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Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD

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Specializes in: Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Professional interests include: oncoplastic breast surgery, lumpectomy, cancer surgery, and more.

800 Rose Street Second Floor, Pavilion Wh
Lexington, KY 40536

Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD is a surgical oncologist in Lexington, KY specializing in surgical oncology (cancer surgery). She graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD is affiliated with University of Kentucky HealthCare.

Office Locations

800 Rose Street Second Floor, Pavilion Wh
Lexington, KY 40536

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Mastectomy (Breast Removal Surgery)

Mastectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the breasts, most frequently associated with breast cancer treatment (for both male and female breast cancer patients). Breast cancer patients who receive a mastectomy typically have undergone other treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation, and less invasive breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy). If these treatments are unsuccessful, oncologists may eventually prescribe a mastectomy. Other conditions that may prompt a mastectomy include:

Two or more cancerous regions in the same breast
Inability to receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy
High likelihood of recurring breast cancer
Large tumor that is bigger than two inches across
Pregnancy that prohibits radiation therapy
Preexisting conditions like lupus or scleroderma

Notably, some patients may elect to undergo mastectomy without a breast cancer diagnosis. Preventative (prophylactic) mastectomy is performed on those with a high risk of breast cancer, such as having a family history of the disease or carrying the breast cancer BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. Preventative mastectomy substantially reduces one's chances of developing breast cancer in the future, but it cannot wholly prevent it.

Surgical oncologists perform several types of mastectomies, depending upon the severity of the breast cancer (including factors such as its location and spread), as well as the patients' own aesthetic and personal choices. The six main types of mastectomy include:

Total mastectomy, where the surgical oncologist removes an entire breast, including parts like the pectoral chest muscle, skin, and nipple.
Radical mastectomy, where the surgical oncologist removes the entire breast, underarm lymph nodes, pectoral chest muscles, and outer skin and nipple. One of the most invasive forms of mastectomy, radical mastectomy is infrequently performed.
Modified radical mastectomy, where the surgical oncologist completes a total mastectomy and also removes the underarm lymph nodes. This procedure is slightly less invasive than radical mastectomy.
Skin-sparing mastectomy, where the surgical oncologist removes cancerous breast tissue and nipple, but leaves most of breast skin. This method is used in conjunction with breast reconstruction, as implants can be added below the skin. Skin-sparing mastectomy often requires a treatment team with a surgical oncologist and a plastic surgeon experienced in breast procedures.
Nipple-sparing mastectomy, where the surgical oncologist removes cancerous breast tissue and leaves the nipple and most of the breast skin. This method is only available to patients in the early stages of breast cancer. Similar to skin-sparing mastectomy, this procedure is frequently performed with breast reconstruction.

Any of these procedures can be done on both breasts, in which case the procedure would be known as a double mastectomy. For example, a surgical oncologist might perform a total or nipple-sparing mastectomy on both breasts. Double mastectomies are often used as a preventive surgery for those who are at risk of developing breast cancer later on in life.

Patients have one or two days of hospital stay before returning home from their mastectomy procedures. Full recovery can take several months, but some patients find they are able to resume normal activity within one month of their mastectomy. Patients are advised to limit arm and chest movements whenever possible.

After surgery, patients must also adjust to changes in their appearance. While some patients choose to receive breast reconstruction, other patients may decide to wear prosthetic breasts or will simply embrace their new chest.

Mastectomies permit patients to conquer cancer and lead healthy, thriving lives as breast cancer survivors.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	38

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2013

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	0
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	17

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2014

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	57

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	19

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	0
Hispanic	32
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	32

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2015

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	32
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	41
Dementia	0
Cancer	59

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	50

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	19
Black	0
Hispanic	19
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	24
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	15

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2016

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	47
Dementia	0
Cancer	53

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	44

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	59

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	26
Black	0
Hispanic	16
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	31
From 75 to 84	14
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2017

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	42
Dementia	0
Cancer	64

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	33

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	36

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	12
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	19
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2018

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	39
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	33

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	35

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	13
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	18
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2019

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	40
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	26

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	33

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	12
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	13
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2020

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	61

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD treated as a surgical oncologist in Lexington, KY during 2021 were excision, breast procedures, cancer surgery and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

breast procedures	24
cancer surgery	24
diagnostic procedures	19
doctor visit	71
excision	43
lymph node procedures	19
open surgery	19

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	66

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	50
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	36
From 75 to 84	18
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2021

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	21
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	67

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	62

**Age**
From 65 to 74	39
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2022

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	48

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	52

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2023

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	21
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	23
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2024 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	80

2024 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	54
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	25
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD in 2024

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	18
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	32
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	28
Dementia	0
Cancer	75

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2024

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD treated as a surgical oncologist in Lexington, KY were excision, breast procedures, cancer surgery and open surgery.

breast procedures	24
cancer surgery	24
diagnostic procedures	19
doctor visit	43
excision	43
lymph node procedures	19
open surgery	19

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2024

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	38

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	14
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	6
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	4
85 and over	0
Less than 65	3
65 to 74	17

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD From 2012 - 2024

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD treated were hypertension, cancer, high cholesterol and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	13
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	1
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	2
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	18
Atrial Fibrillation	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	57

Education & Training

Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed residency at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery and has a state license in Kentucky.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Residency: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

Licensed In: Kentucky

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Genentech USA, Inc.	$4,131 Perjeta $3,925	Kadcyla $68	$138
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$2,008 KISQALI $2,008
Vector Surgical, LLC	$478 MarginMarker $478
Sysmex America, Inc.	$350 $350
AbbVie Inc.	$227 NATRELLE SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS $227
Other	$969 KEYTRUDA $180	NATRELLE $126	Sentimag $123	myRisk $105	No Product $87	Other $349

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$4,595
Food and Beverage	$2,221
Travel and Lodging	$997
Honoraria	$350

Research Payments

Dr. Julie E. Lang, MD has received 2 research payments totaling $8,234.

Biography

Dr. Julie Lang is a physician who specializes in surgical oncology (cancer surgery). Her clinical interests include sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), oncoplastic breast surgery, and paget's disease of the breast. Dr. Lang studied medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She trained at a hospital affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for her residency. Dr. Lang is professionally affiliated with the University of Kentucky HealthCare.