Ari D. Brooks, MD
Breast Surgery, Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 12 and up
Penn Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery Washington Square, 8th Floor
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About me

  • Director, Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Director, Surgery Clerkship, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Clinical Associate of Surgery
  • Professor of Clinical Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: Drexel University Center City Hahnemann Campus
  • Residency: NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Residency: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Residency: New York University - Bellevue Hospital
  • Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

748 reviews

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November 2025
he was good
November 2025
very professional
October 2025
knowledgeable and experienced
October 2025
dr brooks is the best

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My Locations

Penn Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery Washington Square, 8th Floor

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Brooks is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Bakillah E, Brooks AD, Adekeye S Switching to tumescent dissection in mastectomy , Breast Journal, 2025: 2025,7634729

Ahluwalia VS, Doiphode N, Mankowski WC, Cohen EA, Pati S, Pantalone L, Bakas S, Brooks AD, Vachon CM, Conant EF, Gastounioti A, Kontos D Volumetric breast density estimation from three-dimensional reconstructed digital breast tomosynthesis images using deep learning , JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, 8: 2024,e2400103

Passman JE, Khue DK, Thanh QN, Yi W, Temel D, Roberson JL, Wachtel H, Gaulton GN, Morrison G, Brooks AD Collaborative development and implementation of a hybrid virtual surgery clerkship curriculum in a Vietnamese medical school , Journal of Surgical Education , 81(8): 2024,1099-1104

Araji T, Brooks AD Evaluating the role of ChatGPT as a study aid in medical education in Surgery , Journal of Surgical Education, 81(5): 2024,753-757

Yudien MA, Brooks AD, Aarons CB Medical student perceptions of academic surgery: Rose-colored glasses or jaded prism? , Journal of Surgical Education, 81(3): 2024,373-381

Talwar AA, Mazzaferro D, Morris MP, Davis H, Hitchner M, Shulkin J, Christopher AN, Broach RB, Brooks AD, Serletti JM. The impact of breast cancer type, staging, and treatment on vascular complications of immediate free-flap breast reconstruction , Annals of Plastic Surgery, 90(6S Suppl 5): 2023,S556-S562

Burkbauer L, Goldbach M, Hoffman DI, Giannakou A, Dultz R, Brooks AD, Sataloff DM, Keele L, Tchou J Preoperative MRI and its impact on surgical outcomes in patients with triple negative breast cancer treated with primary surgery: Did new margin guidelines or cavity shave margins practice diminish the role of preoperative MRI? , Annals of Surgical Oncology: 2022 (Epub)

Ahluwalia VS, Mankowski W, Pati S, Bakas S, Brooks AD, Vachon CM, Conant EF, Gastounioti A, Kontos D Artificial-intelligence-driven volumetric breast density estimation with digital breast tomosynthesis in a racially diverse screening cohort , Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(16 Suppl 1): 2022

Goodsell KE, Familusi O, Mulvey HE, Williams C, Yeguez A, Brooks AD Teaching what matters: Integrating health equity education into the core surgery clerkship , Surgery, 171(6): 2022,1505-1511

Soegaard Ballester JM, Goodsell KE, Ermer JP, Karakousis GC, Miura JT, Saur NM, Mahmoud NN, Brooks A, Tchou JC, Gabriel PE, Shulman LN, Wachtel H. New Operative Reporting Standards: Where We Stand Now and Opportunities for Innovation , Ann Surg Oncol, 29(3): 2022,1797-1804