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

Research