Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACPWalter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human GeneticsAssociate Dean, Global HealthDirector, Center for Clinical Cancer GeneticsDr. Olopade is an expert in cancer risk assessment and individualized treatment for the most aggressive forms of breast cancer, having developed novel management strategies based on an understanding of the altered genes in individual patients. She stresses comprehensive risk reducing strategies and prevention in high-risk populations, as well as earlier detection through advanced imaging technologies.
Practice LocationThe University of Chicago Medicine
Year Started Practice1980 Board CertificationsInternal Medicine
Medical SchoolUniversity of Ibadan Internship and ResidencyCook County Hospital, Chicago FellowshipThe University of Chicago Medicine MembershipsAmerican Association for Cancer Research
Languages SpokenEnglish
Office Phone(773) 702-1632 Office Fax(773) 834-1659 Office Postal AddressOlufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP
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Physicians, contact the cancer intake line at (773) 702-8222. Learn More About Dr. OlopadeDr. Olopade was featured in the article Cancer Knows No Borders in TheScientist that discusses her groundbreaking work in hematology and oncology at the University of Chicago Medicine. Crain's Chicago Business featured Dr. Olopade in an article about the breast cancer gene, cancer in African-American women, and winning the MacArthur "genius" grant. Sensitized to her familial risk of cancer, Michelle McBride embarked on a course of screening and self-education that brought her to the University of Chicago Medicine. Here, Dr. Olopade and a team of breast surgeons helped McBride break a pattern that was woven into her genetic fiber. View a brief video of Dr. Olopade discussing hereditary breast cancer treatment, risk assessment and research at the University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Olopade is featured in a video about research at the University of Chicago Medicine. In 2005, Dr. Olopade was named a MacArthur Fellow and awarded the Foundation's prestigious "genius grant." Dr. Olopade authored a study that found significant differences between breast cancers in Caucasian women and in women of African descent. Shirley Mertz credits Dr. Olopade and the UCMC cancer team with saving her life. Dr. Olopade and other cancer experts tailored Mertz's treatment according to her tumor biology, an approach that reversed her metastatic breast cancer. Learn how Dr. Olopade helped a patient with a high-risk family history of breast cancer. Dr. Olopade serves on the medical advisory board of the Young Survival Coalition, a network of breast cancer survivors and supporters, which seeks to provide education and resources for young breast cancer patients. Dr. Olopade organized an international conference to promote breast and cervical cancer awareness in Nigeria. To create a comprehensive genomic cancer database, Dr. Olopade studied the occurrence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in breast cancer around the world. Watch her discuss her work during the 2011 World Science Festival. Selected PublicationsView a partial list of Dr. Olopade's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database. |