Biography
Dr. Hughes, Assistant Professor of Surgery, is a surgical oncologist at the University of Michigan. She focuses her clinical efforts on melanoma and breast cancer and conducts health services research. Her research interests are centered around provider communication, provider bias and health care safety and quality. She completed her surgical oncology training at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Society and her residency at Rush University Medical Center and John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, IL.
Dr. Hughes currently serves on the Health Services Research Committee through the Association for Academic Surgery. Additionally, she has served as a moderator and reviewer for multiple different national surgical society meetings and as an ad-hoc reviewer for Annals of Surgical Oncology. She is currently developing her research program within CHOP and will be submitting interdependent grant proposals for both internal and external funding in the coming academic year.
More information on Dr. Hughes' publications, research and grants can be found here.