Clara Farley
- Department of Surgery
Assistant Professor
Overview
Clara R. Farley, MD, FACS, provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary surgical care for patients with breast cancer and breast disease, based primarily at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital.
She earned her medical degree in 2014 and completed her general surgery residency at Emory University School of Medicine in 2021. During her residency she did a two-year research fellowship devoted to the investigation and analysis of multiple clinicopathologic variables that affect survival outcomes in melanoma; Mandy Ford, PhD, scientific director of the Emory Transplant Center, was Dr. Farley's mentor. She then completed a clinical fellowship in breast surgical oncology at the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, in 2022.
Dr. Farley's awards and honors include: Sheskey Family Fellow Breast Cancer Research Award, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2022; Administrative Fellow, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2021-2022; Resident Excellence in Teaching Award, Emory University Hospital, 2021; J.D. Martin Resident Award, Emory University Hospital, 2018-2019; Administrative Research Fellow, Emory University Hospital, 2016-2018; and Elkin Fellowship Award Recipient, Emory University, 2016.
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- BS in Microbiology from University of Georgia
- MD from Emory University School of Medicine
- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- General Surgery Residency from Emory University School of Medicine
- Research Sabbatical, Surgical Oncology (mentor: Mandy Ford, PhD) from Emory University School of Medicine
Research
Publications
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Top advances of the year: Breast cancer.
Cancer Volume: 131 Page(s): e35669
01/01/2025 Authors: Farley CR; Sakach E; Ridge N; Sacks R; Kalinsky K -
Defining the Need for Services for Patients at High Risk of Breast Cancer at a Safety-Net Hospital: An Approach to Narrowing the Disparities Gap.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 31 Page(s): 7570 - 7581
10/01/2024 Authors: Cheng O; Fiser C; Paysour J; Aluwalia R; Hilliard A; Arciero C; Farley CR; Jones J; Conyers J; Postlewait LM -
ASO Author Reflections: Preoperative Assessment of Nodal Burden in Breast Cancer.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 31 Page(s): 382 - 383
01/01/2024 Authors: Farley C; Hwang RF -
To Dissect or Not to Dissect: Can We Predict the Presence of Four or More Axillary Lymph Node Metastases in Postmenopausal Women with Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer?
Volume: 30 Page(s): 8327 - 8334
12/01/2023 Authors: Farley C; Bassett R; Meric-Bernstam F; Bedrosian I; Caudle A; DeSnyder S; Hunt K; Kuerer H; Singh P; Sun S -
ASO Visual Abstract: Lymphedema in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients Following Trimodal Treatment.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 29 Page(s): 6379 - 6380
10/01/2022 Authors: Farley CR; Irwin S; Adesoye T; Sun SX; DeSnyder SM; Lucci A; Shaitelman SF; Chang EI; Ueno NT; Woodward WA -
Lymphedema in Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients Following Trimodal Treatment.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 29 Page(s): 6370 - 6378
10/01/2022 Authors: Farley CR; Irwin S; Adesoye T; Sun SX; DeSnyder SM; Lucci A; Shaitelman SF; Chang EI; Ueno NT; Woodward WA -
Correction to: The Devil's in the Details: Discrepancy Between Biopsy Thickness and Final Pathology in Acral Melanoma.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 28 Page(s): 876
12/01/2021 Authors: Lee AY; Friedman EB; Sun J; Potdar A; Daou H; Farrow NE; Farley CR; Vetto JT; Han D; Tariq M -
The Impact of Obesity on Surgically Treated Locoregional Melanoma.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 28 Page(s): 6140 - 6151
10/01/2021 Authors: Harrell Shreckengost CS; Tariq M; Farley CR; Zhang C; Delman KA; Kudchadkar RR; Lowe MC -
FcRIIB is a T cell checkpoint in antitumor immunity.
JCI Insight Volume: 6
02/22/2021 Authors: Farley CR; Morris AB; Tariq M; Bennion KB; Potdar S; Kudchadkar R; Lowe MC; Ford ML -
Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A United States Multi-Center Substage Survival Analysis.
Cancer Control Volume: 28 Page(s): 10732748211053567
01/01/2021 Authors: Kolla AM; Vitiello GA; Friedman EB; Sun J; Potdar A; Daou H; Farrow NE; Farley CR; Vetto JT; Han D