When you have an increased risk for developing breast cancer, navigating surgical options can be overwhelming. We want you to feel informed and empowered when making risk-reducing decisions.
Join Living Beyond Breast Cancer, Penn Medicine, and the Basser Center for BRCA for an important webinar on how to assess and understand your breast cancer risk, as well as learn about the risk-reducing surgical options for those who are at high risk for breast cancer or have BRCA1/2 gene mutations.
Leading experts from Penn Medicine and the Basser Center for BRCA join us to discuss and provide their insights on the latest in BRCA treatment, breast cancer risk evaluation and genetic counseling, risk-reducing mastectomy options, advancements in breast reconstruction after mastectomy, and post-surgical management and care.
About our moderator
Ali Rogin
PBS NewsHour Correspondent/Producer
Ali Rogin is a correspondent with the PBS NewsHour and the author of Beat Breast Cancer Like A Boss. During her senior year at New York University, she discovered she had the BRCA1 genetic mutation and decided to have prophylactic surgery before her graduation in 2009.
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Angela Arnold Ross, MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor
Angela Arnold Ross is an ABGC-certified genetic counselor licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania with nearly 25 years of experience. She specializes in evaluating and counseling patients and their families on a wide range of familial cancer syndromes and disorders, explaining the associated disease risks.
Read moreOluwadamilola Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Dr. Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, FACS, serves as the chief of the division of breast surgery for the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), where she is also the surgical director of the Rena Rowan Breast Center in the Abramson Cancer Center. Additionally, Dr. Fayanju holds the position of director of health equity innovation at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and is a senior fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) at the University of Pennsylvania.
Read moreSuhail K. Kanchwala, MD
Director, Reconstructive Microsurgery, Penn Medicine Plastic Surgery; Chief, Plastic Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital
Suhail K. Kanchwala, MD, is director of reconstructive microsurgery at Penn Medicine Plastic Surgery and chief of the section of plastic surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital. A reconstructive microsurgeon, Dr. Kanchwala specializes in breast reconstruction following mastectomy, using a patient’s own tissues. He has performed more than 3,000 microsurgical breast reconstruction procedures.
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