Physician Profile
J. Dirk Iglehart, MD
Anne E. Dyson Professor in Women's Cancer and Surgery and the Charles A. Dana Senior Investigator in Cancer Genetics, Harvard Medical School
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Contact Information
J. Dirk Iglehart, MDDana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Smith 1058
Boston, MA 02115
Office phone: (617) 632-5178
Appointment phone: (877) 332-4294
Fax: (617) 632-3709
E-mail: jiglehart@partners.org
Preferred contact method: office phone
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Biography
Dr. Iglehart received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1975. After serving as a surgical intern, research fellow, and house staff officer at Duke University Medical Center between 1975 and 1984, he was appointed to the Duke faculty and subsequently promoted to professor of surgery. In 1999, he joined DFCI, where he is Director of the Women's Cancers Program. His research focuses on the molecular biology of breast cancer and the early steps in cancer invasion and progression. Dr. Iglehart is the director of the Womens Cancers Program and the Charles A. Dana Senior Investigator in Cancer Genetics at Dana-Farber, the chief of the Cancer Biology Section in the Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Anne E. Dyson Professor in Women's Cancer and Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is the principal investigator of the NCI-funded Specialized Program of Research (SPORE) in breast cancer at Harvard.
