Chandler Cortina, MD

Assistant Professor

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Location

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Specialties

Surgical Oncology

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

(414) 805-0505

Overview

Diseases and Conditions

Breast Cancer
Breast Diseases

Treatments and Services

Breast Surgery
Lumpectomy
Mastectomy
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB)
Surgical Oncology - Breast
Axillary Surgery
High Risk Patients

Patients Ages Seen

Adult
Senior

Languages

English

Hospital Affiliations

Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital – Menomonee Falls
Froedtert Hospital – Milwaukee
Froedtert West Bend Hospital – West Bend

Board Certifications

General Surgery

Clinic Locations

Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(866) 680-0505
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Biography

Dr. Cortina is a breast surgical oncologist whose goal is to treat each patient with the care that is best suited for their disease process with attention to recently published and current guidelines. Dr. Cortina's research interest include the development of guidelines for personalized breast cancer care.

Education and Training

Doctor of Medicine - Louisiana State University Health Science Center - Shreveport, LA (2013)
Internship & Residency in General Surgery - Rush University Medical Center - Chicago, IL (2013-2018)
Fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology - Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine - Chicago, IL (2018-2019)

Bile duct injuries: a contemporary survey of surgeon attitudes and experiences.

(Fletcher R, Cortina CS, Kornfield H, Varelas A, Li R, Veenstra B, Bonomo S.) Surg Endosc. 2019 Aug 06.
The temporal and financial benefit of intraoperative breast specimen imaging: A pilot study of the Kubtec MOZART.

(Kornfeld HW, Mulder LL, Spivey TL, Cortina CS, Madrigrano A, Kopkash KA.) Breast J. 2019 07;25(4):766-768.
Obesity Does Not Influence Management of Advanced Breast Cancer in the Elderly.

(Tangalakis LL, Cortina CS, Son JD, Poirier J, Madrigrano A.) Clin Breast Cancer. 2019 Jun;19(3):197-199.
Hypercalcemia in Metaplastic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Breast.

(Hardy BM, Cortina CS, Javidiparsijani S, Ghai R, Madrigrano A.) Am J Case Rep. 2019 Mar 20;20:366-369.
Nipple changes in an 85-year-old man.

(Cortina CS, Madrigrano A.) CMAJ. 2019 02 04;191(5):E135.
Longer Operative Time and Intraoperative Blood Transfusion Are Associated with Postoperative Anastomotic Leak after Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery.

(Cortina CS, Alex GC, Vercillo KN, Fleetwood VA, Smolevitz JB, Poirier J, Myers JA, Orkin BA, Singer MA.) Am Surg. 2019 Feb 01;85(2):136-141.
Are Providers and Patients Following Hormonal Therapy Guidelines for Patients Over the Age of 70? The Influence of CALGB 9343.

(Cortina CS, Agarwal S, Mulder LL, Poirier J, Rao R, Ansell DA, Madrigrano A.) Clin Breast Cancer. 2018 12;18(6):e1289-e1292.
An uncommon disease: Periductal stromal tumor of the breast.

(Cortina CS, Robin AZ, Lin DM, Gattuso P, Kopkash K, Madrigrano A.) Breast J. 2018 11;24(6):1080-1081.
Common side closure type, but not stapler brand or oversewing, influences side-to-side anastomotic leak rates.

(Fleetwood VA, Gross KN, Alex GC, Cortina CS, Smolevitz JB, Sarvepalli S, Bakhsh SR, Poirier J, Myers JA, Singer MA, Orkin BA.) Am J Surg. 2017 Mar;213(3):590-595.
Simultaneous acute appendicitis and pseudomembranous colitis in a pediatric patient.

(Vidrine SR, Cortina C, Black M, Vidrine SB.) J La State Med Soc. 2012 Sep-Oct;164(5):265-7.
An Atypical Cause of Colonic Obstruction: A Hiatal Hernia after Sleeve Gastrectomy Containing the Transverse Colon

(Cortina CS, Sheppard SM, Bonomo SR.) ACS Case Reviews in Surgery. 1(6):6-9..
Health Disparity or Bad Biology? An Analysis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients in an Urban Academic Hospital

(Petersen L, Cortina CS, Mulder LL, Bhat D, Roa R, Kopkash KA, Monahan D, Marcus E, Madrigrano A.) Cancer Surgery. 3(1):116..