Sheryl Gabram-Mendola MD
Overview
Dr. Gabram-Mendola is an expert in the surgical treatment of breast cancer and management of patients at high risk for breast cancer. She has also engaged in significant efforts to improve community awareness of the earlier detection of breast cancer in underserved minority women, to meet the rehabilitation needs of breast cancer patients, and to conduct analyses on the impact of various quality metrics and algorithms on patient care at Grady Memorial Hospital.
She was surgeon-in-chief for the Emory Department of Surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital from 2011-2020; director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Center at Grady, a model program for providing breast health care services to underserved communities, from 2005-2020; and deputy director of the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady (GCEE) from 2009-2020.
Dr. Gabram-Mendola served as principal investigator on Winship Cancer Institute's AVON Foundation grant from 2009 until the program ended nationally in 2018. During this time she was awarded over $6M for the Community Education Outreach Initiative program at Grady, support for key individuals in the initiative, and funding for pilot research studies focused on decreasing the disparities gap.
During her tenure at Grady, Dr. Gabram-Mendola oversaw the expansion of services in the areas of acute care surgery, burns, surgical oncology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and plastics; doubled the patient volume of the clinical breast program; and introduced new treatment options collaboratively with breast imaging, such as radioactive seed localization and contrast enhanced mammography.
Academic Appointment
- Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
Education
Degrees
- Masters of Business Administration from University of Connecticut
- Medical Degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine
Research
Focus
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Breast Cancer Care
Dr. Gabram serves as PI on Emory University Winship Cancer Centers AVON Foundation grant and in this role is focusing on decreasing disparities of breast cancer care through a navigation program and providing access to high quality care for breast cancer patients in the Grady Health System.
Publications
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Correction to: Racial disparity in breast cancer survivorship: themes from a series of four national healthcare provider live virtual forums.
J Cancer Surviv Volume: 18 Page(s): 1504
10/01/2024 Authors: Binkley JM; Gabram S; Finley J; Fowler D; VanHoose L; McCullough LE -
Assessing interventions promoting the uptake of cancer-related genomic services within the Latino community: A scoping review using the RE-AIM framework.
Cancer Med Volume: 13 Page(s): e7440
07/01/2024 Authors: Ramirez Leon D; Martinez D; Rivera Rivera J; Fuzzell L; Vadaparampil S; Rogers H; Gabram S; Snyder C; Guan Y -
A ten-year overview of cancer genetic family history screening in Georgia's Latina population.
Front Public Health Volume: 12 Page(s): 1432971
01/01/2024 Authors: Ramirez Leon D; Barber LE; Gabram-Mendola S; Snyder C; Vadaparampil ST; Fuzzell L; McCullough LE; Durham L; Guan Y -
Addressing disparities in cancer clinical trials: a roadmap to more equitable accrual.
Front Health Serv Volume: 4 Page(s): 1254294
01/01/2024 Authors: Hoin JA; Carthon BC; Brown SJ; Durham LM; Garrot LC; Ghamande SA; Pippas AW; Rivers BM; Snyder CT; Gabram-Mendola SGA -
Racial disparity in breast cancer survivorship: themes from a series of four national healthcare provider live virtual forums.
J Cancer Surviv Volume: 17 Page(s): 1008 - 1016
08/01/2023 Authors: Binkley JM; Gabram S; Finley J; Fowler D; VanHoose L; McCullough LE -
Redlining-associated methylation in breast tumors: the impact of contemporary structural racism on the tumor epigenome.
Front Oncol Volume: 13 Page(s): 1154554
01/01/2023 Authors: Miller-Kleinhenz JM; Moubadder L; Beyer KM; Zhou Y; Gaglioti AH; Collin LJ; Gohar J; Do W; Conneely K; Krishnamurti U -
Screening for Individuals at Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Statewide Initiative, Georgia, 2012-2020.
Am J Public Health Volume: 112 Page(s): 1249 - 1252
09/01/2022 Authors: Veitinger JK; Kerber AS; Gabram-Mendola SGA; Liu Y; Durham LM; Durrence D; Berzen AK; Shin JY; Snyder C; Bellcross CA -
Time to Surgical Treatment and Facility Characteristics as Potential Drivers of Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality.
Ann Surg Oncol Volume: 29 Page(s): 4728 - 4738
08/01/2022 Authors: Collin LJ; Ross-Driscoll K; Nash R; Miller-Kleinhenz JM; Moubadder L; Osborn C; Subhedar PD; Gabram-Mendola SGA; Switchenko JM; Ward KC -
Neighborhood characteristics and breast tumor methylation: using epigenomics to explore cancer outcome disparities.
Breast Cancer Res Treat Volume: 191 Page(s): 653 - 663
02/01/2022 Authors: Gohar J; Do WL; Miller-Kleinhenz J; Conneely K; Krishnamurti U; D'Angelo O; Gogineni K; Torres M; Gabram-Mendola S; McCullough LE -
Use of a portable infrared 3D scanning device measuring limb volume in a safety net hospital breast clinic.
Breast J Volume: 27 Page(s): 559 - 561
06/01/2021 Authors: White BN; Okoli J; Dixon JB; Yuan L; Yang S; Gabram-Mendola SGA