Alicia Arnold
Associate Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Surgery
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Surgery: Surgical Oncology
Bio
Dr. Alicia Arnold is a Board Certified General Surgeon and Fellowship Trained Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Georgia Cancer Center with affiliation of the Augusta University Medical Center. She was born and raised in North Carolina and attended UNC-Chapel Hill where she completed her pre-medical degree. She completed medical school in 2011 at the Georgia Campus of PCOM. She completed five years of general surgery training at Augusta University. She decided to specialize in breast surgical oncology to help other breast cancer survivors like herself. She completed an additional year at the University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL to become a fellowship trained breast surgical oncologist. She now is employed by the Georgia Cancer Center to lead the breast cancer program as the primary breast surgeon. She treats patients with benign and malignant breast disease, and assists in other surgical oncologic needs.
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Education
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DO, Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
Philadelphia College of Osteop, 2011
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BS, Psychology, General
University of North Carolina -, 2006
Certifications
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Fellow in Breast Surgical Oncology
University of Miami, 2017
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PHY
GA Medical Board, 2016
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Georgia Medical License
2016
Awards & Honors
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Robert R. Nesbit, Jr., MD and Charles H. Wray, MD Endowed Chair in Surgery
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 2024
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Hospital Quality Award
Augusta University, 2023
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MCG Exemplary Teaching Award
Medical College of Georgia, 2023
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Honored as “MCG’s Women Who Inspire”
2022
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Georgia Cancer Center-Superhero Award-“Caring Power.”
Georgia Cancer Center, 2021
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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SURG 5000
Basic Clkshp in SURG: Basic Surgery Clerkship
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RSUR 5000
Surgery
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SURG 5007
Surgery Sub-I: Sub I Surgical Oncology
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SURG 5022
Surgical Oncology Externship: Extern 2Wks, Surgical Oncology
Teaching Interests
Serves as the Associate Surgery Clerkship Director providing education for the third year medical student's surgery curriculum. Provides academic half day lectures for the medical students. Additionally, is a member of multiple committees dedicated to improving our surgery resident education and serves as a mentor/advisor to several medical students and surgery residents.
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- An Institutiom Experience in Identifying HER@ Positivity Using Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization i Patients With HER2 Negative IMMunohistochemistry, 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Subphrenic Abscess, 2021
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-Revised
- Breast fibromatosis: Making the case for primary vs secondary subtypes, 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Breast Cancer , 2020
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-Revised
- Evaluation of simplified lymphatic microsurgical preventing healing approach (S-LYMPHA) for the prevention of breast cancer--related clinical lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection, 2019
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Focus on improving clinical outcomes for breast cancer patients regarding improved cosmesis, reduced pain and infection rates post-operatively, as well as providing novel techniques to reduce lymphedema. Involved in numerous ongoing clinical trials to provide the most up to date care to cancer patients.
