Catherine M. Porter, DO
Breast Surgery
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Catherine M. Porter, DO

Breast Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Women's Specialty Center Fern Hill
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

My education and training

  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMedical School
  • Christiana Care Health SystemResidency
  • Cooper University HospitalResidency
  • Stanford University Medical CenterFellowship

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

944 reviews

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Anonymous
October 2026
Dr Porter looks into your eyes when she speaks to u n explains very simply any problems or suggestions. She has such a calm voice even with bad news.
Anonymous
October 2026
Great dr
Anonymous
October 2026
Through.
Anonymous
October 2026
Dr Porter is the best, when things are wrong and need to be fixed you need the best.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Porter is a Penn Medicine provider.

Qualifications and experience

All conditions and treatments

Research

Publications

Choy N, Lipson J, Kieryn A, Porter C, Pal S, Ikeda D, Trinh L, Ozawa M, Wheeler A, Allison K, Jensen K, Wapnir I. Initial Results with Black Ink Tattooing of Biopsied Lymph Nodes. , 15th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Las Vegas, NV: 2014


Porter C, Morrison D, Wapnir I. The Fate of DCIS after Neoadjuvant Treatment for Invasive Breast Cancer. , 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. Chicago, IL: 2013


Porter CM, Debesa O, Vito K, Gerber DR. The Association of Myocardial Infarction and Blood Transfusion among Vascular Surgery Patients. , 13th Annual Resident Research Day. Cooper University Hospital: 2011


Aghai ZH, Saslow JG, Meniru C, Porter C, Eydelman R, Bhat V, Stahl G, Sannoh S, Pyon K, Hewitt C, Bhandari V. High-mobility group box-1 protein in tracheal aspirates from premature infants: relationship with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and steroid therapy. , J Perinatol., 30(9): 2010,610-615


Porter CM, Debesa O, Vito K, Gerber DR. The Association of Myocardial Infarction and Blood Transfusion among Vascular Surgery Patients. , 18th Annual Camishion Research Contest. Cooper University Hospital: 2010


Kumar S, Porter CM, Hager E, Alexander JB, Carabasi RA, Carpenter JC, Lombardi JV. Modified Eversion Carotid Endartectomy , 12th Annual Resident Research Day. Cooper University Hospital: 2010


Kumar S, Porter C, Hager, E et al. Modified Eversion Carotid Endartectomy. , 37th Annual Meeting Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Scottsdale, AZ: 2010


Porter CM, Athar MK, Vito K, Hunter K, Gerber DR. Association of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation with Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion in a Surgical Population. , Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Congress, Miami Beach, FL: 2010


Porter CM, Athar MK, Vito K, Hunter K, Gerber DR. Association of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation with Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion in a Surgical Population. , 17th Annual Camishion Research Contest. Cooper University Hospital: 2009


Aghai ZH, Saslow JG, Meniru C, Porter C, Eydelman R, Bhat V, Stahl G, Sannoh S, Pyon K, Hewitt C, Bhandari V. High-mobility group box-1 protein in tracheal aspirates from premature infants: relationship with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and steroid therapy. , 11th Annual Resident Research Day. Cooper University Hospital: 2009