Jennifer Gass, MD, FACS

Name of Practice: Breast Health Center at Women & Infants Hospital
Specialty/Subspecialty: Breast and General Surgery
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, 1987
Accepting new patients: Yes

Practice Focus
The multidisciplinary care of breast disease patients and their families through the coordinated efforts of surgery, medical oncology, radiation oncology and genetic counseling, social services, nutrition consultation, acupuncture, physical and reiki therapy, massage and psychological support services.

Office
Breast Health Center
Women & Infants Hospital
101 Dudley Street
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-453-7540
Fax: 401-453-7785

Hours: Weekdays, 8:30 am 4:30 pm
Languages Spoken: Spanish, Portuguese interpreters for other languages can be scheduled.


Directions to office (Get map from MapQuest)

From 95 South: Exit 19, Eddy Street Exit. Bear right and take a left at the light at the end of the off ramp. We are the building on the left-hand side as you turn the corner. Follow it around and take your first left and then turn left into the parking lot. We are located on the second floor.

From 95 North: Thurbers Avenue exit. Bear left. Go through one set of lights. At the next light, turn right onto Eddy Street. Go straight down Eddy Street until you get to the Cooperative Care Building (on the left). We are directly across the street from this building. Turn right on Blackstone Place and then your next left into our parking lot. We are located on the second floor.

Parking: Free, Private lot


Website
www.womanandinfants.org

Hospitals
Women & Infants Hospital, Providence
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence
Miriam Hospital, Providence

Insurance Participation
Blue Cross & Blue Shield
Blue Chip
United Healthcare
Medicare
Medicaid
Cigna
Colonial Corporate Care
Tri Care
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Inc.
Aetna

Education, Training, Personal
Medical School: University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, MD 1987
Residency: Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 1987-1992
Year of Birth: 1961
Gender: Female

Professional Achievements
Teaching Position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Brown University Medical School
Clinical Director: Breast Health Center, Women & Infants Hospital
Fellow: American College of Surgeons
Member: American Medical Association, Association of Women Surgeons, American Medical Women's Association , Rhode Island Medical Society, Rhode Island Medical Women's Association, American Society of Breast Surgeons

Additional Information
Dr. Gass has greater than 10 years of experience in treating breast disease. She was recently recruited to join the Breast Health Center at Women & Infants Hospital in 2001 and subsequently became its Clinical Director in 2003.

She is also the director of the Breast Fellow Training Program. The Center continues to be dedicated to the advancement of breast cancer management. We participate in multi-institutional trials sponsored by NSABP, CALGB and BrUOG, as well as others. All cancer cases are reviewed prospectively by a multidisciplinary Tumor Board. New cryo-ablative therapies are being explored.

Updated January 14, 2004