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Monica Morrow, MD (she/her/hers)

Chief, Breast Service, Department of Surgery; Anne Burnett Windfohr Chair of Clinical Oncology; Vice President, Women in Science and Medicine, MSKCC; Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States

Monica Morrow, MD is chief of the Breast Surgery Service, Anne Burnett Windfohr Chair of Clinical Oncology, co-chief of the Breast Program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and Professor of Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She is the current president of the Memorial Hospital medical staff (7/25-6/27) and was named the Vice President for Women in Science and Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2025. Prior to this she served as the G. Willing Pepper Chair in Cancer Research and the chairman of the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center. From 1993 to June 2004, she was Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Medical School and director of the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. From 1999 – 2001 she also served as director of the Cancer Department of the American College of Surgeons and executive director of the American Joint Committee on Cancer. A native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Dr. Morrow received her BS degree Magna Cum Laude from the Pennsylvania State University in 1974 and her MD in 1976 from Jefferson Medical College. She did her surgical residency at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont from 1976-1981, followed by 2 years of surgical oncology training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Dr. Morrow is the recipient of the Outstanding Professional Woman Award from the State of Illinois Federation of Business and Professional Women, the Alpha Omega Alpha Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award from the University of Chicago, the Women Making a Difference Award for Medical Innovations from the State of Illinois, and the Speaking of Women’s Health Foundation Award. She is a Distinguished Alumni of the Pennsylvania State University and a Distinguished Alumni of Jefferson Medical College. In 2012 she was the recipient of the Gianni Bonnadonna Breast Cancer Award from ASCO, and in 2013 she was the William McGuire lecturer at the San Antonio Breast Cancer symposium. In 2016 she received the Susan G Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research, and in 2019 was the recipient of the St Gallen International Breast Cancer Award and the John Wayne Clinical Research Award from the Society of Surgical Oncology. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow) and the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. She is the editor of 3 breast cancer textbooks and has published more than 600 book chapters, manuscripts, and editorials. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the Society of Surgical Oncology, and was the President of the Society of Surgical Oncology in 2012-13. Her interests include the application of clinical trials data in practice, surgical decision making, and integration of multimodality care to decrease treatment burden. She co-chaired national committees on standards for breast conserving surgery in 2002 and 2007, and led national efforts to develop guidelines for margins for breast conserving surgery in invasive cancer and DCIS in 2013 and 2015.

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