Luona Sun, MD
Breast & Soft Tissue Surgery
Accepting New Patients
Virtual Visits/Telehealth
On the web
Overview
Luona Sun, MD is a board-certified breast surgeon trained in minimal invasive nipple sparing mastectomy, skin sparing mastectomy, intraoperative radiation therapy and various frontline localization skills. She is also an active researcher, focusing on rare diagnoses like small cell carcinoma in breast cancer and high risk lesion management in patients with coexisting cancer. One of her major research interests is in Asian American breast cancer disparities.
Dr. Sun received her undergraduate degree from SUNY Stony Brook University, her medical degree from SUNY Buffalo, and completed her general surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Queens/Weill Cornell Medical Center before coming to Columbia for her fellowship training. Over the course of that time, she earned several honors for her research work, including winning the Theresa and Eugene Lang Research Award and presenting her international collaboration with China’s 301 General Hospital at the American Society of Breast Surgeons 2019.
Dr. Sun can conduct surgical consultations in Chinese as well as English.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Surgery
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Languages
- Chinese - Mandarin
Gender
- Female
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Virtual Visits/Telehealth
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Phone Appointments
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Location(s)
161 Fort Washington Avenue
Floor 10
New York, NY 10032
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthspring (Cigna Medicare)
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
*Before your appointment, please contact the doctor’s office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowship: Indiana University / School of Medicine
Board Certifications
- General Surgery
Honors & Awards
- 2019 American Society of Breast Surgeons Poster Presentation
- 2018 Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Research Award - First Place for Best Oral Presentations
- 2018 Murry Friedman Resident Research Competition Award – Second Place for Oral Presentation – American College of Surgeons, Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter
- 2018 American Society of Breast Surgeons Poster Presentation
- 2016 New York Presbyterian Queens Shining Star Patient Recognition
- 2015 Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Research Poster Presentation
- 2011 Sung Scholarship Recipient
- 2010 Society of Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Scholarship
- 2010 Rochester Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Scholarship
- 2010 Sung Scholarship Recipient
- 2009 Sung Scholarship Recipient
- 2008 Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship
- 2008 Sung Scholarship Recipient
- 2007 Sung Scholarship Recipient
- 2007 NIH Minority Access to Research Careers Scholarship
- 2006 NIH Minority Access to Research Careers Scholarship
- 2006 Medicine Delegate, International Scholar Laureate Program
- 2006 National Dean’s List Recognition, Spring
- 2005 National Dean’s List Recognition, Fall
- 2005 Stony Brook University Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Spring
- 2005 Stony Brook University Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Fall
- 2003 Peking University Undergraduate Chemistry Achievement Award
- 2002 Peking University Health Science Center Dean Appreciation
- 2002 Brigham Young University Bicentennial Scholar
Research
Selected Publications
- Time allocation affects physician work satisfaction and balance in academic breast surgery office visits. Luona Sun MD, Jake Prigoff MD, Lisa Wiechmann MD, Bret Taback MD, Roshni Rao MD (Annals of Surgical Oncology, ASBrS Official Proceedings, Abstract accepted for publication)
- Shave Off the Cavity or Specimen in Lumpectomy (SOCOS Study). Jake Prigoff MD, Luona Sun MD, Lisa Wiechmann MD, Bret Taback MD, Roshni Rao MD (Annals of Surgical Oncology, Submitted)
- Case Series in Young Chinese Females with Coexisting DCIS and Phyllodes Breast Tumors. Luona Sun, MD; Roger Zhu, MD; Paula Ginter, MD; Manmeet Malik, DO; Kap-Jae Sung, MD; J Melissa Hughes, MD; Beth Siegel, MD, Jacqueline Tsai, MD: Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019; 56: 13–16.
- Sebaceous Lymphadenoma of the Parotid Gland. Luona Sun MD, Roger Zhu MD, Jiankun Tong MD, Larry Shemen MD: BMJ Case Reports CP 2018;11:e224975
- A Case Report of Parotid Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma and Reviews. Luona Sun MD, Roger Zhu MD, Teagan Thorson DO, Jiankun Tong MD, Larry Shemen MD: Int J Surg Case Rep. 2019; 55: 88–91.
- Restenosis Rates following Vertebral Artery Origin Stenting: Does Stent Type Make a Difference? Ogilvy CS, Yang X, Natarajan SK, Hauck EF, Sun L, Lewis-Mason L,Hopkins LN, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI: J Invasiv Cardiol 22:119-124, March 2010.
- Retrospective Study of Vertebral Artery Intervention, published in Medical Student Research Forum 2008, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
- Mutagenesis of Drosophila Ctk1 locus (abstract), published in Annual URECA Collected Abstracts Book “Catch Our Rising Stars” 2006-2007, Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URECA)Stony Brook University, Spring 2007