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Black and white photo of three children playfully running through a field for NYBRA Plastic Surgery of Long Island, New York blog: Sharing Your Diagnosis With Your Children: How, When, and What?

Sharing Your Diagnosis With Your Children: How, When, and What?

February 27, 2023

One of the most distressing concerns that surround a breast cancer diagnosis is how it will impact children in the family. Parents often feel deep…

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NYBRA Plastic Surgery's Toolbox Tuesday Week 4: Embracing Hope and Resiliency in shared collaboration with BRCAStrong

Toolbox Tuesday Week 4: Embracing Hope and Resiliency

January 31, 2023

Welcome to the final installment of Toolbox Tuesdays, a set of blog and social media posts shared in collaboration with BRCAStrong to delve into the…

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NYBRA Plastic Surgery's Toolbox Tuesday with Clinical Director of the Patient Empowerment Program, Mollie Sugarman and collaboration with BRCAStrong

Toolbox Tuesday Week 3: Self Compassion

January 24, 2023

Welcome back to Toolbox Tuesdays, a set of blog and social media posts shared in collaboration with BRCAStrong to delve into the minutiae of emotional…

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Toolbox Tuesday with NYBRA Plastic Surgery's Mollie Sugarman and BRCAStrong Week 2: Articulating Your Needs

Toolbox Tuesday Week 2: Articulating Your Needs

January 17, 2023

Welcome back to Toolbox Tuesdays, a set of blog and social media posts shared in collaboration with BRCAStrong to delve into the minutiae of emotional…

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Toolbox Tuesday a NYBRA Plastic Surgery and BRCAStrong Collaboration - Week One: Reframing

Toolbox Tuesday Week 1: Reframing

January 10, 2023

Welcome to the first installment of Toolbox Tuesdays. This set of blog and social media posts, shared in collaboration with BRCAStrong, delves into the minutiae…

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Toolbox Tuesday toolkit with Clinical Director of NYBRA Plastic Surgery's Patient Empowerment Program in Collaboration with BRCAStrong

Introducing Toolbox Tuesdays

January 3, 2023

Over the past two years, I have spent the month of January offering thoughts and guidance from my experience as Clinical Director of the Patient…

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NYBRA Plastic Surgery's Patient Empowerment Program Clinical Director Mollie Sugarman wishing a Happy New Year

A New Year’s Message From Mollie

December 31, 2022

Wishing You a Happy New Year! Each year, I like to remind our patients and community that this time of year is often thought of as…

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Clinical Director of NYBRA Plastic Surgery's Patient Empowerment Program, Mollie Sugarman and a special delivery of Belt Buddies

SOS: What’s Sewing On?

December 23, 2022

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! We often refer to this time of year as the season of giving, what it means,…

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Emerging a Thriver: A Conversation Between NYBRA's Patient Empowerment Program Clinical Director Mollie Sugarman and Dr. Alexea, Medical Director to BRCAStrong

Emerging a Thriver

December 2, 2022

This week, I had the pleasure of talking with BRCAStrong Medical Director, Stage III breast cancer thriver, Dr. Alexea, about the importance of developing a…

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The Power of Letting Go

The Power of Letting Go

September 8, 2022

Most of us place emphasis on autonomy. It’s important to feel that we are in command of our decisions. That is why the loss of…