Career and Experience

I completed my undergraduate degree at Rutgers University and earned a medical degree from New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. I completed a residency in general surgery at New Jersey medical school-University Hospital where I spent a year focused on breast cancer research. I further supplemented my training with a breast surgery fellowship at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island at Brown University. The fellowship focused on benign and oncologic breast problems. I was recruited to join St. Louis Cancer and Breast Institute, a premier free standing breast center following fellowship in 2001. 

I was voted one of St Louis Top Docs by my peers every year from 2007 to 2016. I was selected for an excellence in healthcare award by the St. Louis American Newspaper. I continue to be involved in community outreach and education by giving breast cancer presentations to churches and community groups. I am very passionate about breast diseases and especially breast cancer as it affects young women and African American women. 

I authored abstracts and publications while in training. I keep current by reading peer review journals and attending annual breast cancer conferences.

I am board certified in general surgery, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and American Medical Women’s Association.

I am on the board of St Louis Crisis Nursery and Gateway to Hope both non profit organizations.  

My spare time is spent with my husband, Dr Patrick Oruwari, a Psychiatrist and my 2 adult children. I enjoy cooking, reading, writing, traveling, entertaining, socializing and is am an avid runner having participated in several marathons.