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- Avon Foundation Breast Imaging Center and Research Lab Open at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center
- A Gift for the Women of Northern Manhattan: Columbia University Medical Center Receives Avon Foundation Gift for Health Scholar
- Avon CEO Andrea Jung to Receive Award for Distinguished Service from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
- Columbia University Medical Center, With Support From Women at Risk, Aims To Identify and Train Future Leaders in Breast Cancer Surgery
- Columbia University Medical Center Receives $10 Million Department of Defense Grant to Study Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment
- Columbia University Medical Center Researchers Reveal Tamoxifen May Lengthen Lives of Women at Very High Risk of Breast Cancer
- COX-2 Inhibitor May Boost Cancer Treatment, NewYork Weill Cornell Study Shows
- Dr. Anne Moore, New York Weill Cornell Physician, Receives Award from Lawyers' Breast Cancer Group
- Lower White Blood Cell Counts in African-American Women May Limit Breast Cancer Treatment and Survival, According to Columbia University Medical Center Study
- New Oncoplastic Surgery Combines Breast Cancer Surgery and Breast Reduction Surgery
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Has the Largest Hospital Team in Race for the Cure® with 500+ Participants
- Smaller Breast Reduction Surgeries Provide Health Benefits and Should Be Reimbursed, Study Finds
- Weill Cornell Physicians Rebut Recent Criticisms on Value of Mammography
- Weill Cornell Receives Avon Foundation Grant for Complementary and Integrative Program on Meditation-Based Stress Reduction for Women Cancer Patients
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- Breast Anatomy
- Breast Cancer: Diagnosis
- Breast Cancer: General Information
- Breast Cancer: Stages
- Breast Cancer in Men
- Breast Cancer Risk Factors
- Breast Cancer Signs and Symptoms
- Breast Cancer Statistics
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Breast Cancer Treatment: Surgery
- Breast Conditions (Benign): Diagnosis
- Breast Infections and Inflammations
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reduction in Men With Gynecomastia
- Breast Self-Examination
- Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment
- Common Benign Lumps
- Fibrocystic Breast Changes
- Lymphedema Following a Mastectomy
- Mammography
- Mastitis
- Nipple Problems and Discharge
- Normal Breast Development
- Post-Mastectomy Prosthesis
- Tamoxifen
- Taxol (paclitaxel)
Clinical Services
Breast Centers
The Breast Centers at both NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center are among the most modern and technologically advanced facilities of their kind. The clinicians at the Centers are accomplished, caring specialists who have a long-standing commitment to women's health. Patients receive comprehensive breast care in one of two centralized locations, in a nurturing and friendly environment.
The teams at the Breast Centers maintain a multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise of specialists in surgical oncology, medical oncology, alternative integrative medicine, radiation oncology, mammography and diagnostic imaging, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychology, social services, nursing, physiotherapy and rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, and nutrition. The centers also organize a range of patient support groups.
Breast Surgery
- James L. Clarke, MD
- Mahmoud B. El Tamer, M.D.,F.A.C.S.
- Peter L. Geller, MD
- Kathie Ann P. Joseph, MD
- Laura A. Klein, MD
- Faith A. Menken, MD
- Eugene J. Nowak, MD
- Rache M. Simmons, MD
- Alexander J. Swistel, MD
- Bret Taback, MD
- Eleni Tousimis, MD
Radiation Oncology
Psychiatry
- Judith Lusic, MD
- Mary Jane Massie, MD
Oncology
- Ellen Chuang, MD
- Dawn Hershman, MD, MS
- Bonnie S. Reichman, MD
- Mark B. Stoopler, MD
- Linda T. Vahdat, MD
Hematology; Oncology
- Robert M. Gelfand, MD
- Charles S. Hesdorffer, MD
- Sheryl L. Leventhal, MD
- Mathew Lonberg, MD
- John G. Mears, MD
- Anne Moore, MD
Hematology
Anatomic-Clinical Pathology
Hospital News
- Avon Foundation Breast Imaging Center and Research Lab Open at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center
- A Gift for the Women of Northern Manhattan: Columbia University Medical Center Receives Avon Foundation Gift for Health Scholar
- Avon CEO Andrea Jung to Receive Award for Distinguished Service from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center More
