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Amy Tiersten, MD
Cancer (Oncology)
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About Me
Dr. Tiersten sees patients in the Dubin Breast Center. She works collaboratively with Mount Sinai breast surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and other related subspecialists to provide care to breast cancer patients and conduct breast cancer research. Dr. Tiersten has extensive experience participating clinical trials, as well as being the Principal Investigator for national studies.
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics
Anti-Tumor Therapy
About Me
Dr. Tiersten sees patients in the Dubin Breast Center. She works collaboratively with Mount Sinai breast surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and other related subspecialists to provide care to breast cancer patients and conduct breast cancer research. Dr. Tiersten has extensive experience participating clinical trials, as well as being the Principal Investigator for national studies.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics
Anti-Tumor Therapy
About Me
Dr. Tiersten sees patients in the Dubin Breast Center. She works collaboratively with Mount Sinai breast surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, and other related subspecialists to provide care to breast cancer patients and conduct breast cancer research. Dr. Tiersten has extensive experience participating clinical trials, as well as being the Principal Investigator for national studies.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics
Anti-Tumor Therapy
Clinical Focus
- Breast Cancer
- Gynecologic Cancers
- Breast Cancer
- Gynecologic Cancers
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Education
MD, nyusm
BA, Barnard College/Columbia University
Residency, Internal Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellowship, Hematology & Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Awards
2005
New award
New York University School of Medicine, Division of Oncology
2000
New award
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
1996
New award
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Locations
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- Dubin Breast Center1176 Fifth Avenue, 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- AgeWell New York
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Top Tier
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Hotel Trades
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oxford - Freedom & Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
Insurance and health plan networks that the various Mount Sinai Health System hospitals and facilities participate in can be found on the Mount Sinai Health System website.
Publications
Selected Publications
- An emerging generation of endocrine therapies in breast cancer: a clinical perspective. Rima Patel, Paula Klein, Amy Tiersten, Joseph A. Sparano. npj Breast Cancer
- Correlation of the Ki67 Working Group prognostic risk categories with the Oncotype DX Recurrence Score in early breast cancer. Rima Patel, Malin Hovstadius, Melanie W. Kier, Erin L. Moshier, Brittney S. Zimmerman, Krystal Cascetta, Shabnam Jaffer, Joseph A. Sparano, Amy Tiersten. Cancer
- Impact of body mass index on the efficacy of aromatase inhibitors in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Rima Patel, Zhiqiang Li, Brittney S. Zimmerman, Marc Y. Fink, Jason D. Wells, Xiang Zhou, Kristin Ayers, Arielle Redfern, Scott Newman, Eric Schadt, William K. Oh, Rong Chen, Amy Tiersten. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Tiersten during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting:
- WebMD
- koskoff, koskoff and bieder
- healthline
- kaveny and kroll
- tapella and eberspacher llc
- olsman mackenzie, peacock and wallace
- gleason, flynn emig and mcafee
- rubicon
- schollenberger januzzi and wolfe
- the beasley firm
Other activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- koskoff, koskoff and bieder
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.