Faculty Profile
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Sheryl G. A. Gabram, MD
– Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Surgeon-in-Chief, Grady Memorial Hospital
– Deputy Director, Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Memorial Hospital
– Program Director, Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
– Director, AVON Comprehensive Breast Center, Grady Health System
Telephone: 404.778.1304
E-mail: sgabram@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2005
For nine consecutive years Dr. Gabram has been named one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly and one of America's Top Cancer Doctors for seven. She specializes in treating breast cancer, directs the breast cancer fellowship of the Division of Surgical Oncology, researches disparities of care for breast cancer patients, and has directed the AVON Comprehensive Breast Center at Grady Memorial Hospital since 2005. She was named a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar in 2007, received the Atlanta Business Chronicle 2010 Health-Care Heroes Community Outreach award for work she and her team had done at Grady increasing breast cancer awareness and diagnosing the disease earlier in a high-risk population of minority women, and received an Outstanding Performance Award for her exemplary service as an official Cancer Liaison Physician between the Avon Breast Center and the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer in 2011. She was also appointed Surgeon-in-Chief at Grady the same year.
Affiliations
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Emory Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
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Grady Memorial Hospital
Medical School
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Class of 1982, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Postgraduate Training
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General Surgery Internship and Residency, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 1982-1987
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Fellowship in Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, 1987-1988
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Masters of Business Administration, University of Connecticut Executive MBA Program, Farmington, CT, 1994-1996
Honors and Awards
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Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, 2007-2012
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Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
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America's Top Doctors, Castle Connolly, 2003-2011
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America's Top Cancer Doctors, Castle Connolly, 2005-2011
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Health-Care Heroes Community Outreach Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2010
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YWCA, Academy of Women Achievers (Atlanta), 2010
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Women's Health Magazine: Top Oncologists in the South, 2008
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MD News Publication: Featured Physician, April 2008
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Arthur G. Michel MD Award for Excellence in Breast Care, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, 2004
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Top Doctors, Chicago Magazine, 2004
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Top "Breakthrough" Doctors for 2003 (featured article), Chicago Magazine
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Gould Award for Excellence in Surgical Training, Washington Hospital Center, 1987
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Upjohn Award for Excellence in Surgical Training, Washington Hospital Center, 1984
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Emergency Medical Achievement Award, Washington Hospital Center, 1983
Current Organizational Memberships
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow
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American Society of Clinical Oncology
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Georgia Cancer Coalition, Reviewer, Cancer Research Award Funding
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Cancer Liaison Physician, Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons
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Society of Surgical Oncology
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American Society of Breast Surgeons, Legislative Committee
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Central Surgical Association
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New England Surgical Society
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Board Member, Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education
Clinical Interests
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Surgery (Board certified since 1988)
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Surgical Oncology (breast cancer/tumors, sentinel node biopsy breast)
Current Research Interests
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Investigation of the disparities of care for breast cancer patients. Dr. Gabram serves as PI on the Winship Cancer Center of Emory University's AVON Foundation grant, which encompasses three areas: clinical education outreach initiatives, access to quality care for breast cancer patients in the Grady Health System, and research to decrease disparities for patients in the Center.
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Collaboration with Dr. Charlene Bayer at the Georgia Technology Research Institute as Co-PI on a study examining breath biomarkers in exhaled specimens as a potential tool for breast cancer disease detection and monitoring.
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Cooperative investigation with researchers of the Department of Health Policy and Management of the Rollins School of Public Health on the delivery of breast cancer treatments to Medicaid patients.
