Tiffany Avery, MD MPH
Chief Medical Officer, NantHealth
Highlights
- LBBC Medical Advisory Board member since 2020
- Chief Medical Officer, NantHealth
- Cohost of 3 Black Docs podcast
Connect with Dr. Avery
Dr. Tiffany Avery is board-certified Medical Oncologist with a special interest in breast cancer and differences in cancer survival. After completing fellowship training at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Dr. Avery focused on clinical research and the care of breast cancer patients.
She conducted clinical trials for breast cancer patients, secured grant funding to study survival differences among breast cancer patients and presented lectures to medical colleagues and trainees on these topics. In the community, Dr. Avery has been an invited speaker to discuss topics that include cancer prevention, treatments, clinical trials, and survival disparities in cancer. Dr. Avery is also the founder of CancerCall, a company dedicated to patient education and empowerment as a tool to impact cancer disparities.
Dr. Avery is a proud New Orleans native currently living in North Carolina with her husband and two sons. She enjoys running, gardening, and yoga. Dr. Avery also cohosts 3 Black Docs, a weekly podcast dedicated to educating the community about health and health disparities in an approachable and entertaining way.
In treating breast cancer patients, I think it’s really important for there to be a partnership between the oncologist and their patient, so that the patient feels they really understand why I’m recommending the things I am, and that they feel empowered that they have a voice and a say in how their cancer treatment goes.
Experience & Accolades
Expertise
Medical Oncology, Hematology
Education
- Louisiana State University School of Medicine New Orleans
- Doctor of Medicine – 2003
- Tulane University
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology – 1997
- Master of Public Health – 1999
Experience
- NantHealth
- Medical Director – 2020-Present
- Wake Forest Baptist Health
- Assistant Professor, Hematology & Oncology – 2015-2018
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
- Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology – 2010-2015
In the Media
- Wake Forest Baptist Health - Tiffany Avery, MD – Hematology and Oncology
- 5 Things We Must Do To Improve the US Healthcare System - Dr. Tiffany Avery of NantHealth
Professional Memberships and Board Positions
- American Society Clinical Oncology
- American Board of Lifestyle Medicine
- Certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician (2020-Present)
Publications
- Monitoring Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer by Using Three-dimensional Subharmonic Aided Pressure Estimation and Imaging with US Contrast Agents: Preliminary Experience. Nam, K., Eisenbrey, J. R., Stanczak, M., Sridharan, A., Berger, A. C., Avery, T., Palazzo, J. P., Forsberg, F.
- Erythropoiesis stimulating agents and clinical outcomes of invasive breast cancer patients receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy. Lai, Y., Palazzo, J. P., Cristofanilli, M., Hyslop, T.,Civan, J., Avery, T., Myers, R. E., Li, B., Ye, Z., Xing, J., Yang, H.
