Medical Advisory Board
These thought leaders are key partners in helping us provide trusted information on breast cancer testing, diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and quality of life.
Our medical advisors volunteer their time and expertise to ensure Living Beyond Breast Cancer provides you with up-to-date, evidence-based information that will help you make the best decisions for your care and your life. These dedicated professionals help us plan programs and deliver content that represents the medical, emotional, and practical concerns they see day after day working with people with breast cancer.
Hailing from every corner of the country, our medical advisors have a wide range of specialties including medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, mental health, complementary and integrative medicine, nutrition and physical rehabilitation, and cancer advocacy and policy. Get to know our compassionate experts.
Medical Advisory Board

Janet Abrahm, MD, FACP, FAAHPM
Palliative Medicine Specialist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Tiffany Avery, MD MPH
Chief Medical Officer, NantHealth

Jonathan Bank, MD, FACS
Partner, NYBRA Plastic Surgery

Vivian J. Bea, MD, FACS
Section Chief, Breast Surgical Oncology, New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital; Assistant Professor, Surgery, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medicine

Emily M. Beard, RN, BSN, OCN, CBCN
Oncology Nurse, Patient Navigator, & Program Coordinator, Northside Hospital Cancer Institute

Rachel Beller, MS, RDN
CEO, Beller Nutritional Institute

Sage Bolte, PhD, LCSW, CST
Chief Philanthropy Officer & President, Inova Health Foundation

Virginia Borges, MD, MMSc
Deputy Head, Division of Medical Oncology; Director, Breast Cancer Research Program & Young Women’s Breast Cancer Translational Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Kristin Brill, MD, FACS
Associate Professor, Enterprise Surgeon Leader for Breast Surgery, and Director, Breast Surgery Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Health

Michelle Bronzo, MA, LPC, LCPC, LMHC, CT
Psychotherapist, Michelle Bronzo Counseling, LLC

Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, FACS
President & CEO, PRMA Plastic Surgery

Helen Coons, PhD, ABPP
Clinical Health Psychologist, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Debra Somers Copit, MD FACR
Director, Breast Imaging, Einstein Healthcare Network

Steven Copit, MD
Breast Reconstruction Surgeon, Mangat Copit Plastic Surgery and Skin Care

Kimberly Curseen, MD
Director, Supportive and Palliative Care Outpatient Services, Emory Healthcare

Angela DeMichele, MD, MSCE
Professor, Medicine & Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania

Don S. Dizon, MD, FACP, FASCO
Director, The Pelvic Malignancies Program, Lifespan Cancer Institute

Susan Domchek, MD
Basser Professor in Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania

Oluwadamilola Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS
Chief, Division of Breast Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Gregory D. Garber, MSW, LCSW
Administrative Director, Division of Supportive Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Health

Judy Garber, MD, MPH
Director, Cancer Risk and Prevention Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Monique Gary, DO, MSc, FACS
Medical Director, Grand View Health and Penn Cancer Network Cancer Program

Elizabeth S. Ginsburg, MD
Medical Director, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Pamela J. Ginsberg, PhD
Consulting Psychologist

William J. Gradishar, MD, FACP
Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Julie R. Gralow, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Generosa Grana, MD, FACP
Director, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Sameer Gupta, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor, Jefferson Medical College; Medical Oncologist, Bryn Mawr Hospital

Regina Hampton, MD, FACS
Medical Director, Breast Care Center, Doctors Community Hospital

Lyndsey Harper, MD
Founder and CEO, Rosy; Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Texas A&M School of Medicine

Aimee Hoch, MSW, LSW, OSW-C, FACCC
Oncology Financial Navigator, Grand View Health

Sara Hurvitz, MD
Division Head, Hematology/Oncology & Professor of Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center; Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

Ron Israeli, MD, FACS
Founding Partner, NYBRA Plastic Surgery; Managing Director, Breastreconstruction.org

Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc
Medical Oncologist, Mays Cancer Center

Anne Katz, PhD, RN, FAAN
Sexuality Counselor, CancerCare Manitoba

Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, CPT
VP of Operations & Associate Director of Wellness, Synergy Private Health

Zanetta Lamar, MD
Medical Oncologist, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute

