ALEJANDRA PEREZ-TAMAYO, MD, FACS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SURGERY

SURGICAL DIRECTOR OF BREAST CANCER

General Profile

Specialty:

Surgical Oncology

Sub-Specialties:

Breast Cancer

Appointments:

Surgical Director,Breast Cancer Center; Attending Surgeon at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Clinical Interests:

Diseases of breast, hernia repair surgery, abdominal surgery

Languages Spoken:

English, Spanish, French

Education

Medical Education:

University of Illinois, College of Medicine

Residency:

General Surgery at “Metropolitan Group Hospitals” Chicago, Illinois

Fellowship:

N/A

Certifications:

American Board of Surgery, American Board of Surgery CriticalCare

Publications, Awards, & Memberships

Society Memberships:

• American Society of Breast Surgeons
• Metropolitan Chicago Chapter American College of Surgeons
• Chicago Surgical Society
• American College of Surgeons Fellow
• Illinois Surgical Society
• Warren Cole Society

Publications:

• Perez-Tamayo, AM and Kacey, DJ. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery (Rosenthalet.al.,eds) JAMA: 2012:307:(18) 1981.
• Perez-Tamayo, AM, Imbembo, AL, and Lillemoe, KD: Small Intestinal Fistulas; In Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Vol. 5, 4th Edition, Zuidema and Nyhus Editors. Saunders 1996.
• Perez-Tamayo, AM and Tito, W: Fat Embolism; In Manual of Surgical Therapeutics, 9th Edition, Condon and Nyhus Editors. Little Brown and Co., 1995.
• Tito, W. and Perez-Tamayo, AM: Richter and Littre Hernias; In Hernia, Nyhus and Condon, editors, 4th Edition, Little Brown and Co.; 1994.
• Tito, W., Blair, W. and Perez-Tamayo AM: Contributions to General Surgery; In The Remarkable Practice of John Benjamin Murphy; Schmitz and Oh; University of Illinois Press, 1993.
• Perez-Tamayo, AM. and Tito, W; Fat Embolism (Pulmonary Embolism). In Manual of Surgical Therapeutics, 8th Edition; Condon and Nyhus, Little Brown and Co. 1992.
• Imbembo, A., Lillemoe, K.D., and Perez-Tamayo, AM. Small Intestinal Fistulas: In Surgery of the Digestive Tract, Vol 5, 3rd Edition, Shackelford, Zuidema and Nyhus 1990.
• Tito, W, Perez-Tamayo AM: Mechanical Bowel Obstruction at Mercy Hospital, Mercy Journal, Vol 5, No 1 1988.
• Tito, W and Perez-Tamayo, AM: Pulmonary Embolism. In Manual of Surgical Therapeutics, 7th Edition, Condon and Nyhus; Brown and Co., 1988.
• Perez-Tamayo, AM, Allen W, Tito W. and Gasior, R: Traumatic Emergencies of the Esophagus. Mercy Journal Vol 4, No 2, 1986.
• Tito, W, Perez-Tamayo, AM and Allen, W: Guidelines for Nutritional Support of the Surgical Patient. Mercy Journal Vol 3, No 2, 1985.
• Perez-Tamayo, AM, Congreve D, Bartolome J and Schmitz, R: Perforated Benign Gastrocolic Fistula. Arch Surg 118 (9), 1983.