Division of Breast Surgery
For those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, City of Hope's breast cancer program provides state-of-the-art surgical and other therapies. Meet our breast cancer surgeons.
Team
Moshe Faynsod, M.D., is surgical oncologist at City of Hope ǀ South Bay in Torrance, California.
Lorena Gonzalez, M.D., spent five years as a noted vascular surgeon before deciding to follow a new path and focus on hereditary breast cancer.
Veronica Jones, M.D., is a Chief and Assistant Professor in the Division of Breast Surgery at City of Hope. A breast cancer researcher, she focuses on understanding mechanisms of aggressive biology across different races and ethnicities with hormone-sensitive breast cancer.
Lily Lai, M.D., is a surgical oncologist and associate professor in the Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery.
Specializing in bioengineering and tumor micro-environment in cancer development and progression, Andrew Nguyen, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at City of Hope.
I. Benjamin Paz, M.D., is a nationally renowned surgical oncology surgeon, with expertise in breast cancer, gastrointestinal and rectal cancers, and tumors involving the bone and soft tissues.
Heather Player, M.D., is breast and colon cancer surgeon and an assistant clinical professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology at City of Hope. She practices at City of Hope | Antelope Valley and Mission Hills.
Jamie Rand, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery.
Katharine Schulz-Costello, D.O., is a breast cancer surgeon at City of Hope in Arcadia, Duarte and South Pasadena.
Nikita Shah, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor in the Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery.