Specialties
Nicci Owusu-Brackett, MD
Assistant Professor
- Division of Surgical Oncology
owusubrackett@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-7697
Education
- MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- General Surgery Residency, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
- Fellowship, Complex General Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
- T32 Research Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Clinical Specialties
Dr. Owusu-Brackett specializes in breast and cutaneous surgical oncology with a focus on benign and malignant breast disease as well as melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery.
Dr. Owusu-Brackett provides a wide range of services including Axillary Lymph Node Dissection, Core Needle Biopsy, Lumpectomy or Partial Mastectomy, Lymph Node Dissection, Melanoma Completion Lymph Node Dissection (Axillary and Groin), Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Melanoma Wide Local Excision and Skin Closure, Modified Radical Mastectomy, Needle-localized Biopsy, Needle-localized Excision, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Simple Mastectomy, Skin-sparing and/or Nipple-sparing Mastectomy, Wide Local Excision Skin With Reconstruction.
Research Interests
Dr. Owusu-Brackett conducts health services research with an interest in healthcare disparities specifically access to care for marginalized communities.
Recent Publications
Axillary Management: How Much Is Too Much?
Owusu-Brackett N, Facer B, Quiroga D, Pariser A, Grimm M, Beyer S, Jhawar S, Oppong BA
Curr Oncol Rep 2024 Jul; 26(7): 735-743
[PubMed ID: 38748364]Racial disparities in disease-specific mortality and surgical management of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion.
Chen JC, Handley D, Elsaid MI, Fisher JL, Owusu-Brackett N, Azap L, Bhattacharyya O, Pawlik TM, Carson WE, Obeng-Gyasi S
J Surg Oncol 2024 Jun; 129(7): 1179-1186
[PubMed ID: 38643486]An Image-Rich Educational Review of Breast Pain.
Bui AH, Smith GJ, Dyrstad SW, Robinson KA, Herman CR, Owusu-Brackett N, Fowler AM
J Breast Imaging 2024 May 27; 6(3): 311-326
[PubMed ID: 38538078]Efficacy and safety of near-infrared fluorescence identification of the thoracic duct during left lateral neck dissection.
Owusu-Brackett N, Chakedis JM, Dedhia P, Gilliam C, Agrawal A, Kang SY, Old M, Miller BS, Phay JE
Surgery 2024 Jan; 175(1): 134-138
[PubMed ID: 38057229]Low Hospital Volume Is Associated with Higher All-Cause Mortality in Black Women with Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Obeng-Gyasi S, Handley D, Elsaid MI, Rahurkar S, Andersen BL, Jonnalagadda P, Chen JC, Owusu-Brackett N, Carson WE, Stover DG
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities 2024 Dec; 11(6): 3346-3357
[PubMed ID: 38038902]