Clara Nan-hi Lee, MD, MPP
Professor, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Nancy U. Lin, MD
Associate Chief, Division of Breast Oncology; Director, Metastatic Breast Cancer Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Heather Macdonald, MD, FACOG
Medical Director, Early Risk Assessment Program & Breast and Ovarian Cancer Prevention Program, Hoag Hospital

Reshma L. Mahtani, DO
Chief of Breast Medical Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida

Saneta Maiko, PhD, MS, IDI
District Superintendent, United Methodist Indiana, Founder Amani Family Services, and Chaplain Researcher at Indiana University Health

Sami Mansfield, ACSM-CET, PN1
Founder, Cancer Wellness for Life

Jun J. Mao, MD, MSCE
Chief, Integrative Medicine Service & Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair in Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center

Pallav K. Mehta, MD
Medical Director, Reimagine Care; Assistant Professor of Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Zarek Mena, OPN-CG
Financial Patient Navigator, SHARE Cancer Support

Kathy D. Miller, MD
Ballvé Lantero Professor of Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Rita Nanda, MD
Director, Breast Medical Oncology Program, & Associate Professor, Medicine, The University of Chicago

Larry Norton, MD
Senior Vice President, Norna S. Sarofim Chair in Clinical Oncology; Medical Director, Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, MD, FACP
Walter L. Palmer Service Professor, Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago

Eliza Park, MD, MSc
Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Park Psychiatry, PLLC; Consulting Psychiatrist, Cerula Care

Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH
Vice Chair, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Institute

Sameer A. Patel, MD, FACS
Chief, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine/Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

Elisabeth Potter, MD
Board-certified Plastic Surgeon in Private Practice, Austin, Texas

Mandi L. Pratt-Chapman, PhD
Associate Director, Community Engagement, Outreach, and Equity for the GW Cancer Center

Lori B. Ranallo, RN, MSN, CBCN, APRN-BC
Board-Certified Oncology Nurse Practitioner, University of Kansas Cancer Center

Jennifer Barsky Reese, PhD, FSBM
Associate Professor, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Evelyn Robles-Rodriguez, DNP, APN, AOCN
Director of Outreach, Prevention, and Survivorship, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

Hope S. Rugo, MD
Director, Breast Oncology & Clinical Trials Education, University of California, San Francisco

Elahe Salehi, DNP, ANP-BC
Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Breast Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH
Professor, Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

Lynn M. Schuchter, MD
Director, Tara Miller Melanoma Center at Penn Medicine, Philadelphia

Lauren Ende Schwartz, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Rhonda Sherman, PhD
Psychologist

Lillie D. Shockney, RN, BS, MAS
University Distinguished Service Professor of Breast Cancer, Johns Hopkins University

Daniel P. Silver, MD, PhD
Leader, Breast Program, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

Nicole Simone, MD
Radiation Oncologist, Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson

Jill Stopfer, MS, LGC
Associate Director, Genetic Counseling, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

H. Irene Su, MD, MSCE
Director, Fertility Preservation Program & Associate Professor, Reproductive Endocrinology, University of California San Diego

Neil K. Taunk, MD, MSCTS
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Director of Brachytherapy and Procedural Radiation for Penn Medicine

Eleonora Teplinsky, MD
Head, Breast and Gynecological Medical Oncology, Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care

Debu Tripathy, MD
Professor of Medicine & Chair, Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Neil Vasan, MD, PhD
Director, Translational Research, Breast Cancer, NYU Langone

Celeste Vaughan-Briggs, LCSW
Program Manager, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program; Oncology Social Worker at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson

Lindsay Vlaminck, MS, BSN, RN, CBCN, CN-BN
Nurse Coach, SurvivorRN

Nikhil Wagle, MD
Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Lynn Westphal, MD, FACOG
Associate Professor & Director of Women's Health, Stanford University

Anusha Wijeyakumar, CPC, E-RYT, Dip Mentoring
Wellness Consultant, Hoag Hospital

Mary E. Williams, BSN, RN, CCRC
Cancer Nurse Navigator, The John B. Amos Cancer Center, Piedmont Healthcare

Eric Winer, MD
Director, Yale Cancer Center

Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance

Terri Lynn Woodard, MD
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center