Lauren Carcas, M.D., is a board-certified medical oncologist at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute and is fluent in English and Spanish. She focuses on treating breast cancer patients, people with an elevated risk of developing breast cancer based on family history or genetic predisposition, and gynecologic cancer patients
Dr. Carcas, who lives and works in Broward County, practices in the breast cancer clinic at Miami Cancer Institute’s facility located at the Baptist Health Wellness and Medical Complex in Plantation, Fla. She is affiliated with Broward-area hospitals and coordinates care with other local physicians, giving her patients the advantage of receiving the full spectrum of cancer care close to home. She also participates in community outreach activities to raise awareness of breast cancer and women’s health.
Dedicated to providing innovative cancer treatments, Dr. Carcas conducts ongoing breast cancer research as well as other types of malignancies. She regularly presents research findings at national cancer symposia and conferences.
She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Hematology and American College of Physicians.
In her free time, Dr. Carcas enjoys traveling the world as well as accompanying her two young sons to travel league baseball games and tournaments.
