Penn Medicine Provider
Breast Surgery
Leisha C. Elmore, MD, MPHS
5.0
(237)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Breast Surgery University City
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About me

  • Associate Program Director, Breast Surgery Fellowship
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia

Dr. Elmore’s clinical practice focuses on both benign and malignant breast surgery. She attended medical school, completed residency in general surgery, and received a Master’s of Population Health Sciences (MPHS) at Washington University in St. Louis. She completed her fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

Dr. Elmore has a specific interest in promoting evidence-based, equitable and high-quality healthcare for all patients.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Residency: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Fellowship: University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

238 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 listened to my concerns and thoroughly answered mine and my husband's questions
April 2025
5.0
5.0
understanding
April 2025
5.0
5.0
i feel she is knowledgeable
April 2025
5.0
5.0
we all left, very satisfied with the results of our visit

Insurance accepted

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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. Elmore is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Pesantes J, Perez-Rojas S, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM, Elmore LE Biological Sex Differences in Incidence, Management and Outcomes of de novo Metastatic Breast Cancer. , Academic Surgical Congress: 2024

Ginzberg SP, Edmonds CE, Dako F, Donnell T, Washington AL, Elmore LC, Lee DJ, Vachani A, Mincarelli D, Zeballos Torrez C, McCormick TM, Rodriguez V, Nguyen V, Oliva C, Atherholt B, Gaiser R, Congiu L, Grant B, Gungor M, Englander BS, Guerra CE, Nunes LW Together we go farther: Improving access to cancer screening through a multidisciplinary, one-stop-shop approach , Academic Radiology, 30(12): 2023,3153-3161

Elmore LC, Fayanju OM Addressing inequalities in breast cancer care delivery , Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, 32(4): 2023,799-810

Manik R, Grady CB, Elmore LC, Fieber JH, Freedman GM, Jankowitz RC, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM ASO Visual Abstract: Temporal trends and factors associated with receipt of post-mastectomy radiation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with cT3 breast cancer , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 30(11): 2023,6518-6519

Manik R, Grady CB, Elmore LC, Fieber JH, Freedman GM, Jankowitz RC, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM Temporal trends and factors associated with receipt of post-mastectomy radiation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with cT3 breast cancer , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 30(11): 2023,6506-6515

Elmore LC, Woodward SG, Fayanju OM Evidence-based de-escalation in axillary management- Is less really more? , JAMA Surgery, 158(8): 2023,816

Pichardo MS, Fayanju OM, Perez-Rojas S, Elmore LC, Pan K, Chlebowski RT Overall survival varies by age and race/ethnicity among favorable prognosis breast cancers , Annals of Surgical Oncology, 30(Suppl 1): 2023,S193-S194

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

Ginzberg SP, Grady CB, Manik R, Fieber JH, Edmonds CE, Elmore LC, Zhang J, Tchou JC, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM Association between insurance type and time from abnormal mammogram to breast biopsy in an urban academic health system , Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 29(Suppl 2): 2022,S31

Manik R, Grady CB, Ginzberg S, Edmonds CE, Elmore LC, Lewandowski JT, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM Mammographic follow-up before and during the COVID-19 pandemic , Journal of Clinical Oncology, 40(28 Suppl): 2022,122