Dr. Hughes is the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Surgical Director of the Breast Screening Program, Surgical Director of the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment Program, and Co-Director of the Avon Comprehensive Breast Evaluation Center, and serves as the Medical Director of the Bermuda Cancer Genetics and Risk Assessment Clinic. Dr. Hughes is actively involved establishment of standards and research regarding the genetics, screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. He is the author of numerous papers and book chapters on the subjects of breast cancer, screening, diagnosis and treatment, and risk assessment, and Dr. Hughes authors a blog at: thebreastcancersurgeon.org.