Akiko Chiba, M.D. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Surgery
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States

Akiko Chiba, MD, FACS is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Duke University and Associate Program Director of Duke Breast Surgery Fellowship Program. She is a breast surgical oncologist who cares for patients with breast cancer and those with an increased risk of breast cancer. Her clinical interests include de-escalation of surgical treatment after neoadjuvant therapies, young patients with breast cancer, and genetic mutation carriers. Dr. Chiba serve as an advisory board member of Breast and Gyn Oncology System of Excellence with National Oncology Program Office, Veterans Health Administration. She is lead physician in National TeleOncology High Risk Breast Clinic providing care to veterans across the country with increased risk of breast cancer.

Presentation(s):

• Impact of Tumor Biology on Upfront Surgery Versus Neoadjuvant Therapy

  Friday, March 6, 2026
  1:43 PM - 1:55 PM MST

• PPS30. Expanding the utilization of upfront sentinel lymph node biopsy in clinically node positive patients with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer

  Friday, March 6, 2026
  3:40 PM - 4:10 PM MST