Penn Medicine Provider
Breast Surgery
Alina M. Mateo, MD, MS, FACS
5.0
(350)
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
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Residency: Abington Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowship: Fox Chase Cancer Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

352 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.

April 2025
5.0
5.0
she was very thorough.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
great bedside manner and understanding of the disease and her skill set , experience and training and continued study and care
April 2025
5.0
5.0
love dr mateo she is the best of the best
April 2025
5.0
5.0
she was kind and compassionate

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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

My research

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

Mateo A Three crucial factors for breast health , Main Line Today Magazine: 2023

Yoon IC, Perez-Rojas S, Ancha B, Elmore LC, Mateo AM, Pichardo MS, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM Neighborhood deprivation and breast cancer outcomes in Philadelphia , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 30(Suppl 1): 2023,S74

Mateo AM, Mazor AM, Obeid E, Daly JM, Sigurdson ER, Handorf EA, DeMora L, Aggon AA, Bleicher RJ Time to surgery and the impact of delay in the non-neoadjuvant setting on triple-negative breast cancers and other phenotypes , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 27(5): 2020,1679-1692

Mateo AM, Mazor AM, DeMora L, Sigurdson ER, Handorf EA, Daly JM, Aggon AA, Obeid E, Hayes SB, Bleicher RJ Patterns of care and efficacy of chemotherapy and radiotherapy in skin-involved breast cancers of all sizes , Clinical Breast Cancer, 19(4): 2019,292-303

Mateo A, Anderson D, La Cruz Lucy D, Shakir S, Brooks A, Soriano I, Kanchwala S Laparoscopic assisted DIEP flap harvest improves breast reconstruction outcomes , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26(2 Suppl): 2019,156-157

McGreevy C, Mateo A, De La Cruz L The impact of oncotype DX in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: An institutional experience , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 26(2 Suppl): 2019,270