Dr. Rita A. Sakr

Dr Rita A. Sakr (MD PhD - Ass Professor) is a French / European Board certified, American Fellow, Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon & Ob-Gynecologist with over 20 years of surgical, clinical, academic and research experience in the field.After training in both France and the USA, Dr Rita Sakr was appointed Consultant Breast Oncoplastic Surgeon & Ob-Gynecologist in several institutions, including Institut Curie / Paris, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre / New York and Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. She also held the position of Associate Professor and co-Head of the Breast and Gynecology Care Unit for high risk patients at Pierre & Marie Curie / Sorbonne University, France. She later relocated to Dubai as Consultant Breast surgeon & Ob-Gynecologist. Dr Rita Sakr is a member of various clinical societies such as American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Association for Cancer Research, European Society of Surgical Oncology, Emirates Oncology Society, Europa Donna etc… She has got more than 100 publications and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences, and was awarded many international recognitions such as American Association Cancer Research Award and San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Award. In addition to her wide surgical, clinical and academic experience, Dr Rita Sakr has a passion for patients’ advocacy and has been actively involved in multiple associations for breast cancer survivorship in Europe, USA, and UAE.