Dr. Nimmi Kapoor is a Breast Surgical Oncologist and an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. After graduating summa cum laude from UCLA, she earned her medical degree with AOA honors at Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed her general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell and her surgical oncology residency and research training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Kapoor further specialized by completing a joint Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the John Wayne Cancer Institute and Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Currently, she serves as the Director of Breast Surgical Skills and Innovation at UCLA, where she leads a nationally acclaimed course on Breast Ultrasound, Intraoperative Localization, and Oncoplastic surgery. Her research interests include genomic profiling of tumors, postpartum breast cancer, and cryoablation.
Selected publications from PubMed
Impact of Screening Mammography on Breast Cancer Outcomes in Women Aged 80 Years and Over.
Huang SY, Murray M, Rubio A, Okoro N, Sedrak MS, McCloskey SA, Jackson N, Teshome M, Kapoor NS
Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Jan;33(1):129-137 doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18288-4.
ASO Visual Abstract: Impact of Screening Mammography on Breast Cancer Outcomes in Women Aged 80 Years and Over.
Huang SY, Murray M, Rubio A, Okoro N, Sedrak MS, McCloskey SA, Jackson N, Teshome M, Kapoor NS
Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Dec;32(13):9906-9907 doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18488-y.
Pregnancy and breast cancer in young women: current updates and future directions.
Zhang S, Guclu SB, Lipsyc-Sharf M, Kapoor NS
Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2025;17:17588359251369973 doi: 10.1177/17588359251369973.
Impact of timing of pregnancy and genetic risk on local therapy choices for young women with breast cancer.
Lipsyc-Sharf M, Huang M, Huang SY, Suresh YK, Doll A, Baker JL, Kapoor NS
Am J Surg. 2025 Jan;239:116060 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.116060.
ASO Author Reflections: First Descriptions of Patients with Pregnancy Associated Breast Cancer and Subsequent Pregnancy.
Doll A, Kapoor NS
Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct;31(11):7547-7548 doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15854-0.
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