Diane M. Radford, MD
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Patients love the diagrams Dr. Diane Radford draws when she describes their disease process for them. Her background as an educator and scientist give her a unique combination which enables her to explain their condition so that patients leave the office feeling fully informed. Her explanations are delivered in a compassionate, caring manner.
Dr. Radford hails from the West Coast of Scotland. She entered Glasgow University Medical School in 1974 at the age of 16. She also obtained an advanced degree in Anatomy while completing medical school. Her specialization in breast surgery began in Edinburgh, where she trained with Professor Sir Patrick Forrest, chief scientist for Scotland. Wishing to pursue a career in breast surgery and oncology, she left her native land to come to the United States in 1985 to complete her Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y. During her fellowship she performed research in the molecular genetics of several cancer promoting genes.
She competed her surgical training in St. Louis at St. Louis University. Dr. Radford served on the faculty of Washington University Medical School in St. Louis from 1991 to 1996, where she built a busy practice in breast surgery, while also training surgery residents and creating an active funded research program investigating the genetic events involved in the development of noninvasive breast cancer and its transition to invasive cancer. Her many scientific papers are widely quoted.
Dr. Radford left her faculty post to join Dr. Marlys Schuh in private practice in 1996 and is one of the founding partners in the Mercy Clinic St. Louis Cancer and Breast Institute. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is Board certified in General Surgery. Her expertise in breast surgery is well known, and she has lectured both nationally and internationally. She has been voted by her peers as one of the “Best Doctors in America ” continually since 1996.
As one would expect from a Scot, she plays golf whenever she can. Her other activities include photography, cycling, exercise, and spending time with her family and pets.