Stefanie Jeffrey's Biography

Stefanie Jeffrey, Chief, Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Jeffrey received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Physics and master’s degree in Chemistry from Harvard University. She did her medical and postgraduate surgical training at the University of California, San Francisco, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. At Stanford, she was Chief of Breast Surgery and Director of the Interdisciplinary Breast Fellowship Program prior to becoming Chief of Surgical Oncology Research. Her laboratory studies tumor cells involved in the metastatic spread of cancer with the aim of improving methods for selecting patient-specific therapies through technology development and patient-derived models for drug sensitivity testing.