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Adrienne Cobb MD

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Surgery
Division: Surgery Oncology

Member of the Cancer Center

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Leadership Positions

  • AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Course, Chicago IL, June 12-15,2024
  • AAMC 2024 Grant Writers Coaching Group, Chicago, IL June 12, 2024

    • Publications (49)

  • Does neoadjuvant systemic therapy in clinical T1-2 N0 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer increase the extent of axillary surgery? (Rogers CC, Cohen LN, Lloren JIC, Huang CC, Cobb AN, Kong AL, Singh P, Teshome M, Cortina CS) Surgery 2026 Mar;191:109907 PMID: 41387060 PMCID: PMC13007768 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105025437299 12/13/2025    
  • ASO Visual Abstract: Contemporary Nodal Management and Overall Survival in Older Patients with HR-/HER2+ Breast Cancer. (Cobb AN, Dong X, Makope A, Cohen L, Huang CC, Kong AL, Cortina CS) Ann Surg Oncol 2026 Feb;33(2):1250 PMID: 41359220 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026701894 12/08/2025    
  • Correction: Contemporary Nodal Management and Overall Survival of Older Patients with HR-/HER2+ Breast Cancer. (Cobb AN, Dong X, Makope A, Cohen L, Huang CC, Kong AL, Cortina CS) Ann Surg Oncol 2026 Feb;33(2):1259 PMID: 41291363 PMCID: PMC13010467 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105023563406 11/26/2025    
  • Reply to: Letter to the Editor of Annals of Surgical Oncology Concerning "Evaluating Survival and Treatment Patterns Using the National Cancer Database in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer," by Sanli, Deniz et al. (Cobb AN, Cortina CS) Ann Surg Oncol 2026 Feb;33(2):1253-1254 PMID: 41273670 PMCID: PMC13012263 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105022627412 11/22/2025    
  • ASO Author Reflections: Prognostic and Therapeutic Implications of Nodal Burden in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. (Cobb AN, Cortina CS) Ann Surg Oncol 2026 Jan;33(1):167-168 PMID: 41073818 PMCID: PMC12556592 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105018638916 10/11/2025    
  • Contemporary Nodal Management and Overall Survival of Older Patients with HR-/HER2+ Breast Cancer. (Cobb AN, Dong X, Makope A, Cohen L, Huang CC, Kong AL, Cortina CS) Ann Surg Oncol 2026 Jan;33(1):118-128 PMID: 41023545 PMCID: PMC12558606 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105018229193 09/30/2025       3 Citations
  • Current insights into breast and ovarian cancer risk: a contemporary review. (Gaughan NA, Rademacher N, Rogers C, Purdy A, Mattingly JD, Patten CR, Cobb AN, Kong AL, Cortina CS) Minerva Surg 2025 Aug;80(4):334-353 PMID: 40719430 PMCID: PMC12355728 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105012570688 07/28/2025       1 Citation
  • From Podium to PubMed: Successful Manuscript Publication of Oral Breast Surgery Abstract Presentations at National Meetings from 2017 to 2022. (Summerside M, Istl AC, Rogers CC, Cobb AN, Kong AL, Singh P, Cortina CS) Ann Surg Oncol 2025 Oct;32(11):8184-8191 PMID: 40684019 PMCID: PMC12355729 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011267387 07/20/2025       1 Citation
  • Breast Cancer Subtypes: Clinicopathologic Features and Treatment Considerations. (Cobb AN, Czaja R, Jorns J, Cortina CS) Curr Breast Cancer Rep 2024 Jun;16(2):150-160 PMID: 40574868 PMCID: PMC12199283 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188604136 06/27/2025       6 Citations
  • National trends in neoadjuvant systemic therapy utilization in patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer from 2016-2021: The impact of the KATHERINE trial. (Cohen LN, Rogers CC, Lloren JIC, Kamaraju S, Chaudhary LN, Huang CC, Cobb AN, Singh P, Kong AL, Teshome M, Cortina CS) Breast Cancer Res Treat 2025 Aug;212(3):531-543 PMID: 40459676 PMCID: PMC12213117 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007155274 06/03/2025       3 Citations
  • Are there differences in overall survival among older breast cancer patients by race and ethnicity? (Cobb AN, Rogers C, Dong X, Huang CC, Kong AL, Cortina CS) Surgery 2025 Mar;179:108896 PMID: 39482112 PMCID: PMC11786985 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85208024576 11/01/2024    
