About Rebecca Kwait, MD
Rebecca M. Kwait, MD, is a surgeon in the Division of Gastrointestinal and Surgical Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, specializing in breast surgery. She is also the breast surgery program director at the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care and Salem Hospital. She is a part-time lecturer in surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kwait received her undergraduate training at Queen’s University and her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. She completed her surgical training at the University of Massachusetts followed by a fellowship in breast surgical oncology at the Program in Women’s Oncology at Brown University’s Women & Infants Hospital in Rhode Island.
Dr. Kwait’s interests are focused on optimizing surgical treatment of breast cancer. She is particularly interested in improving cosmetic outcomes after breast cancer surgery, and reducing the anxiety surrounding breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Benign breast evaluation
- Benign breast problems
- Breast Cancer
- Breast cancer treatment
- Genetic susceptibility to breast cancer
- Nipple sparing mastectomy
- Oncoplastic Surgery
- Risk-reduction Surgery
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Salem Hospital
81 Highland Ave.
Salem, MA 01923
Phone: 978-741-1200
Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center
102-104 Endicott St.
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978-882-6899
Medical Education
- MD, St. George University, Grenada WI
- Residency, Maimonides Medical Center
- Residency, UMASS Medical Center
- Fellowship, Women & Infants Hospital/Brown University Fellowship in Breast Diseases
American Board Certifications
- General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Kwait?s research interests include innovation in breast cancer surgery, oncoplastic surgery, patient reported outcomes in breast surgery and reducing extent of axillary surgery during breast cancer operations.
Publications
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Kwait RM, Pesek S, Onstad M, Edmonson D, Clark MA, Raker C, Stuckey A, Gass J. Influential forces in breast cancer surgical decision-making and the impact on body image and sexual function. Annals of Surgical Oncology 2016. 23(10):3403-11.Chowdhry VK, Bushey JA, Kwait RM, Goldberg S, Ritchie J, Ji Y, McKee R, Palladino D, Proulx G. Intraoperative radiation therapy as part of planned monotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. Journal of Radiation Oncology 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-017-0338-z.Rojas KE, Butler E, Guiterrez J, Kwait RM, Laprise J, Scalia Wilbur J, Spinette S, Raker CA, Robison K, Legare R, Gass J, Stuckey A. Choosing high-risk screening vs. surgery and the effect of treatment modality on anxiety and breast specific sensuality in BRCA mutation carriers. Gland Surg 2019. 8(3):249-257. Gandhi C, Butler E, Pesek S, Kwait RM, Edmonson D, Raker C, Clark MA, Stuckey A, Gass J. Sexual dysfunction in breast cancer survivors: Is it surgical modality or adjuvant therapy? Am J Clin Oncol 2019. 42(6):500-506. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kwait+rm%5Bauthor%5D
Dr Kwait is an excellent doctor, very caring and thorough. She's the best !!
Dr Kwait spent time explaining my diagnosis and follow up to take place.
Very personable as well as professional.
She will be my surgeon, and I trust her.
Excellent care - Dr Kwait was patient, answered all of my questions, and explained my upcoming procedure and treatment plan carefully and thoroughly.
The doctor was very knowledgeable and personable and explained everything expertly so that we could understand it. And I feel confident with her doing my surgery on the [redacted]. I'm grateful to have such doctors from MGH on the North Shore. Thank you.
Very knowledgeable and answered all my questions. Eased my mind. Great bedside manner.
I have had an incredible experience with Dr. Kwait and her staff. They were incredibly comforting and I felt they were present when I spoke. And they shared my joys and concerns. And I would recommend this team to anyone who is dealing with breast cancer as that is why I was there.
Dr. Kwait is professional and instills confidence in me that my care is in very good hands.
The doctor was very thorough in explaining the entire operation that I will be going through and what I have. And she was patient, listened to what we had to ask and say, and answered us very clearly in language that we understood. She was very friendly and courteous as well.