Breast Care Specialist -
Therese Cusick, MD, FACS

Dr. Therese Cusick is the Medical Director for Breast Care Specialists. She is passionate about nurturing future generations. A mother of five and board-certified surgeon, Dr. Cusick knows the toll breast cancer can take on an entire family. She is dedicated to research and the genetic implications breast cancer has on a family line. Dr. Cusick has a passion for working with patients who have a family history of breast cancer to determine if genetic testing is appropriate.

EDUCATION

MEDICAL DEGREE Doctor of Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria, Illinois	1990 – 1994
RESIDENCY General Surgery University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita, Kansas	1994 – 1999
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION Breast Care Center of the Southwest Phoenix, Arizona

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Surgery

2000 – present

CURRENT TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Department of Surgery Clerkship University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita, Kansas

DIRECTORSHIPS

DIRECTOR OF SURGERY STUDENT CLERKSHIP University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita, Kansas

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• Fellow American College of Surgeons • American Society of Breast Surgeons • Association of Women Surgeons • Kansas Medical Society • Medical Society of Sedgwick County • Southwestern Surgical Congress