Shruti Zaveri, M.D.

Surgery - Surgical Oncology
Breast Cancer and High-Risk Breast Lesions

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Biography

Shruti Zaveri, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is a surgical oncologist who specializes in the surgical treatment of breast cancer.

Dr. Zaveri earned her medical degree and a concurrent master’s degree in public health at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed a surgery residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital and received advanced training through a breast surgical oncology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Certified by the American Board of Surgery, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Zaveri’s clinical and research interests include the surgical management of breast cancer, high-risk breast lesions, locally advanced breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, and oncoplastic surgery. As Director of Global Surgical Oncology for UT Southwestern, she hopes to develop a program to build capacity for cancer care in low-resource settings. Dr. Zaveri has published several academic articles related to her areas of expertise and has presented her work nationally and internationally.

She is a member of several professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons and serves on its Cancer Surgery Standards Program Education Committee. In 2023, Dr. Zaveri was named a finalist for the James Ewing Harvey Baker Traveling Fellow Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology.

Personal Note

Dr. Zaveri is fully committed to the care of her breast cancer patients and helping them fight through this difficult time in their lives. When she’s not at work, she enjoys spending quality time with her family, crafting, and traveling.

Education & Training

Medical School - Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2013-2017)
Residency - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2017-2022), Surgery
Fellowship - MD Anderson Cancer Center (2022-2023), Breast Surgical Oncology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American College of Surgeons
American Society of Breast Surgeons
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
Society of Surgical Oncology

Honors & Awards

Finalist, James Ewing Harvey Baker Traveling Fellow Award 2023, Society of Surgical Oncology
Gold Humanism Honor Society 2017, Northwestern University
CDC Epidemiology Fellowship Award 2017, Artic Investigations, Anchorage, Alaska
Global Health Initiative Award 2017, Northwestern University
Gates Millennium Grant 2017, Gates Millennium Scholars Program

Books & Publications

Publications
- Operative standards for sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymphadenectomy for breast cancer: review of the American College of Surgeons commission on cancer standards 5.3 and 5.4.
  Zaveri S, Lillemoe HA, Teshome M, Reyna CR, Vreeland TJ, Francescatti AB, Zheng L, Hunt KK, Katz MHG, Kilgore LJ, Surgery 2023 Sep 174 3 717-721
- ASO Visual Abstract: Extremely Low Incidence of Local-Regional Recurrences Observed among T1-2N1 (one or two Positive SLNs) Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Upfront Mastectomy without Completion Axillary Node Dissection.
  Zaveri S, Everidge S, FitzSullivan E, Hwang R, Smith BD, Lin H, Shen Y, Lucci A, Teshome M, Sun SX, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Aug
- ASO Author Reflections: The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Axillary Management in the Upfront Mastectomy Patient.
  Zaveri S, Kuerer HM, Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Aug
- Extremely Low Incidence of Local-Regional Recurrences Observed Among T1-2 N1 (1 or 2 Positive SLNs) Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Upfront Mastectomy Without Completion Axillary Node Dissection.
  Zaveri S, Everidge S, FitzSullivan E, Hwang R, Smith BD, Lin H, Shen Y, Lucci A, Teshome M, Sun SX, Hunt KK, Kuerer HM, Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Jul
- Choice of Mastectomy May Increase the Extent of Axillary Surgery in Women with Breast Cancer.
  Zaveri S, Romanoff A, Hirt L, Thompson L, Pisapati KV, Weltz C, Schmidt H, Port E, The American surgeon 2022 Nov 88 11 2686-2694
- Racial Disparities in Time to Treatment Persist in the Setting of a Comprehensive Breast Center.
  Zaveri S, Nevid D, Ru M, Moshier E, Pisapati K, Reyes SA, Port E, Romanoff A, Annals of surgical oncology 2022 Oct 29 11 6692-6703
- ASO Author Reflections on "Racial Disparities in Time to Treatment Persist in the Setting of a Comprehensive Breast Center".
  Zaveri S, Romanoff A, Annals of surgical oncology 2022 Oct 29 11 6704
- ASO Visual Abstract: Racial Disparities in Time to Treatment Persist in the Setting of a Comprehensive Breast Center.
  Zaveri S, Nevid D, Ru M, Moshier E, Pisapati K, Reyes SA, Port E, Romanoff A, Annals of surgical oncology 2022 Oct 29 11 6705
- Postoperative opioid prescribing patterns in the geriatric patient population.
  Dias J, Zaveri S, Divino C, American journal of surgery 2022 Jul 224 1 Pt B 418-422
- Surgeon Bias in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing.
  Zaveri S, Nobel TB, Khetan P, Srinivasan M, Divino CM, World journal of surgery 2022 Jul 46 7 1660-1666
- Variations in postoperative opioid prescribing by day of week and duration of hospital stay.
  Lazar DJ, Zaveri S, Khetan P, Nobel TB, Divino CM, Surgery 2021 Apr 169 4 929-933
- Do Socioeconomic Disparities Exist in Postoperative Opioid Prescription and Consumption?
  Srinivasan ML, Zaveri S, Nobel T, Khetan P, Divino CM, The American surgeon 2020 Dec 86 12 1677-1683
- Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Following Gender Reassignment Surgery: A Review of Presentation, Management, and Outcomes in the Transgender Patient Population.
  Zaveri S, Yao A, Schmidt H, European journal of breast health 2020 Jul 16 3 162-166
- The Opioid Give and Take: The Effect of Overprescribing on Patient Opioid Consumption Patterns Following Ambulatory Surgery.
  Zaveri S, Nobel TB, Khetan P, Dayal VK, Srinivasan M, Divino CM, The American surgeon 2020 May 86 5 549-550
- Atheroembolism to the Breast.
  Zaveri S, Price LZ, Tupper H, Tadros RO, Annals of vascular surgery 2020 Apr 64 411.e17-411.e20
- Risk of Chronic Opioid Use in Opioid-Naïve and Non-Naïve Patients after Ambulatory Surgery.
  Zaveri S, Nobel TB, Khetan P, Divino CM, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2020 Mar 24 3 688-694
- Temporal trends in opioid prescribing for common general surgical procedures in the opioid crisis era.
  Nobel TB, Zaveri S, Khetan P, Divino CM, American journal of surgery 2019 Apr 217 4 613-617
- Pre-operative ultrasound guided wire localization for recurrent or persistent thyroid disease: A series of four cases.
  Zaveri S, Rastatter JC, Carter JM, Kim S, Maddalozzo J, International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology 2018 Oct 113 67-71
- Tamoxifen Acceptance and Adherence among Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) Treated in a Multidisciplinary Setting.
  Karavites LC, Kane AK, Zaveri S, Xu Y, Helenowski I, Hansen N, Bethke KP, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Khan SA, Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2017 Jul 10 7 389-397

Research

Surgical management of breast cancer and high-risk breast lesions
Surgical management of locally advanced breast cancer
Building global surgical and cancer care capacity

Clinical Focus

Breast Cancer and High-Risk Breast Lesions

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