Breast surgeon Dr. Suzanne B. Coopey has joined Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute.

She will serve as director of the breast program and as the co-strategy and growth officer for AHN Cancer Institute's Breast Program.

Coopey was breast surgery program director at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The Penn State University graduate received her doctor of medicine degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. She completed a general surgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic and a breast surgery fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham & Women's Hospital.

Coopey's areas of research and clinical expertise include nipple-sparing mastectomies, the treatment of high-risk breast lesions, lumpectomy margins, patient-reported outcomes after mastectomy and reconstruction; the use of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery protocols that allow potential same-day discharge for mastectomy patients; and axillary downstaging/targeted axillary dissection of lymph nodes.

Allegheny Health Network is a Western Pennsylvania based integrated healthcare system that serves patients from across a five-state region.