Breast Care Specialist Orange County, CA - Mission Viejo, CA Breast Surgeon Dr. Curcio - Anaheim (CA), Costa Mesa (CA), Irvine (CA), Fullerton (CA), Garden Grove (CA), Huntington Beach (CA), Santa Ana (CA), California - Breast Care, Breast Cancer Surgery, Breast Cancer Risk Assessment, Breast Cancer Treatment, Breast Examination, Breast Education, Breast Cancer Support Groups, Breast Conservation, Breast Cancer Second opinion, Breast Cancer consultation, Breast Implant

Lisa Curcio, M.D.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
	California
BOARD CERTIFICATION
	1989	National Board of Medical Examiners
	1995	American Board of Surgery
	2005	Re-Certification, American Board of Surgery
EXPERIENCE
	July 2001 - 2005	General and Oncologic Surgeon Mission Viejo, CA
	July 1997 - July 2001	Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, MC Chief, Surgical Oncology Keesler Medical Center - Keesler AFB, MS
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
	1980 - 1984	B.S. Biology - Summa Cum Laude University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
	1984 - 1988	M.D., George Washington University Medical School Washington, D.C.
	1988 - 1989	Internship George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C.
	1989 - 1994	Residency - General Surgery George Washington University Hospital Washington, D.C.
	1994 - 1997	Surgical Oncology Fellowship City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, CA
	1997 - 2001	Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, MC Chief, Surgical Oncology Keesler Medical Center Keesler AFB, MS
	2001 - 2005	General and Oncologic Surgeon Saddleback Valley Surgical Medical Group Mission Viejo, CA
	2005 - present	Advanced Breast Care Specialists of Orange County Mission Viejo California
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
	1997 - 2001	Consulting Staff Veterans Medical Center - Biloxi, MS
	1998 - 2001	Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD
	1998 - 2001	Clinical Instructor, Department of Surgery Louisiana State University Medical Center New Orleans, LA
	2000 - 2001	Cancer Liaison Physician, Keesler Medical Center
	2003 - present	Cancer Liaison, Mission Hospital Medical Center
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS
	2003 - 2004	Orange County Komen Foundation, Program Director
	2002 - present	Tumor Board Chairperson, Mission Hospital
	2001 - present	Cancer Committee, Mission Hospital
	1997 - 2001	Cancer Activity Committee, Keesler Medical Center
	1997 - 2001	Breast Care Conference, Chairperson, Keesler Medical Center
	1997 - 2001	DoD Breast Cancer Initiative, Chairperson, Phase I
	1998 - 1999	DoD Breast Cancer Treatment Guideline Consensus Panel
	1998 - 2001	Tumor Board, Chairperson, Keesler Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
	1988 - present	Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity
	1988 - present	Samuel M. Dodeck Obstetrical Society
	1994 - present	Society of Surgical Oncology
	1997 - present	American College of Surgeons
	2000 - present	National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project
	2001 - present	American Medical Association
	2005 - present	American Society of Breast Surgeons
	2008 - present	American Society of Breast Diseases
RESEARCH PROJECTS
	1982 - 1984	Platelet Function as a Predictor of Stroke Risk Scranton Temple Residency Program
	1991 - 1992	FGF - Topical Application in Wound Healing IGFI - Receptor Expression in Wound Healing Esophageal Mucosal Injury
			Department of Surgery John W. Harmon, M.D. Veterans Hospital Administration Washington, D.C.
	1995 - 1996	Ribozyme-mediated reversal of pancreatic malignancies and synergistic drug studies in malignant cells.
			Kevin J. Scanlon, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry City of Hope National Medical Center
	1996 - 1997	Development of an inducible promoter in the expression of an anti-DNA methyltransferase ribozyme and its effects on the malignant phenotype in transgenic mice.
			John Rossi, Ph.D. Department of Molecular Biology City of Hope National Medical Center
1999 - present		Tamoxifen and selective estrogen receptor modulators and their effect on membrane IGF-I receptor activity in breast cancer cell lines.
