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Heather A. Player, MD

Accepting New Patients
44151 15th Street West, Suite 101
Lancaster, CA 93534
39.0 miles away
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, Los Angeles County
Speaks: English
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City of Hope Antelope Valley

44151 15th Street West, Suite 101, Lancaster, CA 93534

Insurances Accepted

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About Heather A. Player

Heather Player, M.D., understands that illness can be a time of great fear and doubt for patients, as well as an opportunity for courage and compassion.“It's the greatest reward to be chosen to take this journey with a patient,” she says. Dr. Player is keenly interested in the treatment of breast cancer and gastrointestinal cancer, as well as soft tissue tumors like melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Before medical school, Dr. Player earned degrees in public health and secondary education, then taught science in the New York City public school system. She received her M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College. During her residency at Stamford Hospital, she was named Connecticut State Champion in a surgical skills competition. Dr. Player joined our staff after completing a City of Hope surgical oncology fellowship. She calls City of Hope “a community where compassion and science live hand-in-hand. A passion for cure thrives here.”

Fellowship

City of Hope
2017

Fellowship

City of Hope Medical Foundation
2017

Internship

Stamford Hospital
2012

Medical School

Weill Cornell Medical College
2011

Residency

Stamford Hospital
2016

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Surgery, Surgery (General Surgery)
City of Hope Antelope Valley
44151 15th Street West, Suite 101
Lancaster, CA 93534

City of Hope Medical Foundation
15031 Rinaldi Street, Suite 100
Mission Hills, CA 91345

Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, Los Angeles County

Conditions and Procedures

  • Anorectal Cancer
  • Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Surgery
  • Cancer Risk Reduction Surgery
  • Cancer Surgery
  • Central Compartment Neck Dissection
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Cytoreduction Surgery
  • Gastric Lymphoma
  • Gastrointestinal (Gi) Cancer
  • Her2 Positive Breast Cancer
  • Hereditary Colon Cancer
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  • Intraarterial Chemotherapy Of Tumors
  • Laparoscopic Whipple Procedure
  • Leiomyosarcoma
  • Liver Cancer
  • Lymph Node Dissection
  • Lymphadenopathy
  • Malignant Carcinoid Tumor Of Colon
  • Melanoma Surgery
  • Metastatic Colon Cancer
  • Metastatic Liver Cancer
  • Minimally Invasive Gastric Tumor Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Lymph Node Dissection
  • Pancreas Cancer
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Personalized Cancer Therapy
  • Proximal Pancreatectomy
  • Radical Subtotal Pancreatectomy
  • Retroperitoneal Liposarcoma
  • Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Resection
  • Robotic Liver Resection
  • Sarcoma
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Skin Cancer
  • Staging Laparotomy
  • Stromal Tumor Of Intestine
  • Surgical Management Of Advanced Hepato Biliary Cancer
  • Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  • Whipple Procedure