ABOUT DR. DOWLAT

 
  • Address

    60 East Delaware Pl.

    Suite 1400

    Chicago, IL 60611


    Numbers
    Phone: 312-397-1400

    Fax:    312-587-1400

  • E-mail: dowlatoffice@gmail.com
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  • Office Hours:
    Monday-Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Doctor Quote

 

Dr. Kambiz Dowlat is a professor of Surgery at Rush University Medical Center specializing in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Dowlat has been working in the field of breast cancer care for 25 years offering his patients excellent medical care and cutting edge treatment options.  He has pioneered several innovations in breast care, some of which have now become standard procedures in the United States.

Dr. Dowlat received his medical training at the University of London and surgical training in Oxford and Bristol United Kingdom.  He was on the faculty of University of Chicago 1981-87 where he began to specialize in the field of breast cancer.

The following are his contributions to the field of breast cancer:

    • His interest in breast cancer led him to bring the first stereotactic equipment to the United States from Sweden and to perform the first stereotactic guided core biopsies rather than open biopsy for mammographic ally detected abnormalities in 1985.  He has since taught this method to  many surgeons directing several courses with the invitation of the American College of Surgeons
    • Since 1988, he has pioneered laser treatment for small breast tumors (malignant and benign) using a thin needle stereotactically guided to the target under local anesthesia.  On May 2, 2007, the device and its application received FDA approval for treatment of non-cancerous breast lumps.  Dr. Dowlat is the founder of Novian Health Inc.
    • In 1994 Dr. Dowlat participated in the first National Cancer Institute trials of detecting the sentinel lymph node using a radio-isotope technique.  Sentinel lymph node biopsy instead of full axillary node dissection has become the standard of care this and other countries.
    • In 2002, Dr. Dowlat introduced partial, instead of whole breast, irradiation to his patients at Rush.  Balloon brachy therapy, as it has come to be generally known, treats the breast tissue around the site of cancer where the risk of recurrence is high.  With the partnership of Xoft, Dr. Dowlat has pioneered the second generation of this technique known as electronic brachytherapy.
    • Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

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