Linsey P. Gold, DO, FACOS, FACS

Formerly the Clinical Director of the Michigan Center for Breast Health, Dr. Gold joined Comprehensive Breast Care, in August, 2015.  She is a  Fellowship trained Breast Surgeon who entered practice in 2006.  She was the Director of the Comprehensive Breast Center, Genesys Regional Medical Center from July, 2006-June, 2009 and has been in private practice since.  She is actively involved in the American Society of Breast Surgeons, and has been certified in Breast Ultrasound since 2007.

She is actively involved in clinical research, and is an investigator and participant in a number of clinical trials, under the oversight of the National Cancer Institute.

Dr. Gold has been invited to speak at a number of state and national meetings:

• American College of Osteopathic Surgeons Annual Clinical Assembly, 2006 and 2009.
• Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Osteopathic Post Graduate Training Institution Lecture Series, 2007 and 2008.
• Michigan Osteopathic Association Annual Postgraduate Convention and Scientific Seminar, 2007.
• Congdon Lecture Series, Genesys Regional Medical Center, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012.
• Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Meeting, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
• 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, 2015.

Education

• Undergraduate studies: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Medical School: University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa
• Internship: St. John Detroit Riverview Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
• Surgical Residency: Michigan State University, Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, Michigan
• Fellowship, Breast Surgery: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, Maryland

Positions

• Member of the Board of Advisors for The Breast Center Journal, an online journal that facilitates communication between members of the Breast Medicine community as a means to overcome the business obstacles which stand in the way of superior patient care.
• Member of the Patient Safety and Quality Committee of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, from 2006-2009.  The mission of this committee is to improve the safety and quality of care provided to all patients with breast disease.

• Education Committee of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, from 2006-2010.  This committee helped to ensure surgical residents, fellows and practicing surgeons access to the most advanced training in surgical breast care.
• Breast Surgery Fellowship Site Review Committee, representing the American Society of Breast Surgeons since 2007.
• American Society of Breast Surgeons Breast Ultrasound Certification physician examination reviewer, since 2007.

Publications

• Underdiagnosis of Hereditary Breast Cancer: Are Genetic Testing Guidelines a Tool or an Obstacle?Peter D. Beitsch, MD; Pat W. Whitworth, MD; Kevin Hughes, MD; Rakesh Patel, MD; Barry Rosen, MD; Gia Compagnoni, MD; Paul Baron,MD; Rache Simmons,MD; Linda Ann Smith,MD; Ian Grady, MD;Michael Kinney, MD; Cynara Coomer,MD; Karen Barbosa, DO; Dennis R. Holmes, MD; Eric Brown, MD; Linsey Gold, DO; Patricia Clark, MD; Lee Riley, MD, PhD; Samuel Lyons, MD; Antonio Ruiz, MD; Sadia Kahn, DO; Heather MacDonald, MD; Lisa Curcio, MD; Mary Kay Hardwick; Shan Yang, PhD; Ed D. Esplin, MD, PhD; and Robert L. Nussbaum, MD
• Are Genetic Testing Guidelines still Relevant?,Beitsch PD, Whitworth P, Patel R, Baron P, Rosen B, Grady I, Barbosa K, Compagnoni G, Holmes D, Ruiz A, Smith LA,  Simmons R, Kinney M, Coomer C,  Brown E , Gold L,  Curcio L, Clark P, MacDonald  H,   Riley L, Lyons S, Yang S, Esplin E, Oral presentation at American Society of Breast Surgeons, May 2018 (selected as one of top ten scientific submissions for 2018)
•  Variation in Genetic Variants in Breast Cancer Patients Meeting NCCN Criteria vs Those Who Do Not, Preliminary Findings from the Universal Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Registry,Beitsch PD, Whitworth P, Patel R, Baron P, Rosen B, Grady I, Barbosa K, Compagnoni G, Holmes D, Ruiz A, Smith LA,  Simmons R, Kinney M, Coomer C,  Brown E ,  Gold L, Curcio L, Clark P, MacDonald H,   Riley  L, Lyons S, Yang S, Esplin E, Poster,  American Society of Breast Surgeons, April 2018.
• Universal Genetic Testing for All Breast Cancer Patients – Ready for Prime Time?, Preliminary Findings from the Universal Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Registry,Beitsch PD, Whitworth P, Patel R, Baron P, Rosen B, Grady I, Barbosa K, Compagnoni G, Holmes D, Ruiz A, Smith LA,  Simmons R, Kinney M, Coomer C,  Brown E ,  Gold L,  Curcio L, Clark P, MacDonald  H,   Riley L, Lyons S, Yang S, Esplin E, Miami Breast Cancer Conference, March 2018.
• A Phase II Trial Exploring the Success of Cryoablation Therapy in the Treatment of Invasive Breast Carcinoma: Results from ACOSOG (Alliance Z1072); Ann Surg Oncol; Simmons, RM, Ballman, KV, Cox, C, Carp, N, Sabol, J, Hwang, RF, Attai, D, Sabel, M, Nathanson, D, Kenler, A, Gold, L, Kaufman, C, Han, L, Bleznak, A, Stanley Smith, J, Holmes, D, Fornage, B, Le-Petross, C,, Hoda, S, McCall, L, Hunt, K.  2016, May, 26.

• Quality Care for Breast Cancer Patients: Study of Quality Measures and their Benchmarks ; accepted for publication in Annals of Surgery.
• Assessment of Intraoperative Margin Status Using a Novel Device Measuring Surface Cellular Electromagnetic Properties; Oral presentation at the 2007 annual ASBS meeting.
• Handheld Intraoperative Margin Assessment Device for Partial Mastectomy Specimens; Poster presentations at the 2006 annual NCBC and ASBS meetings.
• The Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence in the Sentinel Lymph Node Era; Abstract published in the 2006 ASCO proceedings.
• Comparison of Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients ; Poster presentation at the 2006 annual ASBS meeting.
• Comparative Analysis of Bone marrow Micrometastasis with Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Status in Early Stage Breast Cancer; Submitted for publication to a peer reviewed journal.
• Preduodenal Portal Vein: A Case Report; Poster presentation at 2004 Michigan Osteopathic Association Scientific Research Exhibit Competition.