  • Evaluating the Accuracy, Quality, and Readability of Online Breast Cancer Information. (Valencia EA, Cortina CS, Cobb AN, Chaudhary LN, Kelly T, Kong AL) Ann Surg Open 2024 Sep;5(3):e465 PMID: 39310356 PMCID: PMC11415127 09/23/2024    
  • Breast Cancer Subtypes: Clinicopathologic Features and Treatment Considerations (Cobb AN, Czaja R, Jorns J, Cortina CS) Current Breast Cancer Reports June 2024;16(2):150-160 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188604136 06/01/2024       6 Citations
  • Does Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Clinical T1-T2 N0 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Increase the Extent of Axillary Surgery? (Cortina CS, Lloren JI, Rogers C, Johnson MK, Cobb AN, Huang CC, Kong AL, Singh P, Teshome M) Ann Surg Oncol 2024 May;31(5):3128-3140 PMID: 38270828 PMCID: PMC11003830 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85183006469 01/25/2024       8 Citations
  • Retraction Notice to "Carotid Body Tumor Resection: Just as Safe without Preoperative Embolization" [Annals of Vascular Surgery 46 (2018) 54-59]. (Cobb AN, Barkat A, Daungjaiboon W, Halandras P, Crisostomo P, Kuo PC, Aulivola B) Ann Vasc Surg 2024 Jan;98:406 PMID: 38071033 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85179648015 12/10/2023    
  • National trends in neoadjuvant chemotherapy utilization in patients with early-stage node-negative triple-negative breast cancer: the impact of the CREATE-X trial. (Rogers C, Cobb AN, Lloren JIC, Chaudhary LN, Johnson MK, Huang CC, Teshome M, Kong AL, Singh P, Cortina CS) Breast Cancer Res Treat 2024 Jan;203(2):317-328 PMID: 37864105 PMCID: PMC10872271 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174540456 10/21/2023       20 Citations
  • Assessing the Complex General Surgical Oncology Pipeline: Trends in Race and Ethnicity Among US Medical Students, General Surgery Residents, and Complex General Surgical Oncology Trainees. (Collins RA, Sheriff SA, Yoon C, Cobb AN, Kothari AN, Newman LA, Dossett LA, Willis AI, Wong SL, Clarke CN) Ann Surg Oncol 2023 Aug;30(8):4579-4586 PMID: 37079205 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153059305 04/20/2023       10 Citations
  • Invited Commentary: Current and Future Opportunities in Mitigating Breast Cancer Disparity. (Cortina CS, Cobb AN, Kong AL) J Am Coll Surg 2023 Jun 01;236(6):1239-1241 PMID: 37058342 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159732449 04/15/2023    
  • Risk Factors for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema, Risk Reduction, and Myths about Precautionary Behaviors (Cobb A, DeSnyder SM) Current Breast Cancer Reports March 2023;15(1):1-11 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146661873 03/01/2023       3 Citations
  • ASO Author Reflections: Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Supraclavicular Nodal Involvement-Favorable Long-Term Outcomes can be Achieved. (Cobb AN, Sun SX) Ann Surg Oncol 2022 Oct;29(10):6393-6394 PMID: 35842535 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134464473 07/17/2022    
  • Long-term Oncologic Outcomes in Patients with Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Supraclavicular Nodal Involvement. (Cobb AN, Diao K, Teshome M, Lucci A, Ueno NT, Stauder M, Layman RM, Kuerer HM, Woodward WA, Sun SX) Ann Surg Oncol 2022 Oct;29(10):6381-6392 PMID: 35834145 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85134313332 07/15/2022       6 Citations
  • Progress and Persistent Challenges in Improving Care for Low-Income Women with Breast Cancer. (Cobb AN, Adesoye T, Teshome M) Ann Surg Oncol 2022 May;29(5):2756-2758 PMID: 35152360 PMCID: PMC8853375 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124758304 02/14/2022       1 Citation
  • Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumors in the United States, 2009 to 2011: Effects of Hospital Volume on Postoperative Complications. (Li D, Johans S, Martin B, Cobb A, Kim M, Germanwala AV) J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2021 Apr;82(2):175-181 PMID: 33777631 PMCID: PMC7987387 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85103164193 03/30/2021       12 Citations
