About me
Dr. Jennifer D. Son is a board-certified general surgeon and fellowship-trained breast surgeon. Dr. Son's clinical interests include breast conservation, nipple sparing mastectomies, intraoperative radiation, oncoplastic breast surgery, risk-reducing breast surgery, and treatment of both benign and malignant breast disease.
Dr. Son has published papers and book chapters focusing on safety and efficacy of nipple sparing mastectomies, invasive lobular cancer, disparities in breast cancer care and the development of personalized breast cancer care. She is an active member of the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Breast Surgeons, and the Society of Surgical Oncology.
Her mission is to provide quality care to patients and to empower them to make the best medical decision for them through education and evidence-based medicine. Patients are unique and there is no "one size fits all". Working together and having excellent communication and transparency help provide compassionate and high quality care to each of her patients.
Clinical areas of focus
- Breast Cancer
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Her2neu Receptor
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Invasive Breast Cancer
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Mammogram
- Acquired Absence Of Breast
- Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
- Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
- Atypical Papilloma
- Axillary Mass
- Benign Breast Lump
- Brca
- Breast Abscess
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cyst
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Lump
- Breast Thickening
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Contusion Of Breast
- Dense Breast
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Dysplasia Of Breast
- Er Positive Breast Cancer
- Family History Of Breast Cancer
- Fibrocystic Breast Changes
- Galactocele
- Galactorrhea
- Gynecomastia
- Her2neu Receptor
- Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer
- History Of Breast Cancer
- History Of Fibrocystic Disease
- Hypopigmented Nipple Lesions
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Invasive Breast Cancer
- Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
- Lymphadenopathy
- Lymphedema
- Male Breast Cancer
- Mammary Duct Ectasia
- Mammary Dysplasia
- Mastitis
- Mastodynia
- Mastopathy
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Microcalcifications
- Mondor's Disease
- Nipple Discharge
- Nipple Diseases
- Nipple Fissure
- Nipple Lesions
- Paget's Disease Of The Breast
- Postpartum Mastitis
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Procedures I perform
- Aspiration Breast Cyst
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer Follow Up
- Breast Conservation
- Breast Examination
- Breast Fine Needle Aspiration
- Breast Surgery
- Cancer Risk Reduction Surgery
- Core Needle Biopsy Of Breast
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Lumpectomy
- Male Breast Reduction
- Mastectomy
- Mastotomy
- Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
- Open Breast Biopsy
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Skin Sparing Mastectomy
- Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Road Northwest Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Center Washington, DC, 20007
202-295-0560Fax 877-376-2420
5454 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 1100 Chevy Chase, MD, 20815
202-877-0890miles away
Insurance
MedStar Medical Group accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Medical Group, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna USAccess (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- FIRST HEALTH
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare Standard
- Tricare Extra (Indemnity)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Medicare Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Student Resources
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- OneNet PPO, Inc.
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Core Essential (HMO)
- Optimum Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Compass (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Network OA
- POS OA & OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: POS
- Open HMO
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Open POS II
- Aetna HMO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
Videos
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Fellowship Program: University of California San Francisco (2020)
Residency Program: Rush University Medical Center (2019)
Internship Program: Rush University Medical Center (2015)
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine (2014)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center introduces magseed technology
Facebook Life: Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment
FOX5 Interview: Breast Cancer Screening and localization techniques
Hewitt KC, Miller P, Piper M, Prionas N, Son JD, Alvarado M, Esserman LJ, Wong JM, Ewing C, Mukhtar RA. Positive margins after mastectomy in patients with invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: Incidence and management strategies. Am J Surg. 2021 Jun 10:S0002-9610(21)00330-5.
Chandler Scott Cortina, Ashley A. Woodfin, Laurel L. Tangalakis, Xuanji Wang, Jennifer D. Son, Jennifer Poirier, Ruta Rao, Katherine Kopkash, Andrea Madrigrano. Treating Positive Axillary Disease in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Age on Radiation Therapy. Br Care. 2021 June;16 (3): 276-282.
Son JD, Piper M, Hewitt K, Alvarado M, Esserman LJ, Ewing C, Wong JM, Mukhtar RA. Oncological Outcomes of Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy for Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast: A 20-Year Institutional Experience. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 May;28(5):2555-2560. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09042-z.
Hewitt K, Son J, Glencer A, Borowsky AD, Cooperberg MR, Esserman LJ. The Evolution of Our Understanding of the Biology of Cancer Is the Key to Avoiding Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Dec;29(12):2463-2474. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0110.
Laurel L. Tangalakis, Chandler S. Cortina, Jennifer D. Son, Jennifer Poirier, Andrea Madrigrano, Obesity Does Not Influence Management of Advanced Breast Cancer in the Elderly, Clinical Breast Cancer, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 197-199, ISSN 1526-8209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2018.12.020.
Son J, Mulder L, Madrigrano A (2018) A National Cancer Database Study on Intra-Operative Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients: Does Socioeconomic Status or Race Correlate with Cure?. Surgery Curr Res 8: 311. doi:10.4172/2161-1076.1000311
Son JD, Tran M, Mir F, Millikan KW, Mahon B. Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Thigh after Lipoma Excision. Am Surg. 2017 Aug 1;83(8):e269-270. PMID: 28822356.
Yon JR, Son JD, Fredericks C, Morton M, Kingsley S, Gupta S, Poulakidas S, Bokhari F. Marjolin's Ulcer in Chronic Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A Rare Complication of an Often Neglected Disease. J Burn Care Res. 2017 Mar/Apr;38(2):121-124. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000399
Garrett TA, Raetz CR, Son JD, Richardson TD, Bartling C, Guan Z. Non-enzymatically derived minor lipids found in Escherichia coli lipid extracts. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Nov;1811(11):827-37. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.08.012.