Category: New Faculty

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Welcoming New Faculty – Ko Un ‘Clara’ Park, MD

Please join us in welcoming Ko Un ‘Clara’ Park, MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Ko Un ‘Clara’ Park, MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Breast Surgery
Director of Research, Breast Surgery Network Sites

Dr. Park received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Notre Dame and her medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. She completed general surgery residency training at the Henry Ford Health System and a breast surgical oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Park was an assistant professor of surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center James Comprehensive Cancer Center. She developed the robotic breast surgery program and initiated the FDA approved clinical trial evaluating the role of robot-assisted nipple sparing mastectomy. She is an implementation science researcher and is funded by the NCI and the Alliance foundation. She will continue her NCI K08 research titled, “Implementation of operative standards in cancer surgery to improve patient outcomes.”

At the Brigham, Dr. Park will also serve as the director of Research for Breast Surgery Network Sites. In this role, she will review the clinical research portfolios at the Brigham sites and help identify opportunities to expand the clinical trials and research programs to the regional sites.

Dr. Park’s primary clinical focus areas are multidisciplinary breast cancer management, oncoplastic breast surgery and nipple sparing mastectomy.

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Welcoming New Faculty – John C. Wain, Jr., MD

Please join us in welcoming John C. Wain, Jr., MD, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

John C. Wain, Jr., MD
Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Wain received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. He completed residency training in surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. After a surgical research fellowship at the City of Hope National Medical Center, he completed a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Toronto General Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Wain was the chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery and the vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center. Previously, he worked at Mass General Hospital, North Shore Medical Center and Newton-Wellesley Hospital. He’s a member of various societies, including the American Thoracic Society, the American College of Chest Physicians, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

Dr. Wain’s clinical and research interests include airway reconstruction, chest wall resection and reconstruction, the surgical management of advanced stage thoracic neoplasms, epigenetic alterations in lung cancer, the inflammatory response to pulmonary injury and the physiology of respiration. 

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Welcoming New Faculty – Brigid K. Killelea, MD, MPH, FACS

Please join us in welcoming Brigid K. Killelea, MD, MPH, FACS, as a new faculty member in the Department of Surgery.

Brigid K. Killelea, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Surgeon, Division of Breast Surgery
Co-Director, Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Program, Division of Breast Surgery
Lead, Regional Expansion Multidisciplinary Oncology, Department of Surgery

Dr. Killelea received her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature from Colgate University, an MPH from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed residency training in surgery at the St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center, a research fellowship in surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Mailman School of Public Health and a fellowship in breast surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center/St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center. She also had additional training in oncoplastic breast surgery in Paris, France and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Before joining the Brigham, Dr. Killelea was the director of Clinical Integration at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and the director of Breast Surgery at the Fairfield Region Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute. Previously, she was the chief of Breast Surgery and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery Section of Surgical Oncology at Yale School of Medicine, as well as program director for the interdisciplinary breast fellowship.

At the Brigham, Dr. Killelea will also serve as co-director of the Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Program in the Division of Breast Surgery and as lead of Regional Expansion Multidisciplinary Oncology in the Department of Surgery. Working collaboratively with the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Killelea will incorporate oncoplastic techniques to optimize cosmetic outcomes for breast patients and enhance the operative experience for trainees. In addition, she will help develop additional sites for high quality oncology care to improve patient accessibility in the Greater Boston Area.

Dr. Killelea has participated in many invited speaking engagements, presentations, symposia, and workshops and provided her professional services to several committees and medical societies. She is currently a medical board member of the Breast Cancer Alliance, editor at the Annals of Surgical Oncology and holds various roles in the American Society of Breast Surgeons.

Dr. Killelea’s clinical and research interests focus on providing high quality multidisciplinary care, oncoplastic surgery and education, and improving health disparities among breast cancer patients.