Amani Jambhekar, MD, MBA Breast Surgical Oncology

Dr. Jambhekar attended Tulane University where she triple majored in English, Biology, and Psychology and earned a BA and BS. She received her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio followed by general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

Dr. Jambhekar is board certified in General Surgery and completed her fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology at Columbia University Medical Center. She completed her MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and recently received recognition as one of the top MBA graduates in the country. She aims to understand the financial impact of specialty care to ultimately deliver better, more cost effective care. She is also building patient-centered multidisciplinary care models to streamline the journey for her patients.

Dr. Jambhekar is focused on making her practice a place which empowers women.

College: Bachelor of Arts in English, Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Cell and Molecular Biology at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, 2009
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, TX, 2013
Residency: General Surgery Residency at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, 2018
Fellowship: Breast Oncology Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY, 2019

• Breast: partial mastectomy, oncoplastic and hidden scar closure, skin sparing mastectomy, nipple sparing mastectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, selected axillary dissection, axillary dissection
• Melanoma: excision of upper extremity or trunk melanoma, sentinel lymph node biopsy, axillary dissection
• Port placement
• Port removals
• Skin punch biopsies
• Excisional biopsies
• Lymph node biopsies
• Cyst and lipoma excision

• Featured by American Medical Women's Association
• Featured by Med Peps
• Featured by Association of Women Surgeons
• Featured as one of Ten Women Making Wakes from Tulane University
• Organizational Design Coaching Competition Champion - Kelley School of Business, Summer 2019
• Special commendation for marketing strategy at Kelley Connect Week Consulting Competition - May 2019
• Featured by "Without the White Coat"
• Poets & Quants Best & Brightest Online MBAs: Class of 2020

American Board of Surgery
American Society of Breast Surgeons
Association of Women Surgeons
Association for Healthcare Social Media

• HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
• TOPS Surgical Specialty Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Cypress
• HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball

• Millennium Medical Bites - Breast Cancer Myths
• Join the Movement #RealHereosNeedMasks – Apr 1, 2020, Medelita Blog
• Interview with Dr. Amani, MD, an Oncologic Surgeon – Feb 19, 2020, Medelita Blog
• Why Breast Surgical Oncology? – Jan 12, 2020, SheMD
• What causes breast pain? – Jan 12, 2020, FemHealth Project
• It’s Not Me, It’s You – Read This Before You Interview – Dec 19, 2019, SheMD
• Recurrent Intestinal Obstruction After Radiation Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature – Mar 6, 2019, Case Reports in Surgery
• Intestinal obstruction caused by desmoid tumours: a review of the literature – May 9, 2018, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Demographics and socioeconomic status as predictors of weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: A prospective cohort study. – Apr 22, 2018, International Journal of Surgery
• Over the hill and falling down: Can the NEXUS criteria be applied to the elderly? – Dec 3, 2017, International Journal of Surgery
• Distracting injury defined: does an isolated hip fracture constitute a distracting injury for clearance of the cervical spine? – Sep 21, 2017, Emergency Radiology
• Robotic repair of a right-sided Bochdalek hernia: a case report and literature review. – May 12, 2017, Journal of Robotic Surgery
• Does use of a trauma checklist increase discharges from the emergency department? – Mar 13, 2017, Trauma
• Glomangiosarcoma Arising from a Prior Biopsy Site – Jan 25, 2017, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
• Delayed presentation of penetrating carotid injury: Two cases and a review of the literature – Nov 2, 2016, Trauma
• Blunt traumatic transection of the right common carotid artery – Nov 2, 2016, Trauma
• Readmission Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy – Jul 1, 2016, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
• Multiple Port Site Metastases After Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer – May 17, 2016, Case Reports of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons