Associate Professor
Vice Chair, Patient Experience
Chief, Section of Breast Surgery
Program Director, UAB Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship
Surgery Physician Advisor – Clinical Documentation Improvement 

Areas of Interest
breast cancer, tumor biology, outcomes research

Biography

Dr. Parker is a fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist with primary research interests in prevention and risk assessment of breast cancer, as well as breast cancer tumor biology and impact on treatment outcomes. She is an associate scientist with the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB and the Minority Health and Research Center.

Dr. Parker received her M.D. degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2008. She completed a residency in General Surgery also at the Louisiana State University in 2013. After surgical residency, she completed a Fellowship in Breast Surgery at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Since entering academic practice in July 2014, she has been actively involved in the education of medical students and residents on a daily basis.

Certifications

American Board of Surgery (2014)

Selected Publications

Caskey R, Parker C, Lancaster R, Krontiras H, Singletary, B, Ayre K. Expectations of Surveillance for Non-BRCA Gene Mutation Carriers at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer. J Surg Res. 2020 Jul 23; 256:267-271. PMID: 32712440. 

Hotsinpiller WJ, Everett AS, Richman JS, Parker C, Boggs DH. Rates of Margin Positive Resection with Breast Conservation for Invasive Breast Cancer Using the NCDB. The Breast. 2021 Dec; 60:86-89. PMID: 34520952 

Nakhlis F, Baker G, Pilewskie M, Gelman R, Calvillo K, Ludwig K, McAuliffe P, Willey S, Rosenberger L, Parker C, Gallagher K, Jacobs L, Feldman S, Lange P, DeSantis C, Schnitt S, King T. The Incidence of Adjacent Synchronous Invasive Carcinoma and/or Ductal Carcinoma In Situ in Patients with Intraductal Papilloma without Atypia on Core Biopsy: Results from a Prospective Multi-Institutional Registry (TBCRC 034). Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 May; 28(5):2573-2578. PMID: 33047246.

Education

Medical School
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Residency
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
General Surgery

Fellowship
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Breast Surgical Oncology

Contact

Campus Address
BDB 512

Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 205-801-9034
Academic Office: 205-975-5972

Email
ccparker@uabmc.edu