Education

M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (2008)
B.S., Biology and Community Health, Tufts University, Medford MA   (2003)

Postdoctoral Training

Surgical Oncology Fellowship, Dana-Farber/Partners Cancer Care Complex Surgical Oncology Fellowship  (2015-2017)
General Surgery Residency, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2009-2015)
General Surgery Internship, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  (2008-2009)

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor,  Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2017-Present)

Awards and Honors

Residency
Penn Center of Surgical Excellence Scholar Award, 2008-2009
William Y. Inouye Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Surgical Resident, 2012-2013
Penn Center of Surgical Excellence Scholar Award, 2012-2013

Medical School
Alpha Omega Alpha 2008
Gold Humanism Honor Society 2008
Arthur Aufses Sr. Prize in Surgery 2008
Mount Sinai Inspiration Award 2007

Undergraduate
summa cum laude
High Thesis Honors in Community Health
Anna Quincy Churchill Award in Biology
Phi Beta Kappa
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Golden Key International Honor Society
Dean’s List Fall 1999-Spring 2003

Publications

Coopey SB, Acar A, Griffin M, Cintolo-Gonzalez J, Semine A, Hughes KS.  The Impact of Patient Age on Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Models. Breast J. 2018 Jul;24(4):592-598. PMID: 28639028

Cintolo-Gonzalez JA, Braun D, Blackford AL, Mazzola E, Acar A, Plichta JK, Griffin M, Hughes KS. Breast cancer risk models: a comprehensive overview of existing models, validation, and clinical applications. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2017 Aug;164(3):745. PMID: 28444533

Cintolo JA, Datta J, Xu S, Gupta M, Somasundaram R, Czerniecki BJ.  Type I-polarized BRAF-pulsed dendritic cells induce antigen-specific CD8+ T cells that impact BRAF-mutant murine melanoma. Melanoma Res. 2016 Feb;26(1):1-11.PMID: 26451873

Cintolo-Gonzalez JA, Bedada AG, Morris J, Azzie G. An International Surgical Rotation as a Systems-Based Elective: The Botswana-University of Pennsylvania Surgical Experience. J Surg Educ. 2015 Nov 16. pii: S1931-7204(15)00249-4. PMID: 26597730

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