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Monique Gary DO, MSc, FACS

Medical Director, Grand View Health/Penn Cancer Network Cancer Program

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Highlights

  • Board certified, fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist
  • Physician, researcher, advocate, and expert on cancer and healthcare disparities
  • Pennsylvania's only black breast cancer surgeon
  • 2022 Donna Noce Colaco Going Beyond Honoree

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Monique Gary DO, MSc, FACS is a board certified, fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist, and medical director of the Grand View Health/Penn Cancer Network cancer program in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, where she also serves as director of the breast program.

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Dr. Gary holds clinical faculty appointments at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Penn Medicine, and Texas Christian University/UNT Health Sciences in Ft. Worth, Texas. As a physician, researcher, advocate, and expert on cancer and healthcare disparities, she is passionate about developing integrative, holistic, and innovative approaches to cancer treatment, prevention, and survivorship both in the region and throughout the world. 
 
She has been featured in interviews with FOX News, CBS-KYW, Medscape, xoNecole, multiple podcasts, and she can be heard daily on UrbanOne radio stations in Philadelphia during the "Daily Check-In with Dr. Mo” and weekly as the co-host of "The Doctor is IN” on Blackdoctor.org with the CEO of Touch, Ricki Fairley. At this time, Dr. Gary is the only black breast cancer surgeon in the state of Pennsylvania.

 

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My mother was 29 and in a very abusive relationship when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It was very advanced. I remember watching her skin turn dark. I remember her wearing more wigs. She used to wear these fabulous wigs, great shoes, and she was a total glamazon. Diagnosed too late and gone too soon. She didn’t make it to 30. One thing people don’t know about me is that I wear great shoes in her honor and her memory.

Dr. Monique Gary, Black History Untold

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Experience & Accolades

Expertise

  • Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology

Education

Experience

Awards and Distinctions

Professional Memberships and Board Positions

Publications

In the Media

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Contributions

Surgery

05/01/22 | BY: Monique Gary, Vivian J. Bea

Almost everyone diagnosed with breast cancer has some surgery. Surgery is a local therapy: a treatment that’s focused on a specific part of the body.

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Mastectomy

04/30/22 | BY: Monique Gary

Mastectomy is surgery that removes all of the tissue from the breast to treat breast cancer. Mastectomy can be done on one or both breasts (double mastectomy) to remove breast cancer, or to lower the risk of developing breast cancer in people at high risk.

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 | 21 Min. Read |

What we’re missing in breast cancer care during COVID-19

12/21/20 | BY: Monique Gary

One of the many concerning patterns seen in the wake of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has been the drop in breast cancer cases and other health conditions. This past year saw fewer breast screenings and now health systems are reporting a dramatic drop in the number of breast cancer diagnoses.

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 | 21 Min. Read

Skin care and scarring after breast cancer surgery and radiation therapy

07/01/20 | BY: Monique Gary

In this interview, Living Beyond Breast Cancer CEO Jean A. Sachs, MSS, MLSP, spoke with breast surgical oncologist Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS, about ways to protect your skin before, during, and after breast cancer treatment.

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Breast surgery and treatment changes during the coronavirus outbreak

04/02/20 | BY: Monique Gary

As people across the country deal with the outbreak of COVID-19, LBBC is speaking to experts from our medical advisory committee about ways people with breast cancer may be affected by COVID-19 and efforts to prevent its spread.

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 | 21 Min. Read