Alina M. Mateo, MD, MS, FACS

Breast Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 15 and up
Penn Breast Surgery Washington Square
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About me

  • Director of the Integrated Breast Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

My education and training

  • Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center

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Spoken languages

English
English
Español
Spanish

Reviews

Average Rating

525 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
May 2026
questions all answered
Anonymous
May 2026
i feel very comfortable with her
Anonymous
May 2026
she was kind and willing to answer any questions i had
Anonymous
May 2026
she did a great job on my surgery and i really like her as a person.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

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. Mateo is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Reddy KP, Berkowitz CL, Jarrell K, Berger R, Hulse S, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Mateo AM, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, McCarthy AM, Fayanju OM The effect of rurality on time to surgery and overall survival among women with breast cancer , Annals of Surgery: 2025 (Epub)

Yoon IC, Perez-Rojas S, Ancha B, Elmore LC, Mateo AM, Pichardo MS, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM Association of neighborhood deprivation with stage at diagnosis and treatment delay for breast cancer in Philadelphia , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 32(8): 2025,5500-5509

Reddy KP, Jarrell K, Berkowitz C, Hulse S, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Greenup RA, Mateo AM, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zafar SY, Fayanju OM Association between delayed/forgone medical care and resource utilization among women with breast cancer in the United States , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 32(4): 2025,2534-2544

Mateo A Direct to consumer testing: What is the data and what are the concerns? , Current Topics in Cancer Genetics: Pre-testing Concerns 2025: 2025

Mateo A (interviewed) Breast cancer awareness month , Wake up with WURD Radio Philadelphia: 2024

Mateo A (interviewed) Mixed messages about mammograms can leave women confused about when to get them , Philly Voice: 2024

Mateo A (interviewed) Breast surgery , Eye on Health, CBS 3 Philadelphia: 2024

Mateo A Pediatric breast cancer and sociodemographic factors: Addressing disparities for better outcomes , American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL: 2024

Mateo A; Workgroup of the ASBrS Practice Management Committee Breast surgery checklist , American Society of Breast Surgeons: 2024

Mateo A Women with breast cancer who delay/forgo care face increased inpatient expenditures , 19th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC: 2024