David R Brenin, MD
Breast Surgery
Bio & Overview
David Brenin, MD, FACS is the M.C. Wilhelm Professor in diseases of the breast and co-director of the University of Virginia Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center. His clinical practice specializes in the treatment of breast cancer, and benign diseases of the breast.
Dr. Brenin is a fellowship-trained breast surgeon and is an expert on surgical procedures involving the breast including lumpectomy, sentinel node biopsy, axillary dissection, nipple sparing mastectomy and IORT. His primary research interests include focused ultrasound ablation of breast tumors and immunotherapy.
In addition to his clinical functions, Dr. Brenin is the leader of UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center’s weekly multidisciplinary breast conference, chairman of the Commission on Cancer Committee at UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center and member of the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation’s Fellowship Advisory Committee and grant review committee. He serves on the UVA Health Tumor Registry Advisory Board and UVA Human Immune Therapy Center Committee. Dr. Brenin is also course co-director for the regional continuing medical education conference “Advances in Comprehensive Breast Care and Imaging,” in Charlottesville and is on the planning committee of the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center educational series.
His professional affiliations include Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (breast team CORE committee member) and the American Society of Breast Surgeons.
A native of New York, Dr. Brenin graduated from SUNY Binghamton in 1986. He earned his MD at New York Medical College in 1990 and completed his residency in surgery and fellowships in breast surgery at Northwestern University. Dr. Brenin’s wife, Dr. Christiana Brenin, also treats breast cancer at UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center and earned her medical degree, served her residency and completed her fellowships at the same locations as her husband, David.
Outside the hospital, Dr. Brenin enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters as well as hiking, skiing, scuba diving, playing with the family dog and maintaining an extraordinary fish tank.
Academic Information
- Department
- Surgery
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Breast & Melanoma Surgery
- Research Interests
- Breast Surgery|Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Breast Tumors
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- New York Medical College
- Residency
- Northwestern Medicine Prentice Womens Hospital
- Fellowships
- Northwestern Medicine Prentice Womens Hospital
- Certification
- American Board of Surgery (Surgery (General Surgery))
Highlights
Dr. David Brenin profile video
[MUSIC PLAYING] DAVID BRENIN: My name is Dr. David Brenin, and I am the codirector of the UVA Cancer Center breast program and the chief of breast surgery at UVA. My role with the patient is to help them understand what's going on with them, present the treatment options that are available to them, give them a little bit of insight into perhaps the one that might be most suited for them, and then help them make a final decision. More often than not, when we're treating breast cancer, patients have choices. And we have to be able to be good communicators to educate the patients to help them make the right decision for them. The best care is true, seamless multidisciplinary care, and that's going to be delivered in a breast center where you have the surgeons who provide the clinical care of patients with breast problems as well as the breast imagers. And we work side by side there. If I have a question or if the breast imagers have a question, we literally walk 15 feet and talk to each other. And in this way, we can closely collaborate really on the fly, seamlessly, in taking care of patients with breast problems, of looking at the mammograms together, looking at the breast imaging together, planning surgical options for patients together. And this is really the benefit of a true multidisciplinary program.
Awards
- 2014, 2012 Patients' Choice Award
- 2014, 2012 Compassionate Doctor Recognition
- 2013 Castle Connolly's Top Doctors™
- 2017-2020 Best Doctors in America® List
Reviews
466 Patient Satisfaction Ratings
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