Dr. Ruth O’Regan: Breast Cancer

Dr. Ruth O'Regan is the Division Head of Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and is an associate director of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. Dr. O’Regan specializes as a breast cancer physician and researcher. She is ranked by Newsweek/Castle Connolly Medical as one of the top oncologists in the nation. She received her MD from University College in Dublin, Ireland. She completed her internal medicine residency at Northwestern University and the Medical College of Wisconsin. She completed fellowships in Oncology from Mater Hospital in Dublin and Northwestern University. Dr. O’Regan is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium. She is the Vice-Chair of the Wisconsin Association of Hematology and Oncology, and is on the Executive Committee for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Prior to the University of Wisconsin, Dr. O’Regan was the chair and medical director of breast cancer research at Emory University, and the director of breast cancer research at the Winship Cancer Institute. Tune in to hear about breast cancer: causes, symptoms, treatments, and much more.