Susan Pories

Dr. Pories is Professor of Surgery, the Vice-Chair of Quality and Safety for the Department of Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Director of the Rutgers Breast Center at University Hospital, Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Previously she served as the Director of the Hoffman Breast Center and Chief of Breast Surgery at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts and an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She represents the Association of Women Surgery on the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Pories is in demand as a speaker worldwide and is committed to education about breast cancer, improving physician wellness, advancing the cause of women in surgery, and enriching medical education with the arts and humanities. Books by Dr. Susan Pories include The Soul of a Doctor and the Soul of a Patient. She also edited Navigating Your Surgical Career: The AWS Guide to Success, first and second editions, Cancer: Biography of a Disease, In the Kitchen with Your Favorite Chefs, and the AWS Pocket Mentor, Sixth Edition.