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Biographical Sketch
Robyn Stewart MD, is a Staff Physician in the Department of Breast Services within the Center for Specialized Women’s Health. Her specialty interests include breast cancer and breast disease.
Dr. Stewart earned her medical degree from Feinberg Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. She completed an internship and residency at Deaconess Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. She spent two years pursuing cancer immunology research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.
Dr. Stewart spent six years as Assistant Professor of Surgery and in the multidisciplinary breast cancer program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and was the Director of Undergraduate Surgical Education there for three years. She then moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she worked as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in their breast cancer center and as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs where she developed and became the Director of the medical student Advisory College program. She joined the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2010 where she is active in the multidisciplinary cancer program and is also active in teaching and mentoring students and residents.
She is a member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Breast Surgeons, Association for Surgical Education, Alliance for Clinical Education, Association of Women Surgeons and is a Fellow with the American College of Surgeons.
Specialty Interests
breast cancer and breast disease, breast diagnostics, breast diseases, breast surgical oncology, medical education
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