Breast Care in Queens

Advanced breast care and surgery

At NewYork-Presbyterian in Queens, our team provides comprehensive and compassionate breast care, from initial diagnosis to surgery, treatment, and survivorship. Our breast surgeons have pioneered many of the latest advances in minimally invasive procedures for breast diseases today. These approaches result in smaller incisions, less postoperative discomfort, and a quicker return to normal activities. We guide our patients through complex breast disease issues and work in multidisciplinary teams with other breast experts.

An award-winning breast surgery center

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens is proud to be an NAPBC-accredited breast center and is the only hospital in the borough of Queens to be named a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology. The National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) is a quality program administered by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). To achieve NAPBC accreditation, a breast center must demonstrate compliance with the NAPBC standards that address a center’s leadership, clinical services, research, community outreach, professional education, and quality improvement for patients. Breast centers seeking NAPBC accreditation undergo a comprehensive site visit every three years.

Breast care services

Our specialists provide multidisciplinary care and offer the latest approaches to breast surgery, including:

Oncoplastic lumpectomy, a breast tumor removal technique where the breast is left intact to achieve better cosmetic outcomes.
Skin-sparing mastectomy, which removes internal breast tissue and inserts an implant, but leaves the patient’s skin intact.
Nipple-preserving mastectomy, (an option for women whose breast cancer has not invaded nipple tissue) which removes internal breast tissue and inserts an implant, but preserves the breast skin and nipple.
Sentinel node biopsy and axillary lymph node removal, an approach that examines lymph nodes surrounding the tumor site to see if cancer has spread past the breast.
Surgery for recurrent breast disease