic cancer patients mediate antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity against pancreatic cancer cells
Sophia L. Fu, Joelle Pierre, Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, M. Hagler, Wilbur B. Bowne, Matthew R. Pincus, Cathy M. Mueller, Michael E. Zenilman, Martin H. Bluth> ;Clinical and Experimental Immunology. 2008 Sep 1
61 citations
Sophorolipids and their derivatives are lethal against human pancreatic cancer cells.
Sophia L. Fu, Sabine R. Wallner, Wilbur B. Bowne, Michael D. Hagler, Michael E. Zenilman, Richard A. Gross, Martin H. Bluth> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2008 Jul 1
50 citations
Sophorolipids Improve Sepsis Survival: Effects of Dosing and Derivatives
Rosemarie E. Hardin, Joelle Pierre, Robert Schulze, Cathy M. Mueller, Sophia L. Fu, Sabine R. Wallner, Albert Stanek, Vishal Shah, Richard A. Gross, Jeremy Weedon, Maj...> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2007 Oct 1
Monitoring efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in sepsis by sublingual microvascular perfusion: a tongue speaks without words.
Sophia L. Fu, Martin H. Bluth> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2007 Jul 1
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