Dr. Virginia Chiantella MD FACS
Oncologist | Medical Oncology
821 S King St Suite D Leesburg VA, 20175About
Virginia Chiantella, MD, FACS, has accomplished a significant amount in her 23 year long career as a physician. After obtaining her medical degree in 1983 from Bowman Gray School of Medicine, she completed a residency at North Carolina Baptist Hospital. While finishing her residency, Dr. Chiantella received the Award for Best Research, through the Residents' Research Forum, American College of Surgeons. Her career has since flourished to include numerous other awards and multiple publications in peer-reviewed professional journals. Dr. Chiantella is the founder and Medical Advisor of The Loudoun Breast Health Network. She has been an avid public speaker on breast cancer in many different forums including local television programs, Capitol Hill, and the Loudoun Breast Health Network Annual Breast Cancer event. Today, she practices at Reston Breast Care Specialists in Leesburg, Virginia; in 2012 she will be moving her location to Reston.
Education and Training
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery - General Surgery
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Medical Staff Appointment; Reston Hospital Center -
- Medical Staff Appointment; Reston Surgery Center -
- Medical Staff Appointment; Inova Loudoun Hospital -
Awards
- Recipient Breast Cancer Month Proclamation, Loudoun County (VA) Board of Supervisors, 2009
- America’s Top Surgeons, 2007
- Best of Leesburg, 2008
Treatments
- Practice limited to diseases of the Breast
Internships
- Wake Forest University Medical Center
Fellowships
- Bradshaw Fellow in Surgical Research; Wake Forest University Medical Center
Professional Society Memberships
- American Society of Breast Surgeons, National Consortium of Breast Centers
What do you attribute your success to?
Good Education, Doing the Best; One Patient at a Time
Hobbies / Sports
- Family Time
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