New Surgical Oncologist Comes to Clinton as Site Director
MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center Welcomes MedStar Health Breast Surgeon Patricia Wehner to the Team
Patricia Wehner, MD, FACS / Courtesy MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Patricia Wehner, MD, FACS, trained to treat cancer by removing tumors and other cancerous tissues, better known as a breast surgeon has joined MedStar Southern Maryland in Clinton, MS as site director of its breast health program. Dr. Wehner is a board-certified, fellowship trained MedStar Health physician also practices at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. She also currently practices at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, and will continue seeing patients at this location as well.
Patricia Wehner, MD, FACS, trained to treat cancer by removing tumors and other cancerous tissues, better known as a breast surgeon has joined MedStar Southern Maryland in Clinton, MD as site director of its breast health program. Dr. Wehner is a board-certified, fellowship trained MedStar Health physician also practices at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown, MD. She also currently practices at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC, and will continue seeing patients at this location as well.
As part of the specialty care provided at MedStar Southern Maryland in Clinton, Maryland, Dr. Wehner treats an array of conditions such as ductal carcinoma in situ, inflammatory breast cancer, invasive breast cancer, Paget's disease of the breast and Phyllodes tumor. Surgical procedures offered for patients include axillary node dissection, lumpectomy, and breast conservation with oncoplasty as well as mastectomy.
“I knew at age seven that I wanted to be a doctor. And, I chose to work with breast cancer patients because of the special closeness I can build with women at this vulnerable time in their lives," Dr. Wehner said.
Dr. Wehner is currently the Associate Program Director of the MedStar Georgetown Breast Fellowship and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Georgetown University. She won a Scientific Impact Award in 2013 from the American Society of Breast Surgeons and is also a recipient of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers’ Excellence in Patient Quality and Care Award. She attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, prior to starting a residency in general surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She then completed a breast oncology fellowship at the University of Southern California.
