Specialties
Lee G Wilke, MD, FACS
Professor
- Senior Medical Director, Clinical Cancer Services; UW Health/UW Carbone Cancer Center
- Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology
- Hendricks Chair in Breast Cancer Surgery Research
wilke@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-7064
- Administrative Assistant: (608) 262-2025
600 Highland Avenue
Box 7375 Clinical Science Center
Madison, WI 53792
Education
- MD, Duke University, Durham, NC
- Residency in Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- ACS Resident Research Fellow in Immunotherapy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Clinical Specialties
Dr. Wilke is certified by the American Board of Surgery and specializes in benign and malignant diseases of the breast; sentinel lymph-node mapping; neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer; and oncoplastic breast surgery.
Dr. Wilke provides a wide range of services including Axillary Lymph Node Dissection, Core Needle Biopsy, Lumpectomy or Partial Mastectomy, Modified Radical Mastectomy, Needle-localized Biopsy, Needle-localized Excision, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Simple Mastectomy, Skin-sparing and/or Nipple-sparing Mastectomy.
Research Interests
Dr. Wilke’s principal research interest is in clinical trials seeking novel methods of treating patients with breast cancer. Dr. Wilke is lead Principal investigator for the UW Carbone Cancer Center NCTN Lead Academic Program UG1 Grant and a Board member for the NCCN and NAPBC. She is a collaborator on multiple grants and trials evaluating novel medical and surgical treatments for breast cancer.
Recent Publications
ASO Visual Abstract: Validation of the AJCC Eighth-Edition Breast Cancer Prognostic Staging System in Legacy Alliance Trials (AFT-01).
Krecko LK, Neuman HB, Greenberg CC, Wilke LG, Hanlon BM, Edge SB, Ruddy KJ, Partridge AH, Le-Rademacher J, Yang DY, Havlena J, Schumacher JR
Ann Surg Oncol 2024 Jul 16;
[PubMed ID: 39014165]Validation of the AJCC 8th Edition Breast Cancer Prognostic Staging System in Legacy Alliance Trials (AFT-01).
Krecko LK, Neuman HB, Greenberg CC, Wilke LG, Hanlon BM, Edge SB, Ruddy KJ, Partridge AH, Le-Rademacher J, Yang DY, Havlena J, R Schumacher J
Ann Surg Oncol 2024 Sep; 31(9): 5880-5887
[PubMed ID: 38825628]Mammary Paget's Disease as a Sign of Local Recurrence Two Decades Following Breast Conservation and Adjuvant Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer.
Afzal RJ, Basree MM, Howard SP, Xu J, Wilke LG, Anderson BM
Cureus 2024 Jun; 16(6): e61521
[PubMed ID: 38957233]A Four-Arm Randomized Clinical Trial of Topical Pain Control for Sentinel Node Radiotracer Injections in Patients with Breast Cancer.
Wiener AA, Schumacher JR, Perlman SB, Wilke LG, Lautner MA, Bozzuto LM, Hanlon BM, Neuman HB
Ann Surg Oncol 2024 Jul; 31(7): 4487-4497
[PubMed ID: 38557909]Transforming the Future of Surgeon-Scientists.
Ladner DP, Goldstein AM, Billiar TR, Cameron AM, Carpizo DR, Chu DI, Coopersmith CM, DeMatteo RP, Feng S, Gallagher KA, Gillanders WE, Lal BK, Lipshutz GS, Liu A, Maier RV, Mittendorf EA, Morris AM, Sicklick JK, Velazquez OC, Whitson BA, Wilke LG, Yoon SS, Zeiger MA, Farmer DL, Hwang ES, ASA Task Force for Research Sustainability
Ann Surg 2024 Feb 01; 279(2): 231-239
[PubMed ID: 37916404]