Overview of Dr. Aft
Dr. Rebecca Aft is a general surgeon in Saint Louis, MO and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Siteman Cancer Center, Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. She received her medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine and has been in practice 25 years. Dr. Aft accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 15 doctors at Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System and one of 71 doctors at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital who specialize in General Surgery. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1997
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citations
The Liquid Biopsy Consortium: Challenges and opportunities for early cancer detection and monitoring.
Syeda Maheen Batool, Anudeep Yekula, Prerna Khanna, Tiffaney Hsia, Austin S Gamblin, Emil Ekanayake, Ana K Escobedo, Dong Gil You, Cesar M Castro, Hyungsoon Im, Tugba ...> ;Cell Reports. Medicine. 2023 Oct 17 - 1 citations
Systemic Alterations in Type-2 Conventional Dendritic Cells Lead to Impaired Tumor Immunity in Pancreatic Cancer.
C Alston James, John M Baer, Chong Zou, Usman Y Panni, Brett L Knolhoff, Graham D Hogg, Natalie L Kingston, Liang-I Kang, Varintra E Lander, Jingqin Luo, Yu Tao, Mark ...> ;Cancer Immunology Research. 2023 Aug 3 - 1 citations
A phase II study of palbociclib plus letrozole plus trastuzumab as neoadjuvant treatment for clinical stages II and III ER+ HER2+ breast cancer (PALTAN).
Foluso O Ademuyiwa, Donald W Northfelt, Tracey O'Connor, Ellis Levine, Jingqin Luo, Yu Tao, Jeremy Hoog, Marie L Laury, Tracy Summa, Trish Hammerschmidt, Zhanfang Guo,...> ;NPJ Breast Cancer. 2023 Jan 6 - Join now to see all
Press Mentions
Study: New Photoacoustic Imaging Hastens Tumor Imaging, Holds Potential for Breast Cancer ProceduresMay 19th, 2017
New Imaging Technique Aims to Ensure Surgeons Completely Remove CancerMay 17th, 2017
Grant Support
- Prognostic Marker Analysis Of Disseminated Cancer CellsNational Cancer Institute2005–2006
- Tissue-Specific Control Of Muscle Gene ExpressionNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1988–1990
- Trans-Acting Factors In Muscle Gene ExpressionNational Institute Of Arthritis And Musculoskeletal And Skin Diseases1986
Professional Memberships
Hospital Affiliations
Insurance Accepted
Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO
Anthem Blue Access PPO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS Illinois PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open AccessCIGNA PPO
Coventry Health Care PPO Platinum
Coventry Missouri - HMO/POS
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO- Please verify your coverage with the provider's office directly when scheduling an appointment
