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Hematology-Oncology
breast cancer
Dr. Nellie Nafissi is a board-certified UCI Health medical oncologist who specializes in the management of patients with breast cancer.
Her research interests include triple negative breast cancer and quality of life improvement.
She earned her medical degree at the University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, followed by a chief year. Next, she completed a fellowship in hematology and oncology at UC Irvine.
Nafissi, who also speaks conversational Spanish and Farsi, sees patients in Orange.