			Primary Investigator Clinical Research Labs Keesler Medical Center
2007 - present		ExCel (MAP.3 Research Study): A Phase III Randomized Study of Exemestane versus Placebo in Postmenopausal Women at Increased Risk of Developing Breast Cancer
			Principal Investigator at Mission Hospital In association with City of Hope
PRESENTATIONS
	Scialla S, Curcio LD. Platelet enhanced activity as a predictor of risk for thromboembolic phenomenon. American Heart Association, September 1985. Petersen BM, Curcio LD, Trad KS, Harmon JW, Bass BL. Visceral afferent nerves mediate protection against acid-pepsin injury of the esophagus. American Gastroenterology Association Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, California. May 1992. Petersen BM, Curcio LD, Trad KS, Harmon JW, Bass BL. Modulation of capillary permeability: A new local effector function for esophageal afferent nerves. American Gastroenterology Association Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, California. May 1992. Kijima H, Bouffard DY, Ohkawa T, Irie A, Suzuki T, Curcio LD, Scanlon KJ. Reversal of pancreatic carcinoma phenotype by an anti-K-ras ribozyme. AACR, Washington, DC. 1996. Curcio LD, Rupp EA, Williams WL, Chu DZJ, Clarke K, Odom-Maryon T, Ellenhorn JDI, Somlo G, and Wagman LD. Beyond palliative mastectomy in inflammatory breast cancer - reassessment of margin status. Society of Surgical Oncology. Chicago, Illinois. March 1997. Curcio LD, Paz IB, Ellenhorn JDI, Odom-Maryon T, Lorant JA, Moscarello G, Wagman LD. Limb-sparing procedures in the treatment of bone sarcomas, have we compromised outcome? Society of Surgical Oncology, Chicago, Illinois. March 1997. Wilder, RB, Mesa Albert Khanijou, R, Curcio LD, Eisner, M Ravera J Tokita, K Dosimetric Improvement with the Contoura Multi-Lumen Balloon Brachytherapy Applicator for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology, Washington, D.C. to be presented September 2008. Tokita K, Chittenden L, Nelson MK, Hayes A, Sheffield C, Khanijou R, Curcio LD, Ravera J, Wilber RB. Preliminary Results in 185 patients treated with Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation for Early- Stage Breast Cancer. American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology, Washington, D.C. to be presented September 2008
PUBLICATIONS
	Hakim FS, Shetty S, Sidaway AN, Curcio LD, Korman LY, Harmon JW: Increased specific binding of insulin-like growth factor-I in healing cutaneous wounds. Wound Repair Regeneration 3(4):492-9, 1995. Bouffard DY, Ohkawa T, Kijima H, Irie A, Suzuki T, Curcio LD, Holm PS, Sassani A, Scanlon KJ. Oligonucleotide Modulation of MDR Resistance. European Journal of Cancer 32A (6): 1010-1018, 1996. Kijima H, Bouffard DY, Ohkawa T, Irie A, Suzuki T, Curcio LD. Reversal of pancreatic phenotype by an anti-k-ras ribozyme. Proc Annual Meeting Am Assoc Cancer Res 37:A2380, 1996. Suzuki T, Bouffard D, Ohkawa T, Irie A, Curcio LD and Scanlon, KJ. Gene therapy of cancer. New Anticancer Drug Studies and Techniques. J. Han Ed 1996. Irie A, Kijima H, Ohkawa T, Bouffard DY, Suzuki T, Curcio LD, Holm PS, Sassani A, Scanlon KJ: Anti-oncogene ribozymes for cancer gene therapy. Advances in Pharm. Academic Press 207-257, 1997. Curcio LD, Bouffard DY and Scanlon KJ. Oligonucleotides as modulators of cancer gene expression. Pharmacology and Therapeutics 74(3):317-32, 1997. Curcio LD, Chu, DZJ, Ahn C, Williams, WL, Paz IB, Riihimak D, Wagman, L: Local recurrence in breast cancer - implications for systemic disease. Ann Surg Oncol 4(1):24-27, 1997. Curcio LD, Cohen JS, Grannis FW, Paz IB, Chilcote R and Weiss LM: Primary lymphothelioma-like carcinoma of the lung in a child- report of an Epstein Barr-related neoplasm. Chest 111(1):250-251, 1997. Curcio LD, Rupp E, Williams WL, Chu DZJ, Clarke K, Odom-Maryon T, Ellenhorn JDI, Somlo G, Wagman LD: Beyond palliative mastectomy in inflammatory breast cancer - a reassessment of margin status. Ann Surg Oncol 6(3): 249-54, 1999. Curcio LD. The Treatment of Malignant Ascites. Cancer Management: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, 3rd Edition, New York: PRR, Inc. 1999. Contact Dr. Lisa Curcio to discuss your risk for breast cancer . Dr. Curcio is a breast cancer heredity risk specialist and she can advise you on your breast cancer risk. Visit "Advanced Breast Care Specialists of Orange County" in Mission Viejo, California (CA).