> Evelyn Taiwo, MD

Evelyn Taiwo, MD

Attending Physician, New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

Highlights

  • Speaker, 2022 Knowledge is power: Black breast cancer experience
  • Earned her medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia
  • Contributed to several studies on cancer presentation in urban and minority patient populations.
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Evelyn Taiwo, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and attending physician at New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

She earned her medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Following her residency at Boston University Medical Center, Dr. Taiwo completed a three-year fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

She previously served as assistant professor of medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn from July 2011-2019, and as attending physician and hematology-oncology and fellowship site director at Kings County Hospital. While at Kings County Hospital, Dr. Taiwo served in a leadership role as the director of the breast cancer center overseeing the operations, research activities, clinical care delivery, and education.

As a researcher, she has contributed to several studies on cancer presentation in urban and minority patient populations.