Akiko Chiba
Akiko Chiba

Akiko Chiba

Associate Professor of Surgery

Overview

Dr. Akiko Chiba is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Duke University Medical Center and Associate Program Director of Duke Breast Surgery Fellowship Program. She is a breast surgical oncologist who cares for patients with breast cancer, benign breast diseases and those with an increased risk of breast cancer. Her clinical interests include young patients with breast cancer, genetic mutation carriers, and de-escalation of surgical treatment after neoadjuvant therapies. She is also studying the role of microbiome in breast cancer and how modulation of microbiome could be used to improve patient outcome. 

In addition to her role at Duke Cancer Institute, Dr. Chiba serve as an advisory board member of Breast and Gyn Oncology System of Excellence with National Oncology Program Office, Veterans Health Administration. This is a national program to improve care for breast and gynecologic cancer of veterans. On the national level, she serves on the Breast Committee for Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Publications Committee for Association of Women Surgeons, and Member Engagement Committee for American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine

2024 School of Medicine

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine

2022 School of Medicine

Education

B.S. 2003

2003 The George Washington University

M.D. 2009

2009 St. George's University, School of Medicine (West Indies)

General Surgery Residency, SURGERY

2015 Maimonides Medical Center

Research Fellow

2012 National Cancer Institute

Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, SURGERY

2016 Mayo Clinic

Publications, Grants & Awards

DCI Centers, Cancer Types & Labs