Tag Archives: Dr. Lisa Chapa

Study Goes Beyond Yearly Mammograms

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Patricia Padilla, nurse practitioner at DHR Health, looks over a brochure with another hospital employee. Padilla runs the hospital’s innovative Breast Cancer Risk Evaluation Clinic. (photo DHR Health)

Dr. Lisa Chapa wholeheartedly encourages women in the Rio Grande Valley to enroll in a groundbreaking national study that measures the risk of women getting breast cancer. The WISDOM Study (Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of risk) can “revolutionize the way breast cancer is detected and risk is reduced,” Chapa said. This multi-institutional trial includes the DHR Health Institute for Research and Development, which serves as the primary…

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Surgeon Makes A Difference In RGV

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Dr. Lisa Chapa completed a surgical fellowship in breast surgical oncology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. She now treats breast-cancer patients at DHR Health.

Lisa Chapa graduated from McAllen Memorial High School in 2003 and headed to Texas A&M University in College Station. Chapa did not have a clear vision of her career path but she knew it would lead her back to the Rio Grande Valley. “Coming back home was always the plan,” she said. “We’re very close, as a family. I love this community. I love the culture. It’s the place I…

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