  • The Role of Race and Gender in the Career Experiences of Black/African American Academic Surgeons: A Survey of the Society of Black Academic Surgeons and a Call to Action. (Crown A, Berry C, Khabele D, Fayanju OM, Cobb A, Backhus L, Smith RN, Sweeting R, Hasson RM, Johnson-Mann C, Oseni T, Newman EA, Turner P, Karpeh M, Pugh C, Jordan AH, Henry-Tillman R, Joseph KA) Ann Surg 2021 May 01;273(5):827-831 PMID: 32941287 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099688197 09/18/2020       40 Citations
  • Big Data Solutions for Controversies in Breast Cancer Treatment. (Cobb AN, Janjua HM, Kuo PC) Clin Breast Cancer 2021 Jun;21(3):e199-e203 PMID: 32933862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090730035 09/17/2020       8 Citations
  • Non-Hispanic Blacks undergoing distal pancreatectomy have higher risk-adjusted rates of morbidity and are more likely to be high-cost outliers. (Eguia E, Fahmy JN, Cobb AN, Sweigert P, Aranha GV, Abood G, Kuo PC, Baker MS) Am J Surg 2021 Apr;221(4):759-763 PMID: 32278489 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083011270 04/13/2020       2 Citations
  • A Call to Action: Black/African American Women Surgeon Scientists, Where are They? (Berry C, Khabele D, Johnson-Mann C, Henry-Tillman R, Joseph KA, Turner P, Pugh C, Fayanju OM, Backhus L, Sweeting R, Newman EA, Oseni T, Hasson RM, White C, Cobb A, Johnston FM, Stallion A, Karpeh M, Nwariaku F, Rodriguez LM, Jordan AH) Ann Surg 2020 Jul;272(1):24-29 PMID: 32209893 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086792875 03/27/2020       71 Citations
  • Carotid Body Tumor Resection: Just as Safe without Preoperative Embolization. (Cobb AN, Barkat A, Daungjaiboon W, Halandras P, Crisostomo P, Kuo PC, Aulivola B) Ann Vasc Surg 2020 Apr;64:163-168 PMID: 31634604 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85075450075 10/22/2019       29 Citations
  • Corrigendum to Commercial Quality "Awards" Are Not a Strong Indicator of Quality Surgical Care [Surgery 164 (2018) 379-386]. (Cobb AN, Erickson TR, Kothari AN, Eguia E, Brownlee SA, Yao W, Choi H, Greenberg V, Mboya J, Voss M, Raicu DS, Settimi-Woods R, Kuo PC) Surgery 2020 Feb;167(2):520 PMID: 31324433 PMCID: PMC12345321 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068871384 07/22/2019    
  • Predictors of Death in Necrotizing Skin and Soft Tissue Infection. (Eguia E, Vivirito V, Cobb AN, Janjua H, Cheung M, Kuo PC) World J Surg 2019 Nov;43(11):2734-2739 PMID: 31312952 PMCID: PMC6778025 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068978614 07/18/2019       8 Citations
  • Corrigendum to 'Predicting burn patient mortality with electronic medical records' [Surgery 164 (2018) 839-847]. (Cheung M, Cobb AN, Kuo PC) Surgery 2020 Feb;167(2):519 PMID: 31230840 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85067466859 06/25/2019    
  • Effect of Institutional Volume on Acoustic Neuroma Surgical Outcomes: State Inpatient Database 2009-2013. (Rezaii E, Li D, Heiferman DM, Szujewski CC, Martin B, Cobb A, Malina GEK, Grahnke KA, Hofler RC, Leonetti JP, Anderson DE) World Neurosurg 2019 Sep;129:e754-e760 PMID: 31203081 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068448683 06/17/2019       10 Citations
  • Risk factors for infection and evaluation of Sepsis-3 in patients with trauma. (Eguia E, Cobb AN, Baker MS, Joyce C, Gilbert E, Gonzalez R, Afshar M, Churpek MM) Am J Surg 2019 Nov;218(5):851-857 PMID: 30885453 PMCID: PMC6732249 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062898983 03/20/2019       33 Citations
  • The July Effect in Urological Surgery - Myth or Reality? (Kirshenbaum EJ, Blackwell RH, Li B, Eguia E, Janjua HM, Cobb AN, Baldea K, Kuo PC, Gorbonos A) Urology Practice 1 January 2019;6(1):45-51 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070377324 01/01/2019       3 Citations
  • The July Effect in Urological Surgery-Myth or Reality? (Kirshenbaum EJ, Blackwell RH, Li B, Eguia E, Janjua HM, Cobb AN, Baldea K, Kuo PC, Gorbonos A) Urol Pract 2019 Jan;6(1):45-51 PMID: 37312319 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85070377324 01/01/2019       3 Citations
  • New docs on the block: A profile of applicants and subsequent PGY1 trainees of categorical general surgery programs (2013-2016). (Cobb AN, Kuo MC, Kuo PC) Am J Surg 2019 Jul;218(1):218-224 PMID: 30527924 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85057807779 12/12/2018       3 Citations
