Dr. Leisha Elmore, MD, MPHS, is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she also completed a master's of population health sciences (MPHS). Subsequently, she completed a general surgery residency at nearby Barnes-Jewish Hospital, followed by a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Dr. Elmore's clinical interests include benign and malignant breast surgery, breast conserving surgery, nipple-sparing and skin-sparing mastectomy and diagnostics, including breast biopsy and sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy.
Dr. Elmore has a specific interest in improving breast cancer outcomes for underserved populations. She will utilize her MPHS to leverage technology to improve communications and to mediate cultural, literacy, and numeracy barriers to cancer care and surgical decision-making.
She also seeks to enhance well-being in surgical trainees and faculty. She will be helping launch breast oncology programs at Penn Presbyterian with Dr. Ari Brooks, and at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, as Chief of Breast Surgery.
Board certified in surgery, Dr. Elmore sees patients at Penn Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery University City.