Anna Higham, MD
Physician, Oncology
Phone: (217) 383-3010
Email: Anna.Higham@carle.com
Research Interests
- Breast cancer
- Benign breast disease
- Patients at high risk for breast cancer
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Northwestern McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2014
- Residency, Northwestern McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, IL, 2013
- MD, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, 2008
Publications
- Sorrells JE, Park J, Aksamitiene E, Marjanovic M, Martin EM, Chaney EJ, Higham AM, Cradock KA, Liu ZG, Boppart SA. Label-free Nonlinear Optical Signatures of Extracellular Vesicles in Liquid and Tissue Biopsies of Human Breast Cancer. Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 6;14(1):5528. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-55781-4.
- Zhu D, Wang J, Marjanovic M. Chaney EJ, Cradock KA, Higham AM, Liu ZG, Gao Z, Boppart SA. Differentiation of Breast Tissue Type for Surgical Margin Assessment Using Machine Learning and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography. Biomed Opt Express. 2021 Apr 29;12(5):3021-3036. doi: 10.1364/BOE.423026. eCollection 2021 May 1.
- Stelle L, Schoenheit T, Brubaker A, Tang X, Qu P, Cradock K, Higham A. Radioactive Seed Localization Versus Wire Localization for Nonpalpable Breast Lesions: A Two-Year Initial Experience at a Large Community Hospital. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Jan;25(1):131-136.
- Karavites LC, Kane AK, Zaveri S, Xu Y, Helenowski I, Hansen N, Bethke KP, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Khan SA. Tamoxifen Acceptance and Adherence among Patients with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) Treated in a Multidisciplinary Setting. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017 Jul;10(7):389-397.
Academic (or Faculty) Appointments
- Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Clinical Assistant Professor