  • Racial and Ethnic Postoperative Outcomes After Surgery: The Hispanic Paradox. (Eguia E, Cobb AN, Kirshenbaum EJ, Afshar M, Kuo PC) J Surg Res 2018 Dec;232:88-93 PMID: 30463790 PMCID: PMC6251496 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049321453 11/23/2018       36 Citations
  • Put Me in the Game Coach! Resident Participation in High-risk Surgery in the Era of Big Data. (Cobb AN, Eguia E, Janjua H, Kuo PC) J Surg Res 2018 Dec;232:308-317 PMID: 30463734 PMCID: PMC6251497 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049775031 11/23/2018       13 Citations
  • Predicting burn patient mortality with electronic medical records. (Cheung M, Cobb AN, Kuo PC) Surgery 2018 Oct;164(4):839-847 PMID: 30174140 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052759336 09/04/2018       3 Citations
  • Big data: More than big data sets. (Cobb AN, Benjamin AJ, Huang ES, Kuo PC) Surgery 2018 Oct;164(4):640-642 PMID: 30061040 PMCID: PMC12345320 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85050500471 08/01/2018       28 Citations
  • Impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid Expansion on Cancer Admissions and Surgeries. (Eguia E, Cobb AN, Kothari AN, Molefe A, Afshar M, Aranha GV, Kuo PC) Ann Surg 2018 Oct;268(4):584-590 PMID: 30004928 PMCID: PMC6675622 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060645057 07/14/2018       93 Citations
  • Commercial quality "awards" are not a strong indicator of quality surgical care. (Cobb AN, Erickson TR, Kothari AN, Eguia E, Brownlee SA, Yao W, Choi H, Greenberg V, Mboya J, Voss M, Raicu DS, Settimi-Woods R, Kuo PC) Surgery 2018 Sep;164(3):379-386 PMID: 29801732 PMCID: PMC6108898 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047344371 05/29/2018       2 Citations
  • Alcohol enhances symptoms and propensity for infection in inflammatory bowel disease patients and a murine model of DSS-induced colitis. (Cannon AR, Kuprys PV, Cobb AN, Ding X, Kothari AN, Kuo PC, Eberhardt JM, Hammer AM, Morris NL, Li X, Choudhry MA) J Leukoc Biol 2018 Sep;104(3):543-555 PMID: 29775230 PMCID: PMC6662186 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047609361 05/19/2018       29 Citations
  • Age at Time of Craniosynostosis Repair Predicts Increased Complication Rate. (Bruce WJ, Chang V, Joyce CJ, Cobb AN, Maduekwe UI, Patel PA) Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2018 May;55(5):649-654 PMID: 29665342 PMCID: PMC5907921 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85048537946 04/18/2018       54 Citations
  • Considerations for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients with biopsy proven axillary disease prior to neoadjuvant treatment. (Qu LT, Peters S, Cobb AN, Godellas CV, Perez CB, Vaince FT) Am J Surg 2018 Mar;215(3):530-533 PMID: 29246403 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85037737167 12/17/2017       6 Citations
  • Seeing the forest beyond the trees: Predicting survival in burn patients with machine learning. (Cobb AN, Daungjaiboon W, Brownlee SA, Baldea AJ, Sanford AP, Mosier MM, Kuo PC) Am J Surg 2018 Mar;215(3):411-416 PMID: 29126594 PMCID: PMC5837911 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85032977530 11/12/2017       20 Citations
  • Carotid Body Tumor Resection: Just as Safe without Preoperative Embolization. (Cobb AN, Barkat A, Daungjaiboon W, Halandras P, Crisostomo P, Kuo PC, Aulivola B) Ann Vasc Surg 2018 Jan;46:54-59 PMID: 28689940 PMCID: PMC5726906 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85027579779 07/12/2017       57 Citations
  • Perioperative support, not volume, is necessary to optimize outcomes in surgical management of necrotizing enterocolitis. (Cobb AN, Wong YM, Brownlee SA, Blanco BA, Ezure Y, Paddock HN, Kuo PC, Kothari AN) Am J Surg 2017 Mar;213(3):502-506 PMID: 27871683 PMCID: PMC5346049 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85006934232 11/23/2016       3 Citations
  • Intra-operative acoustic enhancement. (Cobb A, Ngo J, Kuo PC) Am Surg 2015 Jun;81(6):E248-9 PMID: 26031256 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84930426125 06/03/2015    
    • Last update: 02/04/2026