“I believe I’ve made over 1,000 pillows. I also made over 1,000 masks for everyone,” Dr. Ron Israeli’s patient, Charlotte, said. Charlotte had noticed some…
Join us on Monday, February 7, 2022 at 9:30 AM EST via ZOOM for our next lecture as part of our Be Informed Lecture Series.…
The DIEP flap is a ubiquitous and vital part of any conversation about natural tissue breast reconstruction. However, that was not always the case. “When…
Peggy learned that she had DCIS in her left breast in 2018 over the phone. The impersonal approach hurt. “I guess I was assuming that…
Drs. Ron Israeli and Jonathan Bank joined Cancer Fashionista Melissa Berry on her podcast, Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful, to talk about their collaborative artistic endeavor,…
A lumpectomy is not always a reconstruction-free breast cancer treatment option. When Mary chose to have a lumpectomy with radiation to treat stage 0 breast…
Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS)—a chronic pain condition that persists for months or years after breast surgery—affects countless women every year. While it was once…
Clinical Director of the Patient Empowerment Program, Mollie Sugarman, has spent countless hours with newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. The diagnosis is unmooring. It can…
“I’ve been through it, and it was scary as hell, but I knew that I had to just keep moving to get into the light.…
“Menopause is really a clinical definition. It’s a year with no menstrual cycles. It’s not determined by blood levels, and there’s no way to know…