Biography

Patrick I. Borgen is Chairman of Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center and founder and chief of Brooklyn Breast Cancer Research Program at Maimonides Medical Center—Brooklyn’s first cancer program. Patrick has served as the Chief Breast Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from 1993 to 2006, Founder and Director of William F. Beck Breast Cancer Research Lab at Rockefeller Research Lab of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Chief of Breast Cancer Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center from 2006 to 2008. He received his Bachelors degree from Tulane University in Biomedics/Medical Engineering in 1980 and his Medical Degree from Louisiana State University in 1984. He performed his general surgical residency at Ochsner Foundation Hospital from 1984 to 1989 and became Chief Resident from 1988-1989. Patrick received a fellowship in breast cancer research, breast cancer genetics at Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a member of the American Medical Association (AMA,) American Surgical Association (ASA,) Society of Surgical Oncologists (SSO,) American Society of Clinical Oncologists (ASCO,) and is on the editorial board of five breast cancer related journals. Has received many grants for research, published three textbooks on breast disease and has written articles, editorials, peer reviewed publications, and numerous chapters in books. He is a public speaker giving lectures throughout the year. Patrick has won awards for his achievements such as "Best Doctors in America" and "Best Doctors in New York. "