Deborah Axelrod

Deborah Axelrod is an American surgeon who specializes in breast cancer. She earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree at Tel Aviv University in 1982, then completed residencies at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She worked at Mount Sinai and Saint Vincents Catholic Medical Center before joining NYU in 2004, where she is director of clinical breast programs and services and medical director of community cancer education and outreach at NYU Langone Medical Center. She sits on the boards of several cancer support organizations and works to educate the public about breast cancer, including an ongoing program in the Arab American community. She co-authored the 1999 book Bosom Buddies on breast health.