Cancers Treated:
Specializing In:
- Breast Surgical Oncology
- Benign and malignant breast disease
- Oncoplastic breast surgery
- Nipple-sparing and skin-sparing mastectomy
- Breast conservation surgery
- High-risk breast disease
- Multidisciplinary breast cancer care
Research Interests:
- Breast cancer disparities
- Surgical outcomes in breast cancer
- Oncoplastic breast surgery
- Male breast cancer
- Breast cancer genomics
- Quality improvement and healthcare delivery
- Breast cancer screening and timeliness of care
Biography
I am a Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. I completed my General Surgery residency at One Brooklyn Health–Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, where I also served as a research fellow in breast surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine.
My clinical interests include the multidisciplinary management of benign and malignant breast disease, oncoplastic breast surgery, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and breast cancer disparities. I am actively involved in clinical research focused on improving breast cancer outcomes and reducing healthcare disparities through evidence-based surgical care.
Positions
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow
- Department of Breast Surgery
Background
Education and Training
- 2009-2015 - Doctor of Medicine (MD) - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2016-2020 - Master of Science (MSc) - Research in Female Reproduction, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Residency
- 2019-2026 - General Surgery Residency - One Brooklyn Health–Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Fellowship
- 2026-2027 - Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, Board Eligible
Professional Memberships
- American College of Surgeons (ACS)
- American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS)
Professional Experience
- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY (2026–Present)
- General Surgery Resident, One Brooklyn Health–Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (2019–2026)
- Research Fellow, Department of Breast Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY (2022–2023)
- General Surgery Resident, General Hospital of Volos, Volos, Greece (2018–2019)
- Community Physician, Health Center of Skopelos, Greece (2015–2016)
Honors & Awards
- Intern of the Year, One Brooklyn Health–Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (2020)
- Poster of Exceptional Merit, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress – Male Nipple-Sparing and Areolar-Sparing Mastectomy: A Multi-Institutional Review of Indications and Outcomes
- Poster of Distinction, Brookdale Research Day (2025) – Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Outcomes of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: Data From a Safety-Net Hospital
- Selected Presenter at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting, and International Surgical Week
- Peer Reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals in surgery and oncology
Publications
- Eden CM, Kim L, Jao L, Syrnioti G, Johnson J, Liu A, Zhou XK, Siegel B, Newman LA, Malik M, Ju T. Disaggregating the Asian American Breast Cancr Population: Disparities in Reconstruction Rates. Journal of Surgical Research. 2024;298:214-221.
- Eden CM, Syrnioti G, Johnson J, Fasano G, Bayard S, Alston C, Liu A, Zhou XK, Ju T, Newman LA, Malik M. Breast Cancer Incidence Among Asian American Women in New York City: Disparities in Screening and Presentation. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2024;31(3):1455-1467.
- Johnson JA, Moore BJ, Syrnioti G, Eden CM, Wright D, Newman LA. Landmark Series: The Cancer Genome Atlas and the Study of Breast Cancer Disparities. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023;30(11):6427-6440.
- Syrnioti G, Eden CM, Johnson JA, Alston C, Syrnioti A, Newman LA. Social Determinants of Cancer Disparities. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2023;30(13):8094-8104.
- Eden CM, Johnson J, Moore A, Liu A, Zhou XK, Newman LA, Syrnioti G. Hormone Receptor Status of Second Breast Cancers in Women with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. JAMA Surgery. 2025. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2025.0100.