Sarah P Cate, MD Email Sarah Cate
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- Position
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Surgery
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- Specialty
- Breast Cancer - Surgery
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- Languages
- English
- Spanish
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- Hospital Affiliations
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
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- Phone
- The Blavatnik Family – Chelsea Medical Center 212-367-0133212-367-0133
Dr. Sarah Cate is a fellowship-trained breast surgeon and a graduate of the Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West breast surgery fellowship. She is the lead physician for our Special Surveillance Breast Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, which is a member of the Mount Sinai Health System.
Dr. Cate focuses on increased-risk patients, as well as breast cancer and benign breast disease. She specializes in BRCA positive patients, as well as other patients with genetic mutations, and also specializes in prophylactic mastectomies, which are nipple sparing, with direct to implant reconstruction.
Dr. Cate is involved in several research projects and has presented her research at the national level on topics such as vitamin D and breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer, DCIS Oncotype, and tumor markers in early stage breast cancer.
Watch as Dr. Cate discusses breast reconstruction surgery on FacebookLive in honor of Breast Reconstruction Surgery Awareness Day.
Certification
American Board of Surgery
Research Topics
MRI, Metastasis
Education
MD, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Residency, Surgery (General)
Westchester Medical Center
Fellowship, Surgery
Beth Israel Medical Center
Languages
English, Spanish
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Dr. Cate is the principal investigator for a clinical trial investigating the use of cryoablation in early stage breast cancer. She also is investigating the use of mammography in women aged 75 and older.
M. Chadha, Jana Fox, Susan K Boolbol, R. Kabarrati, S. Patricia Cate, A. Radzio. Evaluating a Role for Oncotype Dx Breast Cancer Assay in the Management of Ductal Carcinoma. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGYBIOLOGYPHYSICS 87(2):S234, SEPTEMBER 2013.;.
Cole PD, Drachtman RA, Smith AK, Cate S, Larson RA, Hawkins DS, Holcenberg J, Kelly K, Kamen BA. Phase II trial of oral aminopterin for adults and children with refractory acute leukemia. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2005 Nov; 11(22).
Huang YY, Cate SP, Battistuzzi C, Oquendo MA, Brent D, Mann JJ. An association between a functional polymorphism in the monoamine oxidase a gene promoter, impulsive traits and early abuse experiences. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2004 Aug; 29(8).
J. Wallach, S. Cate, S. Boolbol, I. Preeshagul, A. Gillego, A. Radzio, M. Chadha. Correlation of Pathological Features of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) and Oncotype DCIS Score. September 2014. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics..;.
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Dr.Cate did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2017 and/or 2018: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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