Department-of-Surgery
Alyssa M. Gillego, MD

Attending Breast Surgeon

Department of Surgery
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Specialties

Breast conservation surgery
Skin sparing mastectomy
Sentinel node biopsy
Young women with breast cancer
High risk patients

Certification

Board certified, general surgery

Medical School

Far Eastern University – Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation
Manila, Philippines
April 2001

Post Graduate

General Surgery Residency
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
2002 – 2008

Breast Surgery Fellowship
Department of Surgery
St.Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital
New York, New York
2008 – 2009

Education

New York University
BA Fine Arts,1996
Academic Honors: Deans List, academic scholarship

Certification

Board certified, general surgery

Organizational Membership

Society of Surgical Oncology, Member
American College of Surgeons, Member
American Society of Breast Disease, Member
American Society of Breast Surgeons, Member
Association of Women Surgeons, Member

Awards

How does breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI) affect the management of
patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer?
One of Ten Best Abstracts of the Year
ASBS Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2009

St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center
Breast cancer in postmenopausal hormone users and nonusers
Oral Presentation, Second Place.
Department of Surgery Annual Research Day, New York, 2009

St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center
Breast cancer in postmenopausal hormone users and nonusers
Poster Presentation, One of Ten Best Posters of the Year
Annual Research Day, New York, 2009

American College of Surgeons
Breast masses during pregnancy, Resident Poster Presentation, First Place.
Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter Annual Clinic Day, Long Island, 2007

Publications

Gillego A, Chang S, Kirstein L, Wosnitzer B, Mirtcheva-Torcheva R, Ghesani M, Boolbol S
Impact of preoperative PET-CT imaging in the surgical management of invasive breast cancer.
Abstract, The American Journal of Clinical Oncology 2010

Killelea B, Gillego A, Asad J, Shpilko M, Kirstein L, Boolbol S How does breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI) affect the management of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer? The American Journal of Surgery, October 2009

Abstracts

Killelea B, Gillego A, Asad J, Shpilko M, Kirstein L,
Boolbol S
How does breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI) affect the management of
Patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer?
Updated results. Poster presentation.
ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium, 2009 Annual Meeting

Killelea B, Gillego A, Asad J, Shpilko M, Kirstein L,
Boolbol S
How does breast specific gamma imaging (BSGI) affect the management of
Patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer? Poster presentation.
American Society of Breast Surgery, 2009 Annual Meeting

Gillego A, Killelea B, Katz A, Tartter P
Breast cancer in hormone users and nonusers. Poster presentation.
American Society of Breast Disease, 2009 Annual Meeting

Killelea B, Kirstein L, Shpilko M, Gillego A, Boolbol S
Does LCIS diagnosed at needle biopsy require excision? Poster presentation.
American Society of Breast Disease, 2009 Annual Meeting

Gillego A, Andaz C
Breast masses during pregnancy. Poster presentation.
American College of Surgeons, 2007 Annual Clinic Day
Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter

Gillego A, Andaz C
Role of cytologic assessment of complex breast cysts. Poster presentation.
American Society of Breast Surgeons, 2007 Annual Meeting

Physicians
Contact Us
Roosevelt Hospital Location
(212) 523-7500

St. Luke’s Hospital Location
(212) 523-4799
St. Luke’s email address: slbreastsurgery@chpnet.org