Souzan El-Eid, MD, FACS

Dr. El-Eid is a breast surgeon with Comprehensive Cancer Centers where she treats patients with cancer and non-cancer related diseases of the breast and has served as principal investigator for several clinical research trials. She currently serves as the Medical Director of the Breast Care Center and co-chair and co-moderator of the Breast Tumor Board at Summerlin Hospital and is a cancer liaison physician for its cancer program.

Dr. El-Eid is passionate about mentoring the future generation of medical professionals. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of General Surgery at Touro University Nevada and Adjunct Professor at UNLV School of Medicine. She is also chairman of the Education Committee and co-chair of the mini-internship program through the Community Health and Public Relations Committee.

Dr. El-Eid was past board of trustees and past president of Clark County Medical Society. She also participates in its speaker’s bureau. She was invited by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ACSO) to review and publish clinical practice guidelines on surgical margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole-breast irradiation in stage I and II invasive breast cancer. The data was published by the Journal of Clinical Oncology in spring 2014.

Additionally, Dr. El-Eid is chair of the Imaging Committee for the American Society of Breast Surgeons and instructor of the annual meeting for Stereotactic and Ultrasound courses, co-authors numerous publications about breast cancer and breast diseases and frequently gives presentations and lecturers about breast cancer to the public and physicians.

Dr. El-Eid has been named Top 100 Women of The Year by My Vegas Magazine, Medical Marvel by Nevada Business Magazine, Distinguished Women in Nevada by Distinguished Publishing Company, Top Breast Surgeon by HealthTap, America’s Most Compassionate Doctor as chosen by PatientsChoice.org and recognized annually as Top Doctor by Vegas Seven, Castle Connolly, Greenspun Media Group and Desert Companion. She was honored with the STEM Recipient Award by the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada and recognized as Top Surgeon from Consumers’ Research Council of America. She also received the Cancer Liaison Physician and Outstanding Performance Award from the American College of Surgeons. Dr. El-Eid consistently receives recognition from The American Registry as America’s Most Honored Professionals as well as On-Time Physician Award, Compassionate Doctor Award and Patients’ Choice Award by Vitals.

Dr. El-Eid practices by her core philosophy, “The patient always comes first, all else is secondary.”